Literature - Adventure

Benito Cereno

Classic novel, published in 1855, based on a true story, which takes place, like almost all of his novels, at sea. A fable of great psychological depth and mystery, at times of terror, confronting the...

Ivanhoe

It is the time of wars between the Normans and Saxons. The Saxon Wilfred of Ivanhoe loves Rowena but is banished, as his father wants her to enter a politically arranged marriage. So Ivanhoe goes on crusade...

The Mistery of the Smashing Glass

It is number 38 of the Alfred Hitchcock and the three investigators saga. Based on the characters created by Robert Arthur, it narrates the adventures of the detectives who are between 13 and 14 years old:...

The Late Show

Renee Ballard works the midnight shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing few, as each morning she turns everything over to the daytime units. It's a frustrating job for a once up-and...

Private Delhi

Jack Morgan teams up with the head of Private India to solve a high-stakes case: one by one, people are missing-and they have to find them before they're dead.  Santosh Wagh quit his job as head of Private...

Kill Alex Cross

Detective Alex Cross is in crisis mode after the President's son and daughter are abducted. Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene of the kidnapping. But someone is using the FBI, Secret Service and...

The Good Guy

Timothy Carrier, having a beer after work at his friend's tavern, enjoys drawing eccentric customers into amusing conversations. But the jittery man who sits next to him tonight has mistaken Tim for someone...

Quo vadis?

Historical novel, set in imperial Rome, in the time of St. Peter, St. Paul and Nero (63 AD), based on many documented historical facts. The title of the book derives from a Christian tradition: St. Peter...

The Secret Garden

A selfish and unbearable girl is sent for a country house in the Yorkshire, and left to herself. Starting to explore the house she finds out a sick boy hidden from her; and exploring the park, she discovers...

With Fire and Sword

The author of Quo Vadis wrote this historical novel, first of the Polish trilogy The Flood and Mr Wolodyjowski. In it he describes the Polish wars between 1648 and the end of the...