Set in 1919 London, Tommy and Tuppence, experiencing unemployment and shortage of money. They form a partnership, hiring themselves out as “young adventurers”. They are overhead by Mr. Whittington who follows Tuppence to offer her a position. However, when Tuppence gives her name as “Jane Finn”, he is shocked and…
"Ah, I am glad she has come. There is a woman with a head and a heart too, Hastings. Though the good God gave her no beauty!" Hastings (the narrator of this story) was on his sick leave from the First World War. His old friend John Cavendish…
Nigel Bathgate is invited to a weekend house party at the country house of avid collector, Sir Hubert Handesley. The host intends to hold a ‘murder’ game but ends up one of the guests is found dead. The victim is stabbed through the heart by a ceremonial knife (a symbolic…
When a plane crashes on a remote island, a group of British boys are the sole survivors. The story focuses on the group of boys of their disastrous attempt to govern themselves. It’s not really my cup of tea but I’m impressed with the concept and the hidden…
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." This first line has become one of the most famous in English literature. When Mr. Bingley arrives at Netherfield, Mrs. Bennet sees this as an opportunity for…
An eleven-year-old boy named Mark Sway and his little brother Ricky were sneaking out into the woods to smoke but ends up become the only witnesses of a mob lawyer’s suicide. Before the lawyer commits suicide, he divulges information on where the body of the murdered Senator was hidden…
Inspector Wallander has tons of personal problems: he is recently divorced; he’s estranged from his daughter; drinks too much; lousy diet; and his father is showing signs of senility. One frozen January morning at 5 a.m., an elderly couple is robbed and brutally murdered at an isolated farmhouse.…
This story tells the life of five people who live together in an apartment in Tokyo. Everyone seems being supportive to each other but each of them has their personal problems that they keep to themselves. The first story is about Ryosuke’s life – his part-time job as a waiter,…
The plot follows the adventures of two alchemist brothers named Edward and Alphonse Elric. They are striving to find the legendary Philosopher’s Stone so that they may recover parts of their bodies that they lost in an attempt to bring their mother back to life. The first volume tells…
Yoshino Ishibashi is an insurance saleswoman. When she is found strangled at Mitsuse Pass, her family and colleagues are shocked and terrified. Keigo who is a college student becomes the primary suspect as he disappears for several days after the murder and according to Yoshino’s friends, she was going…