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Charles F. Hall
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Man Who Lived Backwards (EN)
Charles F. Hall: Can you imagine traveling back to the past? What would you find there? Would you like it? Would you find that everything you do has some consequences in the future? Do you want to join the man in our story? Because he is about to “trap” himself in a backw
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Charles Dickens
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B. J. Harrison Reads A Christmas Carol (EN)
Charles Dickens: Christmas is just around the corner. People are cheery and excited, except for Ebenezer Scrooge for whom Christmas is just another day. Ebenezer is an old, bitter miser who has distanced himself from everyone and leads a lonely life by his own choice.
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Bram Stoker
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Judge’s House (EN)
Bram Stoker: A student arrives in a small town willing to find a quiet place where he can prepare for his exams. An old mansion seems like a great option for him. The locals warn him that strange things occur from time to time, but the student is not superstitious.
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Bram Stoker
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B. J. Harrison Reads Dracula (EN)
Bram Stoker: You have certainly heard of Dracula. But do you know the whole story? Everything begins with Jonathan Harker, an English solicitor who travels to Transylvania. He is about to sell a piece of real estate to Count Dracula. The locals warn Harker of the s
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Bram Stoker
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B. J. Harrison Reads Dracula’s Guest (EN)
Bram Stoker: An Englishman stops at an inn during his trip through Transylvania. He decides to wander around in a carriage despite the approaching night; darkness doesn’t seem to worry him. He sets off but after a while the horses get scared by howling wolfs. The E
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Agatha Christie
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Plavý kůň
Agatha Christie: „Svou oběť nemusíte zabíjet. Stačí jediné – sdělit jí, že zemře. “ Proč by někdo vraždil oblíbeného kněze? Protože od umírající paní Davisové vyzvěděl víc, než bylo zdrávo. Otec Gorman si však ještě před odesláním
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Dominik Dán
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V tieni
Dominik Dán: Krauzova schopnosť, možno až talent, zapliesť sa do prípadov podfarbených politicko-mocenskými machináciami bola všeobecne známa, preňho charakteristická. Našťastie, nie všetky vraždy vyšetrované na oddelení vrážd boli z tohto súdka
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Peter May
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Běžkyně
Peter May: Porážka je matkou úspěchu – čínské přísloví Když vrcholový čínský plavec spáchá těsně před začátkem pekingských her sebevraždu a další nadějný reprezentant zemře v náručí milenky, vypadá to s olympijskými ambicemi nejli
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Gertrude Atherton
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Bell and the Fog (EN)
Gertrude Atherton: Ralph Orth is an American novelist who decides to move to the English countryside. There he buys a marvellous estate called Chillingsworth. Inside Chillingsworth’s gallery, Orth finds an old portrait of a young girl who takes Orth’s breath away. He
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Gertrude Atherton
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Dead and the Countess (EN)
Gertrude Atherton: What is the worst thing that can happen in a cemetery? “The Dead and the Countess” gives one truly horrific description which will keep you at the edge of your seat until the very end. Now do you really want to know what happened in the Breton cemetery?
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George MacDonald
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Magic Mirror (EN)
George MacDonald: Anodos is a young boy who finds a large and mystical castle with a big and impressive library. The library hides the secret story of the poor Cosmo who was a student at the university of Prague. Cosmo’s life changed forever because of a mirror. But i
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George Eliot
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Lifted Veil (EN)
George Eliot: Latimer is convinced that he has a special power. According to him, he can see into the future and he can also read people’s mind. Actually everybody’s but one; his brother’s wife Bertha’s mind remains closed to him. Although he marries her after h
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Francis Marion Crawford
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Blood Is The Life (EN)
Francis Marion Crawford: A man visits his friend, a Scandinavian artist who lives in an old Italian villa. They go out on the balcony, enjoying the calm and beautiful night. Then the guest suddenly sees a strange mound of earth with a body next to it. The artist knows the stor
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Francis Marion Crawford
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Doll’s Ghost (EN)
Francis Marion Crawford: Lady Gwendolen drops her precious doll Nina and breaks it. Mr. Puckler, a doll doctor, mends the doll and sends his daughter Else to return Nina to her owner. But times passes and Else is nowhere to be seen. What has happened to her? And where is the
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Guy de Maupassant
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Horla (EN)
Guy de Maupassant: A three-mast Brazilian ship passes by and a man standing on the shore, waving to it. After sailing on the broad and getting back home, the man starts feeling worse with every passing day. He realizes that there is a supernatural being in his home, takin
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Guy de Maupassant
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B. J. Harrison Reads Fear and Was It A Dream? (EN)
Guy de Maupassant: A man’s beloved woman suddenly dies of pneumonia. He cannot cope with the loss and spends a whole night wandering around the cemetery searching for her. However, what he finds and sees there is far from what he expected. Would you feel fear after rea
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Dorothy L. Sayersová
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Vražda potřebuje reklamu
Dorothy L. Sayersová: Nastoupil, aby zjistil, proč ze schodů sletěl pan Dean. Až to vypátrá, ukloní se a půjde si zase pinkat kriket.
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Peter Nyström, Peter Mohlin
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Poslední na seznamu
Peter Nyström,Peter Mohlin: Když se John probudí v nemocnici s rozsáhlými střelnými zraněními, ví, že z toho vyvázl lacino. John Adderley je tvrdý chlap – agent FBI, vlk samotář s vlastními metodami, který si svoje problémy nechává pro sebe. Jenže ten posledn
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Vlastimil Vondruška
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Vražda v ambitu
Vlastimil Vondruška: Detektivní příběh se vrací do doby mládí Oldřicha z Chlumu. Na studiích v Magdeburku se stává svědkem vraždy mladé dívky. Podaří se mu ji vyřešit? Napínavý detektivní příběh, odehrávající se v polovině 13. století, se vrac
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Peter May
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Nezvratné alibi
Peter May: Dá se zlomená jazylka považovat za podpis sériového vraha? Nevyjasněná smrt dvacetileté Lucie Martinové, milované dcery z dobré rodiny, představuje šestý ze sedmi případů neobjasněných vražd, které se staly předmětem sázky Enza Mac
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Robert Bryndza
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Mlha nad Shadow Sands
Robert Bryndza: Druhý případ vyšetřovatelky Kate v podmanivé interpretaci Martina Stránského. Kate Marshallová a její asistent Tristan Harper vyšetřují další zapeklitý případ. Jak spolu souvisí zmizení mladých lidí a oblast Shadow Sands? A jakou r
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G. K. Chesterton
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Secret Garden (EN)
G. K. Chesterton: Aristide Valentin holds a dinner party in his secret garden, which only has one main entrance. Many people are invited. Julius K. Brayne, one of Valentin’s rivals, is of the party as well. Everything goes as planned until one group of guests finds a
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G. K. Chesterton
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Man Who Knew Too Much (EN)
G. K. Chesterton: “The Man Who Knew Too Much” tells the story of Horne Fisher and the burden he had to carry throughout his whole life. He knew too much about politicians and aristocracy, about corruption and covered crimes. The prime minister of England was a friend of
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Edith Wharton
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Eyes (EN)
Edith Wharton: “Phil, my dear boy, really — what’s the matter? Why don’t you answer? Have you seen the eyes?” An older gentleman invites a group of friends over for dinner and to discuss the supernatural. Afterwards, when only two guests remain, he tells them a story
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