10 似ている本： 水仙荘の殺人
名もなき女
No Name is a 19th-century novel by the master of sensation fiction, Wilkie Collins. A country gentleman is killed in an accident and his wife dies shortly after him. The blow is double for their daughters, who discover that they were born before their parents were married. Their sudden illegitimacy robs them of their inheritance and their accustomed place in society.
共通テーマ：Young women, England, Mystery
楽園の謎
American tourists, sure appreciators of all that is ancient and picturesque in England, invariably come to a halt, holding their breath in a sudden catch of wonder, as they pass through the half-ruinous gateway which admits to the Close of Wrychester. Nowhere else in England is there a fairer prospect of old-world peace. There before their eyes, set in the centre of a great green sward, fringed…
共通テーマ：England, Mystery
ルルージュ事件
Le jeudi 6 mars 1862, surlendemain du Mardi gras, cinq femmes du village de La Jonchere se presentaient au bureau de police de Bougival.
共通テーマ：Mystery
死者に口なし
The classic story ties together themes of adventure and romance. Hornung's traditional writing style is incredibly descriptive and can be often relaxing to read. The story of Dead Men Tell No Tales doesn't rush but rather takes it's time to develop characters and provide indulgent details for readers. The tale of Mr. Cole and Ms. Eva is an excellent addition to any library and showcases some of…
共通テーマ：Mystery
タレーランの格言
The “Talleyrand Maxim” holds that “With time and patience, the mulberry leaf is turned into satin.” The adage has the character of guidance for life for an ambitious legal clerk, Linford Pratt. Unlike most people, he decides to take extreme measures to get what he believes is his due.
共通テーマ：Mystery
ヴィラ・ローズにて 四幕
The place: Aix-les-Bains, a lakeside town in southeast France, popular for vacations of the well-to-do.
The players:
(1) The young Englishman, Harry Wethermill, who, after a brilliant career at Oxford and at Munich, had applied his scientific genius and made a fortune for himself at the age of twenty-eight.
(2) Mr. Ricardo, approaching the fifties in age; a widower — "a state greatly to his…
共通テーマ：Mystery
茨のクラブ
Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital where secrets hide behind white picket fences. But when the lovely, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic room, she draws her oddball collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship: poised English beauty Fliss, whose facade of…
共通テーマ：Mystery
寡黙な紳士
Lord Julian Caldicott associates the seaside with war, partings, death, and dyspepsia. At the request of his dear Hyperia, he nevertheless journeys to the shore, where he and his lady plan to speak their wedding vows and begin their honey month at the oceanfront home of Lady Ophelia Oliphant.
Unbeknownst to Julian, Lady Ophelia has rented out cottages on her estate to a pack of professional…
共通テーマ：Mystery
仕立て屋サロンの殺人
As fashion designer to London’s elite, she had an eye for detail and a flare for the dramatic. But there’s nothing stylish about her cold-blooded murder.
 
With the social season just around the corner, the women in Cleo’s family are having new outfits made by the most sought-after designer in the city. Madame Poitiers is bold, self-absorbed and not French, despite her claims.
 
When…
共通テーマ：Mystery
アトミック・レーンの主婦たち
'I absolutely devoured this… One of my favourites… Incredible… I was immersed from the very first page… Completely captivating' NetGalley reviewer, ★★★★★Four housewives. One quiet street. A Cold War secret that could destroy everything.In a town built around America’s most secretive nuclear site, housewife Betty Mahoney knows the rules: don’t ask questions, and don’t listen too closely.But when…
共通テーマ：Mystery