Kyrkslätts bibliotek

Paula Roos viettää rauhaisaa eläkeläisen arkea Helsingin Kruununhaassa. Kun hänen taloyhtiössään tapahtuu itsemurha, Paulan tuntosarvet nousevat pystyyn. Onko kuollut nainen voinut ...

Kun eläkkeelle jäänyt historianopettaja Paula Roos matkustaa kesäksi Tammisaareen, pikkukaupungissa tapahtuu jotain odottamatonta. Roos osallistuu paikallisen taidegalleristin juhl ...

Eläköitynyt opettaja Paula Roos lähtee Mustion linnaan antiikkiharrastuksensa perässä. Linnassa järjestetään nimittäin kiinnostava antiikkia ja ruokaa yhdistelevä tapahtuma. Mustio ...

Elma Koistinen on entinen koulunjohtaja, jota moni vihaa. Onhan Elmalla ollut rankat otteet opettajana. Myös hänen nuori rakastajattarensa kokee kasvavaa raivoa autoritääristä Elma ...

Mies hyökkää markettiin sairaalasänky selässään. Vääryyttä kokenut nainen hautoo veristä kostoa. Ja maalaisidylli rakoilee rumasti nuoren nimismiehen silmien alla. Tummankarheat ri ...

Thomas Lynley, Ashertonin kahdeksas jaarli, ja nuori Deborah aikovat avioitua. Läheiset sukulaiset ja ystävät kokoontuvat viettämään kihlajaisviikonloppua Lynleyn sukutilalle Howen ...

***** "Högspänning ..." – New York Times ***** ***** "... kalla kårar från första raden till sista sidan." – Newsweek ***** ”De hittade kropparna på en tisdag. Två dagar efter de ...

In Connecticut, Clearman Court has been renovated by its current owner, Stephen Clearman. An unusual character, Stephen has a penchant for wearing strange masks which he believes w ...

‘Faulkner’s Folly’ is the second book in the ‘Alan Ford’ series of detective novels by prolific author Carolyn Wells. In Long Island, artist Eric Stannard is found stabbed to death ...

In the Campanile Apartment building in the heart of Manhattan, wealthy resident Sir Herbert Binney has been found dead in the lobby. The only clue to the crime is a mysterious scra ...

First published in 1923 ‘More Lives Than One’ by author Carolyn Wells is the first in the ‘Lorimer Lane’ detective series. In a bohemian part of 1920s New York, a woman is murdered ...

First published in 1916 ‘The Bride of a Moment’ is the first of two works by author Carolyn Wells which follow the exploits of gentleman detective Alan Ford. In the town of Bascomb ...

Emily Fox-Seton is a well-bred but penniless lady who works for the selfish Lady Maria Bayne. At 34, she knows she is unlikely to marry, and her prospects are bleak. Despite that, ...

‘The Box with Broken Seals’ is a rip-roaring thriller from popular author E. Phillips Oppenheim. A tale of international espionage, we follow criminal Jocelyn Thew as he escapes ca ...

First published in 1898, ‘A Daughter of Astrea’ by Edwardian author E. Phillips Oppenheim is a story told by an anonymous artistic narrator. He has travelled to a foreign land with ...

First published in 1912, ‘The Double Four’ by E. Phillips Oppenheim follows the story of former criminal turned country squire Peter Ruff as he is drawn back into the criminal unde ...

Eager to make his fortune in the gold mines of Africa, young Scarlett Trent must grapple with his own sense of wrong and right, balancing the challenges which face him with his des ...

Accompanied by his trusty and beautiful companion Violet Brown, Peter Ruff decides to turn his back on his former life of crime and become a private investigator. With his establis ...

Originally published as a series of short stories in ‘Hearst’ magazine, ‘Ambrose Lavendale, Diplomat’ follows the story of young Ambrose Lavendale, who enters the secret service in ...

Originally published in 1924, E. Phillip Oppenheim’s ‘The Lesser Sin’ is a captivating tale of love and deception. A young lady of sophisticated tastes but limited means, young Phi ...

British politician Sir Julien Portel finds himself framed in a scandal by the jealous and ambitious Mabel Carraby, who is intent on pushing him out of his role in order that her hu ...

Son of a debt-ridden aristocratic family, Gregory Ballaston, resorts to desperate means while travelling through China. Will his rash decision result in the corruption of all manki ...

Det är vinter i Stockholm. Snön faller allt ymnigare utanför skyskrapan Helix, där födelsedagsfirandet av en excentrisk affärsman ska äga rum i dagarna tre. Nöjesreportern Adrian L ...

Räjähdys pääkaupungin ytimessä johtaa ketjureaktioon, joka uhkaa koko maailmaaHautausurakoitsijan valeasussa toiminut ammattirikollinen Jarmo Kivi on ollut räjähdyksen ytimessä. Hä ...

Komisario Koskinen -sarjan ensimmäinen osa! Harvinaisen varma ja todentuntuinen esikoisteos rikospoliisin arjesta, joka koettelee tunteita usein monellakin tasolla.Rikosylikonstaap ...