Robertson Davis is a major Canadian writer, a master of plot intricacies and riddles, one of the best storytellers in English literature. His “Deptford Trilo...

We all know the great film director, master of the thriller Alfred Hitchcock. However, few people know that for many years Hitchcock collected scary stories ...

What were the people who contributed to the disfigurement of Human History? People are good and bad, famous and not so famous. And especially what was one of...

The first commuter train of the morning slowly rumbles away from platform seven of Queen St station. And then, as the train emerges from a tunnel, the scr...

Robert van GulikMURDER IN CANTON Judge Dee has reached the pinnacle of his career - he has been appointed chairman of the Metropolitan Court. The imperial go...

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Judge Dee is visiting a neighboring county with a small group of prominent literary figures. Alas, he has almost no time to d...

A.D. 668Master detective Judge Dee sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers that complicated passions lurk beneath the seemingly tranquil ...

The ancient Chinese detective Judge Dee returns for a fourth and final time in The Chinese Nail Murders. Though the setting is exotic and the time period ...

Hurray! The long-awaited day has arrived! After thirty-seven years at the school, Robert Putifar is retiring. Now he has a lot of free time, and he can final...

In their heyday, the true-crime pulp magazines spawned many of the masters of American detective fiction. These early gems have been unearthed and collect...

The face of a drowned courtesan looking up through the still water, a terrible wound on the forehead of a dead carpenter, a creepy stranger looking through t...

Having taken a position in the town of Penlea, Judge Dee immediately begins to investigate the murder of his predecessor. Meanwhile, a terrible tiger prowls ...