Diese Sammlung enthält die größten Krimi-Klassiker: Sherlock Holmes-Krimis (Arthur Conan Doyle): Späte Rache - Eine Studie in Scharlachrot Das Zeichen der Vier Der Hund von Baskerville Das Tal des Grauens Sherlock Holmes-Detektivgeschichten Detektiv Auguste Dupin-Krimis (Edgar Allan Poe) Die Maske des roten Todes (Edgar Allan Poe) Der Untergang des Hauses Usher (Edgar Allan Poe) Das schwatzende Herz (Edgar Allan Poe) Das Faß Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe) Wachtmeister Studer-Krimis (Friedrich Glauser): Der alte Zauberer Das uneinige Liebespaar Wachtmeister Studer Sanierung Die Fieberkurve Matto regiert Der Chinese Die Speiche (Krock & Co.) Die Frau in Weiß (Wilkie Collins) Das Fräulein von Scuderi (E. T. A. Hoffmann) Schuld und Sühne (Fjodor Dostojewski) Der Doppelgänger (Fjodor Dostojewski) Unterm Birnbaum (Theodor Fontane) Die Kindermörderin (Heinrich Leopold Wagner) Der seltsame Fall des Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) Bleak House (Charles Dickens) Große Erwartungen (Charles Dickens) Der Strick um den Hals (Emile Gaboriau) Aktenfaszikel 113 (Émile Gaboriau) Die Legende von Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving) Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) Sturmhöhe (Emily Brontë) Die Herrin von Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë) Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) Die Schatzinsel (Robert Louis Stevenson) Die geheimnißvolle Insel (Jules Verne) Zwanzigtausend Meilen unter dem Meer (Jules Verne) Guy Mannering (Walter Scott) Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe) Der Graf von Monte Christo (Alexandre Dumas) Der Frosch mit der Maske (Edgar Wallace) Die seltsame Gräfin (Edgar Wallace) Der Doppelgänger (Edgar Wallace) Das geheimnisvolle Haus (Edgar Wallace) Das Herz der Finsternis (Joseph Conrad) Nostromo (Joseph Conrad) Detektiv Hewitt-Krimis (Arthur Morrison) Ein Einbrecher aus Passion (Ernest William Hornung) Father Brown-Krimis (G. K. Chesterton) Tom Sawyer, der Detektiv (Mark Twain) Der Frauenmörder (Hugo Bettauer) Der Fall Deruga (Ricarda Huch) Die geheimnisvollen Zimmer (Sven Elvestad) Der Fall Robert Robertson (Sven Elvestad) Detektiv Paul Beck-Krimis (Matthias McDonnell Bodkin) Detektivin Dora Myrl-Krimis (Matthias McDonnell Bodkin) Der schwarze Meilenstein (Louis Weinert-Wilton) Die Königin der Nacht (Louis Weinert-Wilton) Die Panther (Louis Weinert-Wilton) Dr. Windmüller-Krimis (Eufemia von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem) Weiße Tauben Die Erbin von Lohberg Das Rosazimmer Die Fliege im Bernstein Povera Farfalla - Armer Schmetterling Der verlorene Sohn (Karl May) Der Weg zum Glück (Karl May) Am Stillen Ocean (Karl May) Der Irre von St. James (Philipp Galen) Ein seltsamer Zeuge (Matthias Blank) Nachtanruf (Paul Rosenhayn) Venus vulgivaga (Otto Schwerin) Die Finanzen des Großherzogs (Frank Heller) Der Amaranthklub (J. S. Fletcher)

Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) is considered to be one of the great novelists in English. His novels often have a nautical setting and his characters suffer trials in the midst of an indifferent universe. His masterful prose is second to none and his Polish background brings a romantic or tragic style that was previously unknown in English novels. The "Heart of Darkness" is a true classic. A small book but every word is powerfully and perfectly placed. It is a dark allegory full of suspense, adventure, character development and psychological drama. The story is told by Marlow who on his journey up the Congo meets and becomes fascinated with Mr Kurtz who dominates the local people. This is considered to be Conrad's greatest and most enigmatic story. The" Secret Agent" is a piercing sociological evaluation of the entire culture of the western world and the many flawed sub-cultures that emerge from it. Set in London, each group has an anti-hero who epitomises the problems with a culture that is entirely based on self-interest. There is a broken time line in the novel that heightens the mystery of the identity of the tragic victim who dies early on in the story. "Lord Jim" is a sea-faring tale, but more than that is it a story of Jim's lifelong efforts to atone for an act of instinctive cowardice. This then became the classic tale that gave birth to a new genre of literature. "Nostromo" is another sea-faring epic and a complex tale of colonial life in Latin America. In this book there are flashbacks, people telling stories within stories which adds both to the complexity and the depth. The tale draws you in with a sense of foreboding as the lure of silver, greed, capitalist exploitation and rebellion evolve. "Victory" centers around the character Axel Heyst, a complex character who wishes to cut himself off from people to avoid suffering. He settles on a remote island in the Malay Archipelago. However, he is hated and misunderstood by the evil innkeeper Schomberg and then rescues a young English woman, Lena. The take is one of adventure and complex relationships, but ultimately about the incredible healing power of love.