Christianna Brandová bola majsterkou napínavých príbehov, ktorá sa preslávila predovšetkým svojimi detektívnymi románmi. Jej diela sa vyznačujú premyslenými zápletkami a nezabudnuteľnými postavami, ktoré čitateľov vtiahnu do sveta intríg a napätia. Brandová dokázala majstrovsky preplietať zložité motívy a psychológiu postáv, čím vytvárala diela s hlbokým literárnym presahom. Jej schopnosť budovať atmosféru a udržiavať čitateľa v neistote až do samého konca ju radí medzi významných autorov žánru.
Detektivní román uvádí čtenáře do prostředí nemocnice, která se za války stala téměř cílem německých náletů a v níž probíhá složitý za příběh za stálého třeskotu bomb a protiletadlových baterií. Když dojde k několika vraždách nebo pokusům o ně, zůstává 6 lidí, tři lékaři a tři ošetřovatelky, kteří jsou v podezření. Ujišťují se o vzájemné nevině, ale přitom sami kombinují, že každý z nich může být vrahem.
V detektivním románě, jehož děj se odehrává na venkovském šlechtickém sídle v Anglii za druhé světové války, je šest přátel podezřelých ze tří zrůdných vražd, přičemž v kritickém okamžiku, kdy je případ detektivem objasňován,zabrání pes násilné smrti další oběti. Příběh,v němž lidé, kteří se znají, jsou vyšetřováním donuceni se podezřívat.
Inspector Cockrill's dull vacation is jolted by a Mediterranean murder From the moment he steps on the plane, Inspector Cockrill loathes his fellow travelers. They are typical tour group bores: the dullards of England whom he had hoped to escape by going to Italy. He gives up on the trip immediately, burying his nose in a mystery novel to ensure that no one tries to become his friend. But not long after the group makes landfall at the craggy isle of San Juan el Pirata, a murder demands his attention. The body of a woman is found laid out carefully on her bed, blood pooled around her and fingers wrapped around the dagger that took her life. The corrupt local police force, impatient to find a killer, names Cockrill chief suspect. To escape the Italian hangman, the detective must find out who would go on vacation to kill a stranger.
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The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda
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Also known by its American title The Crooked Wreath, this classic mystery novel from 1947 is loaded with sharply drawn characters and devilish misdirection, all capped by one of the genre's most thrilling denouements.