J. J. CONNINGTON (Glasgow, 1880-1947), seudónimo de Alfred Walter Stewart, dedicó su vida, como investigador y docente, al estudio de la Química en distintas universidades. Sus novelas fueron admiradas por algunos de sus más ilustres contemporáneos, como Dorothy L. Sayers o John Dickson Carr.
55 Ebooks par J. J. Connington
J. J. Connington: Nordenholt’s Million
Famine sweeps across the world when a lab accident unleashes a virulent strain of bacteria that transforms healthy fields into barren wastelands. With the fate of the human race at stake, wealthy fin …
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J. J. Connington: Il talismano dei Dangerfield
In un castello della costa inglese trascorre l’estate un gruppo di amici e conoscenti della nobile famiglia proprietaria e residente. In questo insolito giallo senza delitto e senza investigato …
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J J Connington: Murder in the Maze
‘A really first-rate detective story’ T. S. Eliot When twin brothers Roger and Neville Shandon are murdered by poisoned darts in Whistlefield’s famous hedge maze, Sir Clinton Driffield arrives to res …
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J J Connington: Tragedy at Ravensthorpe
‘Mr J. J. Connington is a name revered by all specialists on detective fiction’ Spectator In Clinton Driffield’s second case he must tangle with a plethora of crimes including robbery, murder and a d …
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J J Connington: Case With Nine Solutions
‘Mr J. J. Connington is a name revered by all specialists on detective fiction’ Spectator When a locum doctor is called out one foggy night to a case of scarlet fever, he mistakes one house for anoth …
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J J Connington: Mystery at Lynden Sands
‘Mr J. J. Connington is a name revered by all specialists on detective fiction’ Spectator In the fourth Sir Clinton Driffield mystery, the detective finds himself up against a missing heir, an accide …
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J J Connington: Nemesis at Raynham Parva
‘Mr J. J. Connington is a name revered by all specialists on detective fiction’ Spectator When Sir Clinton Driffield travels to the village of Raynham Parva to visit his sister, he little imagines th …
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J J Connington: Boathouse Riddle
When Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield goes to stay with his friend Wendover, mysterious goings-on in the boathouse he owns soon attract the duo’s attention. Lights go on and off, strangers come …
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J J Connington: Sweepstake Murders
Nine men formed a sweepstake syndicate. One man died. To forestall legal argument they agreed that only living members should share any winnings. They won 241, 920. And then the deadly arithmetic beg …
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J J Connington: Castleford Conundrum
Philip Castleford was more than worried. Were all those years he had spent attending to Winifred’s whims, enduring her habits, to count for nothing? He hadn’t minded it too much for he thought that h …
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J J Connington: In Whose Dim Shadow
In this, the tenth Clinton Driffield mystery, the action moves away from a country setting to the English suburbs, inhabited by a cast of unusual diversity: an ambitious young policeman, a naive jour …
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J J Connington: Minor Operation
There was blood on the drawing-room floor and Hazel Deerhurst had disappeared wearing slippers over walking shoes, two pairs of stockings and a bright silk kimono. First investigations shed interesti …
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J J Connington: Murder Will Speak
Thief, criminal and probably a coward, would Hyson have had the courage to kill himself or did someone catch up with him? Did his death have anything to do with Mrs Telford, who committed suicide sho …
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J J Connington: Truth Comes Limping
When two corpses are found in a small English village, all who have a go at solving the crime are completely baffled, and spur the local Chief Constable to investigating. Local gossip, blackmail and …
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J J Connington: Twenty-One Clues
The Constable was content to call it a suicide pact. All the evidence was there. The bodies of John Barratt and Mrs Callis were discovered in a lovers’ nook among some bracken. Beside them was a pist …
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J J Connington: No Past Is Dead
It was not altogether surprising that Ambrose Brenthurst was found brutally murdered outside Fountain Court the night he had presided over the diner meeting of the ‘Hernshaw Thirteen Club’.Many were …
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J J Connington: Jack-in-the-Box
When recently exhumed church relics are stolen from a small English village the theft is quickly followed by four murders.The joint inheritance of a piece of property supplies a motive but the cause …
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J J Connington: Common Sense Is All You Need
