Rutakko-kirjastot

Holmes’ life is in danger. The criminal mastermind Moriarty is after him. Holmes has stood in his way several times, attempting to catch him and prove his guilty. The great detecti ...

John Openshaw lives with his uncle Elias, who used to live on a plantation in the States. Strange things have been happening of late in their home. There’s a door that is always lo ...

Dr. Watson goes to an opium den, trying to track down the husband of one of his wife’s friends but the man is not the only person he finds there… Sherlock Holmes is there too and h ...

The pawnbroker Jabez Wilson comes to Sherlock Holmes because his suspicions for his weird but well-paid job got bigger. He was actually hired solely because of his flamboyant red h ...

Doctor Persy Trevelyan gets himself into a strange business arrangement with a man, named Blessington. Blessington is a rich businessman who is willing to invest his money in the d ...

Colonel Barclay, a commander of the Royal Mallows Regiment, is dead. His wife is the first and main suspect because the servants in the house heard the couple fight and quarrel ove ...

Boris Andrejitsh palaa kotitaloonsa saatuaan virkaloman. Kotona on kuitenkin vaikea olla, kun velat painavat hartioilla kuin miljoona tonnia. Ränsistyneen kotitilan hoitamisen ohel ...

Myllärin tytär kaipaa rakastaan, mutta sota tulee heidän välilleen. Tehdas joutuu vararikkoon, minkä vaikutukset kantautuvat kymmenien ellei satojen ihmisten elämään. Tavallisen mi ...

Pieni, lempeäsilmäinen ja tavattoman vähäpuheinen Anjuta on lääketieteen opiskelija Stepan Klotshkowin asuintoveri. Klotshkow pänttää intohimoisesti lääketieteen saloja samalla kun ...

Koreileva ja hienopuheinen nainen istuu viuhkaansa leyhytellen ensimmäisen luokan rautatievaunussa. Vastapäätä istuu muuan Voldemar, "psykoloogi" ja kirjailija, jolle nainen avautu ...

Ivan Ivanitsh ja Burkin kiertelevät Mironositskoje-kylän laitamilla ja päätyvät vieraiksi tilanomistaja Aljohin lämpimään kotitaloon. Samalla he tarinoivat toisilleen onnesta ja ra ...

Eräänä lämpöisenä iltana joukko miehiä on kokoontunut istumaan iltaa sanfranciscolaiseen Alta Inoyo -klubiin. Pian yksi heistä alkaa kertoa tarinaa; tarinaa itsestään Klondikessa v ...

Moskovalaisen ravintolan lakeija Nikolai Tshikildejev sairastuu, menettää työnsä ja muuttaa perheineen sukulaisten luo pieneen Shukovon kylään. Maaseutuidyllin sijaan kylä osoittau ...

Poliisitarkastaja Osthumjelov todistaa kauppatorin laidalla kummallista tapahtumaa. Kultaseppä Hrjukin jahtaa juovuspäissään koiraa, joka on purrut häntä sormeen. Ohikulkijat arvel ...

”Kaksikymmentä” sisältää nimensä mukaisesti kaksikymmentä lyhyehköä novellia, jotka edustavat Tšehovin uran alkuvaiheen kepeää ja kujeilevaa otetta. Erityisesti ”Soittajan seikkail ...

The author is in the middle of working when he suddenly gets a visitor – a friend, whose face is completely pale. The author is no longer irritated by the interruption; he wants to ...

THE PROMISE is an intense, fast-paced and gripping Scandinavian thriller told in four parts.With Carsten’s help, Nina tries to get Gabriela out of the Herstedvester Prison. But tim ...

THE PROMISE is an intense, fast-paced and gripping Scandinavian thriller told in four parts.Nina’s presence in her sister’s grand villa has a strong impact on the whole family, and ...

THE PROMISE is an intense, fast-paced and gripping Scandinavian thriller told in four parts.Nina has moved into her rich sister’s splendid villa and is adapting to life outside of ...

THE PROMISE is an intense, fast-paced and gripping Scandinavian thriller told in four parts.In Herstedvester Prison sits a frustrated and restless Nina with her young protégée, Gab ...

The fantasy and science-fiction stories in this early collection by H. G. Wells deal in extraordinary sarcasm, vividness, and attention to detail. The fantastic go hand in hand wit ...

Jean-Marie is a young boy, left homeless after the death of his previous protector. Doctor Desprez and his wife, the beautiful Anastasie, live in a French district called Gretz. Th ...

‘Scruff’ McKenzie is a gold prospector and a practical man. If he wants a thing, he usually gets it. But when McKenzie lays his eyes on Zarinska, the daughter of the local indigeno ...

When a missionary John Starhurst decides to carry the gospel all around Viti Levu in Fiji, he does not know how these intentions will change his life. The indigenous people still e ...

Pearl buyer Charley has just boarded Petite Jeanne, a ship that is supposed to sail from Rangiroa to Tahiti. Charley starts to worry when some of the passengers get a smallpox – an ...