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Wilkie Collins was one of Victorian England's best-loved and best-selling authors, and a crime-fiction pioneer. His enthralling 'sensation novels' such as The Woman in White paved the way for today's thrillers and his tour de force The Moonstone is one of the first, and greatest, modern-detective stories. This collection features dramatisations of these two masterpieces, with star casts including Toby Stephens (The Woman in White) and John Sharp (The Moonstone). Also included are adaptations of three of Collins' other major novels.

Als eine wertvolle Antiquität mit einem mysteriösen Vermisstenfall in Verbindung steht, findet sich Henrietta schneller in einem echten Kriminalfall wieder, als sie es sich je erträumt hätte. Plötzlich gibt es mehr Fragen als Antworten und ein tödlicher Zwischenfall erschüttert das Städtchen rund um Henriettas Laden.

In der Bucht eines kleinen Küstenortes in Cornwall werden innerhalb kurzer Zeit ein toter Hund und die Leiche eines Mannes angespült, beide grausam verstümmelt. Der Mordfall bringt die Welt des friedlichen Dorfes empfindlich ins Wanken und verlangt Detective Inspector Collin Brown alles ab. Seine geliebte Bildhauerei und auch seine Familie kommen jetzt zu kurz.

Late one moonlit night, Walter Hartright encounters a solitary and terrified woman dressed all in white. He saves her from capture by her pursuers and determines to solve the mystery of her distress and terror. Inspired by an actual criminal case, this gripping tale of murder, intrigue, madness and mistaken identity has never been out of print since its publication and brought Collins great fame and success.

Seven years have passed since the family reunion at Kafziel's mansion. As Kenan moved on being married to Kafziels' daughter Elysia, working as a time guardian and as an assistant for Johnston Industries, he began to have dreams of a murder happening in Boston before it even occurred. As a way to prevent the atrocity, Kenan and Elysia went after the culprits after watching a video of them killing a man on the spot. The killers turned out to be two masked women both having supernatural abilities. One of the women was an esper named Psyche and the other was an alien named Ember.

DCI Collin Brown glaubt es an diesem heißen Sommertag lediglich mit einem außergewöhnlichen Unfall zu tun zu haben: Ein Laster ist in ein Nebengebäude des seit Jahren leer stehenden Gutshauses Woodland gekracht. Doch aus der Routineangelegenheit entwickelt sich schnell ein brisanter Mordfall - nach Bergung des Lasters wird das Skelett eines Säuglings in dem stark beschädigten Gebäude gefunden, mit zertrümmertem Schädel.

The Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter is drawn into the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his 'charming' friend Count Fosco, who has a taste for white mice, vanilla bonbons and poison.

Ein verschwundenes Mädchen. Eine dunkle Verschwörung. Eine Stadt voller Geheimnisse. Ein junges Mädchen namens Tracy verschwindet spurlos, doch niemand scheint sich dafür zu interessieren. Ihre beste Freundin Rebecca erzählt der Polizei, dass sie gemeinsam "irgendwo oben in den Bergen" Tabletten genommen haben, aber sie kann sich nicht mehr daran erinnern, was danach passiert ist. Als sie wieder zu sich kam, war Tracy verschwunden.

Top toy designer Star Clearwater is convinced that Christmas is cursed. What's supposed to be her hard-earned vacation turns into chaos when her mother lures her to the North Pole only for all spell to break loose at her arrival. A heinous hex threatens the entire toy production inside Santa's Toy Workshop, putting millions of children's wishes in jeopardy. If her mother - who reports directly to Mrs. Claus - can't get things under control, Christmas won't be the only thing getting canned.

Entscheide jetzt, wann dein Leben enden soll. Vier Erwachsene und ein Kind verschwinden spurlos. Sie sind Figuren in einem perfiden, tödlichen Spiel. Alle Hoffnungen, sie zu finden, ruhen auf dem Privatdetektiv Niklas Lux. Niklas Lux, genannt der Maler, erzielt mit seinen außergewöhnlichen Bildern auf Auktionen hohe Preise. Aber nur engste Vertraute wissen: hinter jedem Bild steckt ein abgeschlossener Fall. Ein aufgeklärtes Verbrechen, an dem bisher jeder andere Ermittler scheiterte. Außer der Maler!

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective...

Don't miss the this exciting, New York Times bestselling adventure from Preston & Child, in which the secrets of a mysterious ancient tablet may point the way to untold treasure--or unspeakable danger. "I just want to be crystal clear about this: if it has value, we're gonna steal it. Are you...

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter...

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter...

From Martha Waters, the author of the “enchanting” (Entertainment Weekly) Regency Vows series, a new historical romance set in 1930s England with a murder mystery twist. In a quaint village in the Cotswolds, Georgiana Radcliffe has accidentally become an amateur detective after helping solve...

Eine Reihe von Raubüberfällen, eine Leiche und ein Rätsel, das unlösbar scheint: Der spannende zweite Teil der Cosy-Crime-Reihe um den kleinen Antiquitätenladen. Henriettas gemütliches Antiquitätengeschäft in Hearts Grove bereitet sich auf die Hauptsaison vor. Doch ausgerechnet kurz vor der geschäftigsten Zeit des Jahres wird ihr beschaulicher Laden von einer Reihe Raubüberfällen heimgesucht. Plötzlich wird nicht nur die Herkunft einiger ihrer wertvollen Schätze infrage gestellt, sondern auch noch ihre Geduld auf die Probe.

Published in 1888, The Legacy of Cain is the last of Wilkie Collins’s completed novels. Two sisters, Helen and Eunice, are brought up by their father, Reverend Gracedieu. He has deliberately kept the girls in ignorance of their true ages, to disguise the fact that one of them was adopted after her birth mother was executed for the brutal murder of her husband. In time, both girls fall for the same man, Philip Dunboyne, but when he eventually chooses one of the sisters, events take a sinister turn.

Walter Hartright, a drawing teacher to two sisters, wants to marry Laura, though she is betrothed to another. But who is the mysterious woman in white he encounters? Wilkie Collins was a master of suspense, but his transfer to audiobook requires a cast of readers to faithfully reflect the11 different characters who tell the story. Naxos AudioBooks brings together a strong cast to bring alive the mystery and suspense of The Woman in White.

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective...

Ten vintage dramas on the theme of murder, written by internationally recognised authors and set across the globe ‘Murder is murder, anywhere in the world. The taking of life, the most terrible crime a human being can commit, is the same in any language, whether it springs from vengeance...