When Pickford’s body was found hanging from a beam in his garage, Inspector Loxton was sure that it was a case of suicide following a series of financial and domestic worries. Then came the criminolo …
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J J Connington: Eye in the Museum
The terms of her father’s will tie Joyce to her Aunt Evelyn until she is 25 – or Evelyn will inherit the entire estate. But Joyce wants to marry Leslie, and the money she will eventually inherit woul …
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J J Connington: Two Tickets Puzzle
‘Mr J. J. Connington is a name revered by all specialists on detective fiction’ Spectator When Oswald F. Preston is shot dead on the 10.35 local train from Horston, two obvious suspects are immediate …
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J J Connington: Death at Swaythling Court
Hubbard made his money in blackmail, most detestable blackmail at that. A wealthy, lisping butterfly collector, there were no special regrets when he was found dead at his desk in his own home. Yet C …
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J J Connington: Dangerfield Talisman
In the first place there was the Dangerfield Talisman, an ancient golden armlet set with diamonds and valued at $50, 000 – an unguarded treasure, which, although stolen more than once, always came ba …
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J J Connington: Tom Tiddler’s Island
A young couple, the Trents, arrive on the lonely islet of Ruffa – where a large house has been lent to them for part of their honeymoon – and stumble upon mystery. Gold is being exported from Ruffa i …
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J J Connington: Counsellor
Every Sunday on Radio Ardennes, the Counsellor had his hour. His voice clear, expressive and sympathetic as it answered a selection of the queries that crowded his post-bag. ‘Just ask a question’ was …
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J J Connington: Four Defences
An unidentified body is found in a blazing car. A man in the locality is missing. But the corpse in the car is not that of the missing man, though someone has made an uncommonly thorough job of fakin …
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J. J. Connington: The Castleford Conundrum
AS PHILIP CASTLEFORD came down the broad stairs, a faint burst of laughter reached him through the closed door of the drawing room. At the sound of his wife’s shrill titter rising above the bass of t …
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J. J. Connington: The Counsellor
MARK BRAND turned into the door of an Oxford Street office building, past the indicator-board which bore: “THE COUNSELLOR, Second Floor, ” among the names of other concerns. He was a shad …
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J. J. Connington: The Ha Ha Case
AS THE TRAIN glided into the wayside station, Jim Brandon lifted his well-worn suitcase and a shabby leg-of-mutton guncase down from the rack. Through the windows he caught successive glimpses of fre …
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J. J. Connington: Nemesis at Rayham Parva
Sir Clinton Driffield est impliqué dans une affaire proche de chez lui: sa nièce semble également être victime d'une opération "d'esclaves blancs", …
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J. J. Connington: Asesinato en el laberinto
«Por la construcción de su trama y la vivacidad de su prosa, la considero verdaderamente una obra de máxima categoría, que coloca a J. J. Connington en la primera fila de los escritores de novela det …
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J. J. Connington: Nordenholt’s Million
As a bacteria threatens to wipe out humankind, a plutocrat sets himself up as the benignant dictator of a survivalist colony.In this novel originally published in 1923, as denitrifying bacteria inimi …
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J. J. Connington: Nordenholt’s Million
Disaster novel in which denitrifying bacteria inimical to plant growth run amok and destroy world agriculture. The eponymous plutocrat Nordenholt constructs a refuge for the chosen few in Scotland, r …
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J.J. Connington: Death at Swaythling Court
COLONEL SANDERSTEAD looked gloomily at his wrist-watch for the third time. Punctual to a second himself, he expected an equal clockwork precision from others; and even his long series of disappointme …
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J. J. Connington: Sweepstakes Murders
The Sweepstakes Murders, first published in 1931, is the 7th book in author J. J. Connington’s series featuring chief-constable Sir Clinton Driffield. From the dustjacket: "Mr. Connington’s new …
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J. J. Connington: Grim Vengeance
Grim Vengeance, first published in 1929, is the fifth book in author J. J. Connington’s series featuring chief-constable Sir Clinton Driffield. From the dustjacket of the first edition: "Two mur …
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J. J. Connington: Mystery At Lynden Sands
Mystery At Lynden Sands, first published in 1928, is the fourth book in author J. J. Connington’s series featuring chief-constable Sir Clinton Driffield. Set on the English seaside, Driffield encount …
