Günter . Eichel Knihy

Sommerzeit ist Krimizeit, schließlich erhitzen sich mit steigenden Temperaturen auch die Gemüter und führen mitunter auf mörderische Pfade. Ob in Cornwall oder an der französischen Riviera, in der Nähe griechischer Tempelanlagen oder in den Gärten englischer Landhäuser – während die Sonne allerorten vom Himmel strahlt, lösen Agatha Christies beliebteste Ermittler in diesen sommerlichen Kurzkrimis manch dunkles Rätsel.

'Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.' In Casino Royale, the first of Fleming's 007 adventures, a game of cards is James Bond's only chance to bring down the desperate SMERSH agent Le Chiffre. But Bond soon discovers that there is far more at stake than money.

These twelve perfectly-plotted short stories admirably illustrate the verve and virtuosity of the most widely-read crime novelist in the English language. Ranging with characteristic assurance from the light-hearted to the macabre, diverse mysteries are most ingeniously and plausibly contrived and convincingly unravelled, including how ... a Nursery Rhyme solved a murder ... the Shawl of a Thousand Flowers brought inspiration to a perspiring author ... a Diamond Necklace turned mouse into man ... Grand Opera betrayed a passion ... and why a Noble Lord vanished apparently without trace in ... The Listerdale Mystery