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Anthony Eastwood, a writer of crime thrillers, tries to find inspiration in front of his blank page. Suddenly he receives a phone call from a woman desperately begging for help. Eastwood will attend and will find himself involved in an interesting mystery. He will be deceived and even robbed... but he will have the necessary drive to write a great detective novel.
62) Accidente
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El inspector Evans se sorprende al descubrir que la señora Merrowdene, casada con uno de sus vecinos, es la misma que ha sido absuelta, muchos años antes, en un juicio por el asesinato de su anterior esposo. Evans tiene la certeza de que un asesino raramente se siente satisfecho con un solo crimen. Si se le da tiempo y nadie sospecha, cometerá otro. ¿Podrá el inspector salvar a su vecino en peligro, o se trata de la simple fantasía de un viejo...
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Un simpático joven llega al pueblo costero de Kimpton de Mar para disfrutar de sus vacaciones. Intenta por todos los medios agradar a Grace, quien lo ha convencido de viajar hasta allí. Sin embargo, se siente permanentemente humillado porque no pertenece a ese lugar tan elegante. Por un error insignificante terminará con una esmeralda robada en su bolsillo y deberá diseñar una astuta estrategia para salir airoso del problema.
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Anthony Eastwood es un escritor de novelas policiales tratando de buscar inspiración frente a su página en blanco. Repentinamente recibe una llamada telefónica de una mujer que lo confunde con un tal Conrad y le pide desesperadamente que acuda en su ayuda. Eastwood acudirá y se verá envuelto en un interesante misterio. Será engañado y hasta desvalijado... pero contará con el impulso necesario para escribir una gran novela policial.
65) Casa Philomel
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Alix se enamora de un perfecto extraño: Gerald Martin; y a pesar de la oposición de su amigo Dick Windyford, se casa con él. El matrimonio decide comprar, e ir a vivir, a Casa Philomel; una bonita cabaña perdida en medio del campo. De pronto, por una serie de datos, ella empieza a sospechar que su marido es un asesino que quiere quedarse con su dinero y, desesperadamente, debe encontrar la manera de escapar sin despertar su desconfianza. ¿Lo...
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James arrives at the coastal town of Kimpton de Mar to enjoy his vacation. He tries by all means to please Grace, who has convinced him to travel there. However, he feels humiliated because he doesn't belong in that elegant place. Due to an unfortunate mistake he will end up with a stolen emerald in his pocket and he will be force to design a strategy to get out of such a mess.
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Previously published in the print anthology The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories. Wealthy Mrs. Harter has a heart condition. Her nephew, Charles, who lives with her, buys her a radio for amusement, but strange messages come from it. Could her dead husband really be sending her messages? And why is he warning that her life is in danger?
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Previously published in the print anthology The Golden Ball and Other Stories. George Dundas has been disowned by his wealthy uncle for refusing to work hard. As he contemplates his fate, socialite Mary Montresor passes by in her car. She takes him off to the country and proposes marriage. They stop to investigate a pretty country house, and a maid opens the door to them. Mary picks a name at random and asks if the house belongs to Mrs. Pardonstenger....
72) Harlequin's Lane
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Previously published in the print anthology The Mysterious Mr. Quin. While visiting the rather dull, conventional Denmans, Mr. Satterthwaite unexpectedly meets Mr. Quin on a road called Harlequin's Lane. Even he can't foresee the impact that Quin will have on the Denmans and, indeed, on all the neighborhood's residents.
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Previously published in the print anthology The Golden Ball and Other Stories. Famed soprano Paula Nazorkoff is invited to give a private performance at Rustonbury Castle. She accepts, since the castle is close to the home of the world-famous retired baritone Breon. What ensues is a story of passion and revenge in which old scores are settled at last.
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Previously published in the print anthology Parker Pine Investigates. Elsie Jeffries, married for eighteen months to successful businessman Edward Jeffries, meets Parker Pyne by chance on the Simplon-Orient Express. She has seen Pyne's advertisements and feels he may be able to help her. She tells Pyne she has seen a fragment of a letter left on Edward's blotting pad, which points to some sort of plot against her, to be carried out while she is on...
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Previously published in the print anthology The Mysterious Mr. Quin. At Covent Garden for a performance of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, Mr. Satterthwaite spots Mr. Quin during the intermission. After the show, they witness a fight outside the opera house. But what could have prompted such brutal behavior?
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Previously published in the print anthology The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories. Alan Everard, a successful modernist painter, is married to the beautiful society girl Isobel Loring, who eagerly promotes her husband's work. At one of her tea parties, to which she invites the London art critics, she unveils her husband's latest masterpiece-a portrait of herself. But Alan realizes the picture is lifeless. However, a sketch he has done of his daughter's...
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Previously published in the print anthology Partners in Crime. A woman inherits a large house from her old aunt, but she has no means of maintaining it. She must take in lodgers to make ends meet, but, unfortunately, the house seems to be inhabited by poltergeists. This makes it rather hard to retain tenants. Tommy and Tuppence investigate.
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Previously published in the print anthology The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories. Retired Scotland Yard detective Sir Edward Palliser is called upon by Magdalen Vaughan to help solve the murder of her wealthy, eccentric aunt, Miss Lily Crabtree. The authorities believe only members of the household could have committed the crime, and this suspicion is tearing the family apart. Who really killed Lily's aunt?
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