Debiutancka powieść Josepha Conrada z 1895 roku. Kaspar Almayer jest holenderskim kupcem, który osiadł na egzotycznej wyspie wśród Malajów. Zajmuje się głównie handlem rzecznym. Jego córka Nina, w połowie Malajka wśród społeczności spotyka się z niechęcią. Marzeniem Almayera jest zapewnienie...

Another fast-paced murder mystery by J.S. Fletcher told in the first person. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Golden...

This is a story of graft and corruption set in one of Fletchers favoured Northern towns. The mayor who is on a clean-up campaign is found dead in his parlour and our hero, his younger cousin, is determined to find...

This novel, first published in 1922, is a good example of J. S. Fletchers complex plots. The story starts with a famous actor gone missing in suspicious circumstances in northern England. But other dark deeds soon take our attention. Copplestone,...

Fans of golden-era mysteries will relish the twists and turns of J. S. Fletchers The Chestermarke Instinct. This cleverly crafted mystery begins with what seems like a common enough occurrence: a bank manager is late for work one morning. But...

Viner stumbles upon the body of a murdered man whilst just following through his ordinary day routines. Little does he know that this find would make him a key figure in solving a big mystery. Well its soon discovered that...

When an elderly mans body is found on the steps of chambers in the Midde Temple, one of the Inns of Court, it falls to newspaperman Frank Spargo and Detective-Sergeant Rathbury to solve the crime. There is no indication as...

A quaint and idyllic English community is rocked to its very core when a dead body of a man is found and foul play is suspected. Did he fall or was he pushed? The inquest records a verdict of death...

The Borough Treasurer (1921) by J.S. Fletcher is a tale of blackmail, murder and a secret quarry. He has quite a large cast of interesting characters in this one, and manages to bring them all to life with great detail....

Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. Jackie Farnish has grown up in a grindingly poor...

The Talleyrand Maxim' belongs to the pen of an outstanding British journalist and writer Joseph Smith Fletcher. Linford Pratt is a suave and clever law clerk looking for a chance to better himself. Opportunity knocks when he gets possession of...

This novel takes place in the London parish of Paddington. The story opens with the murder of an old Jewish pawnbroker. Our Scottish hero, Andrew Lauriston, a penniless aspiring writer, has the misfortune of finding the body, and is accused...

Apache Gold, A Story of the Strange Southwest is a rip-roaring tale of adventure set on the Arizona frontiers of the American Old West written by Joseph Alexander Altsheler (April 29, 1862 June 5, 1919). He was an American newspaper...

Joseph P. Cray is an American manufacturer who has just completed a year serving coffee to the troops in France during World War 1. He is motivated by good will, and also to escape his American second wife who is...

„Lord Jim” to najbardziej ceniona współcześnie powieść Josepha Conrada. Tytułowy bohater jest młodym Anglikiem, pochodzącym z dobrego domu. Śledzimy jego losy od początków służby w marynarce handlowej, przez pracę w portach południowo-wschodniej Azji, aż po zdobyte przywództwo na Borneo. Przede...

„Lord Jim” wydany w ostatnim roku XIX stulecia jest jedną z najważniejszych powieści naszego, XX wieku. Zarówno w sensie należenia do książek najżywiej w ostatnich dziesięcioleciach dyskutowanych i wpływowych, jak i w tym sensie, że jest powieścią charakterystycznie nowoczesną, że...