Название: Checkmate: The Wallace Murder Mystery ISBN: 1914277015 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781914277016 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4138.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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On 19th January 1931 a telephone message was left for Mr William Wallace at the Liverpool Central Chess Club, of which he was a member. It involved an appointment with a possible business client for the insurance collector, and instructed him to call at 25 Menlove Gardens East at 7.30pm the following evening. On the 20th Wallace duly left his home in Anfield at around 6.45pm and took three trams to Allerton. After searching the Menlove area for some time and asking several people for directions, it appeared that there was a North, South and West, but no East. Wallace returned home to find his 69-year-old wife Julia brutally murdered in the front parlour of their home in Wolverton Street. Despite consistently denying any involvement, William Wallace was tried and convicted of his wife's murder, only for the verdict to be overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeal - the first time in British legal history that an appeal had been allowed after re-examination of evidence. The question therefore still remains: who killed Julia Wallace on that cold January night in 1931? Published to mark the 90th anniversary of the murder, Checkmate dispels several of the myths and inaccuracies that have surrounded the case for decades.
Автор: Lorac, E.c.r. Название: Checkmate to murder ISBN: 0712353526 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780712353526 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1582.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: On a foggy night in London, a party has gathered in an artist`s studio during the wartime blackout. When the brutal murder of the miser next door is discovered by his infantryman nephew, it`s not long before Inspector Macdonald of Scotland Yard is at the scene, untangling alibis from the studio party and with the fate of the soldier in his hands.
Автор: AnnaLisa Grant, Nick Fullen-Collins, Randy Holcomb Название: Checkmate ISBN: 1944109765 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781944109769 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 3859.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Despite growing up in the projects of Chicagos West Side in the 1960s, Richard "Rico" Townsend believed he was destined for greatness. By the 1980s, his greatness would lie in becoming the most successful drug lord Chicago had ever seen. Sexy, brilliant, and shrewd, Rico was a cunning businessman. Every move he made was carefully orchestrated, mirroring his favorite game of strategy—chess. It wasnt until Aja walked into his life that Rico realized he wanted something else. He wanted love and a family, and he was ready to leave the empire he built behind ... if it wasnt too late. A modern-day Robin Hood to some, whose best friend was a Chicago PD Detective, Rico built an illegal empire the Feds couldnt infiltrate—or so he thought.
Автор: Lorac E. C. R. Название: Checkmate to Murder: A Second World War Mystery ISBN: 146421509X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781464215094 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2068.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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" An] excellent fair-play mystery...this British Library Crime Classic more than deserves that status."--Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review
On a dismally foggy night in Hampstead, London, a curious party has gathered in an artist's studio to weather the wartime blackout
As World War II takes its toll around them, a civil servant and a government scientist are matching wits in a game of chess, while an artist paints the portrait of his characterful sitter, bedecked in Cardinal's robes at the other end of the room. In the kitchen, the artist's sister is hosting the charlady of the miser next door.
When the brutal murder of said miser is discovered by his nephew, it's not long before Inspector Macdonald of Scotland Yard is at the scene, faced with perplexing alibis and with the fate of the young man in his hands. In the search for the culprit, Macdonald and his team of detectives must figure out if one of the members of the studio party is somehow involved in the death, or if some other scurrilous neighbour could be responsible.
The British Library of Crime Classics is pleased to revive this clever, classic mystery for amateur sleuths and fans of British historical fiction.
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