Résultats pour "Edgar Allan Poe" dans Roman policier

Der Kriminalautor Vincent Vernier wird tot am Grund eines Brunnens gefunden, der zu einem verlassenen Gehöft gehört. Das Merkwürdige, Verniers letzter Roman handelt von einer Verbrecherbande, die sich nach einem brutalen Raubüberfall auf einem Gehöft verschanzt und ihre Beute in einem Brunnen versteckt. Dupin und Poe treten die Ermittlungen an, um die Wahrheit hinter dem Roman aufzudecken.

They're baaaaaaaaaaaaacckkkkk!!! Rocky Coast Radio Theatre returns with yet another copious cornucopia of classic concoctions, crafted and compiled for the captive congregation (gotta love that thesaurus!). Nightmares on Congress Street, Part V offers dramatized adaptations (complete with music and sound effects) of chilling stories penned by Edgar Allan Poe, Hugh B. Cave, and H. P. Lovecraft, as well as a few additional treats.

C'EST PARCE QU'ILS PENSENT AUTREMENT QU'IL RESOLVENT L'INSOLUBLE... Ce recueil présente une sélection de brillantes enquêtes menées par de singuliers détectives.

Edgar Allan Poe was a writer, poet, editor and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre, and is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and of American literature. Poe was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story and considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre, as well as a significant contributor to the emerging genre of science fiction.

This is a story from the Murders in the Rue Morgue (The Dupin Stories) collection. Auguste Dupin, investigator extraordinaire, was the remarkable creation of Edgar Allan Poe. Written in the 1840s, Poe presented the acutely observant, shrewd but idiosyncratic character who, with his chronicler, provided the inspiration for the more famous Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The Detective Novels Collection is a stunning collection of 8 classic detective novels and stories, read by three award-winning narrators. Included here are stories by some of the greatest crime writers in history, including Arthur Conan Doyle; AA Milne; Edgar Allan Poe; Josephine Tey; and Freeman Crofts Wills.

A fourth floor room, a door locked with the key inside, no way in, no way out. Edgar Allan Poe is the true grandfather of the murder mystery. Decades before Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, Poe gave us C. Auguste Dupin, a man able to solve mysteries through observation and deduction.

This Audiobook contains the following works: "The Builder" [Frank L. Packard], "The Man Who Didn't Count" [Frank L. Packard], "Red Petals" [Frederick Merrick White], "The Other Man's Story" [Frederick Merrick White], "The Shebeeners" [Frederick Merrick White], "The Waterwitch" [Frederick Merrick White], "The Brand of the Wild" [G.B Lancaster], "A Fair Smuggler" [George Newnes], "A Castaway of the South" [Gilbert Parker], "As Deep As the Sea" [Gilbert Parker], "The Gift of the Simple King" [Gilbert Parker], "The Treasure of Sacramento" [Nick Guy Boothby].

Edgar Allan Poe - the master of horror - was also responsible for writing the first detective stories in history. His master sleuth, the elusive logician C. Auguste Dupin, is the man the police turn to when they find themselves unable to solve a mystery. Here are two of Poe's Dupin stories in a single volume, one involving blackmail of the royal family and the other...a tale of two brutal murders in the heart of Paris!

In one of Edgar Allan Poe’s most brilliant detective tales, C. Auguste Dupin faces a crime that is as much about intellect as it is about cunning. When a highly sensitive letter is stolen from the royal apartments by a shrewd and unscrupulous minister, the police search tirelessly—yet fail to find it. Called upon for help, Dupin applies his unparalleled powers of observation and deduction, proving that the best hiding place may be in plain sight.

This story is based on the actual murder of Mary Cecilia Rogers, a crime that paralyzed New York because of the unprecedented violence that the murderer turned on her. Mary Cecilia Rogers was born in Connecticut in 1820 and disappeared on October 4, 1838, in unclear circumstances. Some days later the newspapers announced that she had been found and had fled to marry a naval officer. The case was closed, but three years later, on July 25, 1841, Mary Cecilia Rogers disappeared again. Her lifeless body was found floating in the Hudson River

Gerard Lenoir ist einer der angesagtesten Schneider von Paris. Obwohl es Lenoir selbst ist, der sich an Dupin und Poe wendet, um den Fall aufzuklären, bleibt bei den beiden ein Rest Misstrauen, ob der Schneider wirklich in allen Belangen die Wahrheit gesagt hat. Und in der Tat verstrickt sich ihr Auftraggeber immer weiter in Widersprüche, während der Mörder weiter sein Unwesen treibt.

Auguste Dupin, investigator extraordinaire, was the remarkable creation of Edgar Allan Poe. Written in the 1840s, Poe presented the acutely observant, shrewd but idiosyncratic character who, with his chronicler, provided the inspiration for the more famous Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

An engrossing collection of detective stories featuring all the great classic sleuths, including Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, Max Carrados, J. G. Reeder, and C. Auguste Dupin. 1.The Tea-Leaf by Edgar Jepson & Robert Eustace 2.The Queer Feet by G. K. Chesterton 3.The Curious Circumstances of the Two Left Shoes by Ernest Bramah 4. The Club of One-Eyed Men by Arthur Somers Roche 5.Diamond Cut Diamond by F. Britten Austin 6.The Game Played in the Dark by Ernest Bramah

Gerade noch rechtzeitig gelingt es Dupin, Poe und den anderen Ermittlern einen gewaltigen Anschlag des "Kults des goldenen Kalbs" zu verhindern. Kurz darauf machen sie eine schockierende Entdeckung im Schlupfwinkel der Unheimlichen. Haben die Kultanhänger tatsächlich allesamt gemeinsam Selbstmord begangen? Verstörend ruhige Wochen folgen, doch Dupin traut dem scheinbaren Frieden nicht. Die winterliche Feiertagssaison naht, aber damit auch die Rückkehr des Kults? Tatkräftig versuchen Poe und Dupin Beweise für die anstehende Bedrohung zu finden, bevor alles zu spät ist.

Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he gets his own back, introducing 16 tales of detectives whose abilities rival that of the great Sherlock Holmes.

From the very beginning of its two-decade run on radio, Suspense was tops in thriller entertainment! Its first year on the air brought together stories from such outstanding masters of the genre as John Dickson Carr, Dashiell Hammett, and Edgar Allan Poe! Tune in to 20 tense classics from Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills - starring Peter Lorre, Mary Astor, Susan Hayward, Richard Dix, Lou Merrill, Agnes Moorehead, Frank Readick, Alice Frost, and more.

Fantasy author Ken Altabef lends his unique voice talents to a modern reading of 13 classic tales (and six poems) by Edgar Allan Poe.

Folge 16: Poe ist dem Doktor entkommen und nach New York geflohen. Dort mietet er sich in einem alten Hotel im sechsten Bezirk ein. Was er nicht weiß: Im Volksmund heißt die Gegend der "blutige alte Bezirk". Und das Hotel hat seltsame, unterirdische Gänge.

Folge 13: Zunächst sieht es so aus, als hätte sich Poe von Leonie getrennt. Aber die Wahrheit ist eine ganz andere und bohrt sich tief in beider Seelen. Und dann taucht der verhüllte Reiter auf, der an Poes und Leonies Feinden grausam Rache nimmt. Nach und nach können Poe und Leonie erste Geheimnisse lüften - der Rest jedoch versinkt in tiefstem Schweigen.