Beneath Gray Skies: A Novel of a Past That Never Happened, Ashton Hugh
Автор: Ashton Hugh Название: Unknown Quantities: Eleven tales of the slightly weird ISBN: 1912605635 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781912605637 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 964.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Eleven stories in a darker mood from Hugh Ashton, the acclaimed author of the Deed Box and Dispatch-box of Sherlock Holmes adventures. Here he explores the theme of the unknown that lurks behind our everyday world, waiting for its chance to escape and wreak havoc. The settings range from a 16th-century Italian galley, through a 19th century country house, to the author's home city of Lichfield. Contains strong language and adult themes.
Bee-bee - a rag doll who helps her owner cope with life's ups and downs
What you find in a skip - it can be surprising
Babysitter - something nasty in the Coopers' woodshed
Time thieves - they steal time and dreams and energy
Ships in the night - "as night turned to day, he started to understand the truth"
Carnacki at Bunscombe Abbey - a sincere tribute to William Hope Hodgson's classic ghost-finder
The story that wrote itself - sometimes an author gets help from an unexpected source
Gianni Two-Pricks - be careful what you take from others - even when they're dead
Lady of the Dance - movement as message
Me and my Shadow - or is it really my shadow?
What Happens Afterwards? - when you die on the operating table, what's next?
A Papal legate, on a secret mission to England from Rome, is discovered dead. How did he die? And why? Mycroft Holmes, master of many of the secrets of the realm, calls in his younger brother Sherlock to discover the answer to these questions. When he arrives at the scene of the crime, Sherlock Holmes discovers that the Cardinal's corpse has been moved - inside a locked room. A search for a missing document which may prove to be the clue to this riddle - but Holmes and Watson find themselves caught in a tangled web of mystery and political intrigue as they investigate The Death of Cardinal Tosca.
Автор: Ashton Hugh Название: 1894: Some Adventures of Mr. Sherlock Holmes ISBN: 191260504X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781912605040 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1378.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
The boxes once belonging to Doctor Watson containing notes related to cases and adventures of his friend, Sherlock Holmes, are still not empty. Here we find five such adventures, four of which are mentioned in the original collections published through Watson's literary agent, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and brought together here.
The Adventure of the Broken Door is mentioned briefly (but not by that name), in The Norwood Builder.
The Adventure of the Green Dragon has an oriental flavour and is referenced (though the reference is obscure) in The Cardboard Box.
The Adventure of John Vincent Harden is mentioned in by name in the Solitary Cyclist.
The Adventure of the Copper Pins is mentioned (but not by that name) in The Five Orange Pips.
The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor is unusual, as it occurs some two and half years after His Last Bow, when Holmes and Watson are both serving their country in the Great War.
Описание: A short novella featuring the Mapp and Lucia characters originally created by E.F.Benson.
Автор: Ashton Hugh Название: Tales of Old Japanese ISBN: 1912605538 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781912605538 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1033.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Tales of Old Japanese is a collection of five short stories of the older generation living in contemporary Japan. The author spent over 25 years living in the country, working as a writer and journalist. Some of his impressions of Japan and of the people who live there have been recorded in:
Keiko's House: An old house, its history, and the history of those who have lived there in the past.
Haircuts: When 92-year-old Mr Kato changes his barber, his life takes on a surprising new meaning.
Click: One photograph every day. The memories of twenty years, all neatly arranged in albums. Mrs Terada's camera sees everything.
Mrs Sakamoto's Grouse: When Mrs Sakamoto sees a new brand of whisky on the shelves of her local neighbourhood shop, the result is unexpected.
The Old House: Two boys play in the garden of a deserted house once owned by a notorious miser; which turns out not to be deserted after all.
Автор: Ashton Hugh Название: Without My Boswell: Five Early Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ISBN: 1912605589 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781912605583 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1378.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Five adventures of the celebrated consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, occurring before he met his "Boswell", Doctor John H. Watson (late Indian Army).
Автор: Ashton Hugh Название: Balance of Powers ISBN: 1912605619 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781912605613 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1654.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An Afghan vet returns to his Ohio home in 2007 - and doesn`t like what he discovers. As he moves across America, corpses appear in his wake.
Автор: Ashton Hugh Название: The Adventures of Sherlock Ferret ISBN: 1912605406 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781912605408 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3861.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Why are the aliens here, and what are they after? The answer may surprise you.