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J. J. Connington: Eye In The Museum
The Eye in the Museum, first published in 1930, is the first book in author J. J. Connington’s series featuring Superintendent Ross of Scotland Yard. This ‘golden-age’ mystery centers on a young woma …
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J. J. Connington: Two Ticket Puzzle
The Two Ticket Puzzle, first published in 1930, is a traditional British murder mystery; the victim is killed by a gunshot aboard a local train; however, the autopsy reveals that the fatal bullets we …
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J J Connington: Nordenholt’s Million
Alfred Walter Stewart was born on the 5th September 1880 in Glasgow, Scotland.He was educated at Glasgow High School before entering Glasgow University to earn his doctorate in chemistry in 1902. Suc …
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J.J. Connington: Murder in the maze
Neville Shandon stood at the window of his brother’s study gazing contentedly out over the Whistlefield grounds. This was a good place to recuperate in, he reflected, especially when one could …
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J.J. Connington: Nordenholt’s Million
Next morning I still felt the effects of the shock; and decided not to go to my office. I stayed indoors all day. When the evening papers came, I found in them brief accounts of the fire-ball; and in …
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J.J. Connington: Mystery at Lynden Sands
PAUL FORDINGBRIDGE, with a faintly reproachful glance at his sister, interrupted his study of the financial page of The Times and put the paper down on his knee. Deliberately he removed his reading-g …
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O’Neil De Noux & Shannon Taft: Black Cat Weekly #103
Our 103rd issue is just one shy of our second anniversary issue, but we still have a whale of an issue for you. Regular readers will notice a new category (“Adventure”) below, which will appear occas …
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J. J. Connington: Murder in the Maze
Murder in the Maze is a mystery novel written by J. J. Connington, the pseudonym of Alfred Walter Stewart, a notable British author of detective fiction during the Golden Age of detective fiction. Th …
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J. J. Connington: Il milione di Nordenholt
Quando una terribile epidemia distrugge i raccolti e la vegetazione in tutto il mondo, in Inghilterra il miliardario Nordenholt prende in mano il paese, instaurando una dittatura. Scopo di Nordenholt …
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J.J. Connington: The case with nine solutions
Dr. Ringwood pushed his chair back from the dinner-table. A glance at the clock on the mantelpiece told him that on this evening he had been even later than usual in getting home for dinner. The expr …
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Ron Miller & Avram Lavinsky: Black Cat Weekly #134
This issue, we have 3 original tales. All are mysteries. Plus, we have 1 original science fiction tale, also a mystery. I leave you to unravel this puzzle! (Okay, I guess it’s not t …
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J. J. Connington: Mystery at Lynden Sands
When caretaker Peter Hay is found dead under mysterious circumstances, Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield must unravel a web of secrets surrounding the Fordingbridge family estate, Foxhills. As mo …
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J. J. Connington: Mystery At Lynden Sands
When a body washes ashore at the idyllic Lynden Sands, Superintendent Ross finds himself entangled in a web of deceit, betrayal, and hidden identities. As he navigates through a maze of clues and red …
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J. J. Connington: Case With Nine Solutions
When a brilliant scientist is found dead under mysterious circumstances, Sir Clinton Driffield and his astute assistant Wendover are thrust into a labyrinthine puzzle of deception, intrigue, and mult …
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J.J. Connington: Mystery at Lynden Sands
Paul Fordingbridge, with a faintly reproachful glance at his sister, interrupted his study of the financial page of The Times and put the paper down on his knee. Deliberately he removed his …
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J. J Connington: Case With Nine solutions
The Case with Nine solutions" by J. J. Connington, published in 1928, is a classic detective novel that unfolds with intricate puzzles, multiple possible solutions, and a compelling murder myste …
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J. J Connington: Nordenholt’s Million
"Nordenholt’s Million" by J. J. Connington, published in 1923, is a compelling work of speculative fiction that explores themes of science fiction, post-apocalyptic survival, dystopia, lead …
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J. J Connington: Murder In The Maze
Murder in the Maze" is a classic mystery novel that immerses readers in a labyrinthine tale of intrigue, murder, and meticulous investigation. set against the backdrop of a complex and puzzling …
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