Bøger af Arthur Hall

This is a book of fourteen tales that are bizarre in one way or another. Sherlock Holmes probes the mystery of a tailor's ten near-identical customers; a woman and her lover prematurely celebrate her husband's murder; a space probe returns undamaged - but with the astronaut missing; what happens, when the machines take over everything? These are Facets of Fantasy - flights of the imagination into the realms of the unusual, where the boundaries of reality are suspended.

Sector Three is an ultra-secret government department, an offshoot of MI6 that undertakes missions that the media is never intended to hear about. No one, except its agents and the unknown cabinet minister who controls it, was ever meant to be aware of its existence. All written records of its activities are kept for a short time and then automatically destroyed. Yet, one by one, Sector Three agents are being eliminated by a professional assassin who has since disappeared! The task of finding and destroying the killer falls to the agent with the code-name Robert Lane, who seeks out the only known link in Amsterdam. There he finds himself up against Russian Security operatives pursuing the same objective for their own ends. When the operation fails, Lane follows the trail to the sun-drenched island of Santa Carlotta, a place with its own dangers and a murderous dictator who will stop at nothing. Lane encounters enemy agents, traitors and a potentially fatal threat to The Sector, in this latest mission of deadly deception.

A terminally-ill man meets a mysterious woman on the ski slopes of the French Alps, where she rescues him in impossible circumstances. After waking in a military hospital, an accident victim no longer needs food and is forbidden to look into a mirror. What is the meaning of the ghostly parade in the seventeenth-century manor Gryphon's Court? A plague of vampires descends on a quiet country village. A children's entertainer tells a private enquiry agent an incredible story.

Sir Gordon Thurston is the incoming Head of MI6. He has been briefed with much sensitive information, such as current and future missions and the department's foreign policy. En route to a meeting in Paris he is abducted, and an identical substitute put in his place. The deception is soon recognised, but anxiety grows when his whereabouts cannot be traced. The task of finding Sir Gordon falls to Sector Three, an ultra-secret intelligence splinter group, and an agent with the code name Robert Lane sets out on a mission which takes him to Portugal, Italy and a remote region of Russia. The group that carried out the abduction is identified and its leader, a former Soviet general called Pilatov, is a known fanatic. As Lane follows him from country to country in constant danger, he knows that Pilatov will stop at nothing to restore the old regime and its deadly threat to the West.

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Sandra Yarrow never believed that her brother, Peter Creel, was guilty of molesting a 14 year-old girl. She knew she was right when he was killed on the day of his release from prison, before he could begin to prove that he was wrongly convicted. But she became afraid when, after unsuccessful attempts to interest the police and failures by private detectives to discover anything new, the night-time phone calls began and she narrowly missed losing her life in 'accidents'. Then a friend recommended Bernard Kramer, an ex-Royal Marine Commando who occasionally looked into situations like hers, because he missed the life of action that once insulated him from the boredom of civilian life. Kramer quickly discovers that Creel's guilt was manufactured, and follows a trail of evidence to Egypt and Vietnam. There he faces an enemy whose tentacles extend over half the world, and will go to any lengths to destroy him.

Ray Caldwell, an agent of the ultra-secret government department known as Sector Three, leaves London suddenly, despite an impending mission. This apparent defection causes alarm within The Sector, because of the knowledge that Caldwell carries with him. When he is traced to the Caribbean island of St Lucia, Robert Lane is sent to bring him back, or to silence him if he resists. Lane is reluctant to admit that Caldwell would turn traitor, and when murder blocks his search at every turn he suspects there is another organisation involved. Or is Caldwell himself covering his tracks before selling The Sector's secrets to a hostile foreign power? Lane must discover the truth while his own life is under threat, from an enemy he cannot identify.

The ultra-secret government department known as Sector Three has been assigned an impossible mission.Its success would bring vital information to those who work in the shadow-world of espionage, but the chances that the operative would survive are close to zero.Who but a madman would give such an operation any consideration? Only, perhaps, an agent who knows his life expectancy to be short - a man who fate has already sentenced to death.

Bond is not the only agent out there! An urgent signal is received at the London headquarters of the ultra-secret government department known as Sector Three. Klemperer, their agent-in-place in Tunisia, is sheltering a North Korean diplomat who wishes to defect to the West, bringing with him vital intelligence concerning foreign sleeper agents operating in Britain. The Sector sends out their operative, code-named Robert Lane, who arrives at an hotel specified by Klemperer, to await contact. When he receives no message Lane's impatience grows, then a guest falls to his death from a high window. Lane sees the body and realises that the dead man's appearance closely matches his own. Shortly afterwards a series of attempts on his life begin - Lane has become a target for an unknown enemy, for reasons that he cannot explain. When Klemperer finally makes contact Lane meets him, expecting death at any moment from a ruthless adversary who is becoming increasingly desperate.

Bond is not the only agent out there! Doreen Caxton lived a double life. The daughter of Lord Forthmere was also an undercover agent of the ultra-secret government department known as Sector Three, and was close to blowing the Lao Shen drug cartel wide open. Her sudden disappearance caused a lot of concern, it was feared that she had been exposed and possibly murdered. Sector Three couldn't risk her giving away sensitive information under torture, and the operative code-named Robert Lane was sent to effect a rescue - or to ensure her silence. Lane picks up the trail in Milan. With the help of Doreen's colleague, Nadia, he finds his way to a nightclub run by Johnny Santoni, a local drug dealer. Lane is taken prisoner and questioned, and narrowly escapes with his life. He receives word that Doreen has been seen in Malta and, hunted by Santoni's thugs, leaves Milan soon after. In Valletta, attempts are made to convince Lane that Doreen has committed suicide, but he is not deceived. He finds her a prisoner of her ex-husband and a ruthless mercenary terrorist, both working for Lao Shen and under orders to transport her to the cartel's headquarters in South-East Asia for interrogation. After a pursuit to Holland, the success or failure of Lane's mission is decided on the runways of Schipol Airport. Returning to London, he discovers that Santoni has had Nadia killed for her part in drawing attention to his activities. Sector Three warn against any involvement, but Lane returns to Italy intent on bloody revenge.

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More tales from the despatch box of Doctor John Watson. These ten stories have appeared previously in various volumes of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories and other anthologies. They come together as a collection for the first time. The Adventure of the Christmas ThreatThe Adventure of the Disappointed LoverThe Adventure of the Incessant WorkersThe Adventure of the Injured ManThe Adventure of the Maligned MineralogistThe Adventure of the Murderous GentlemanThe Adventure of the Resurrected BrotherThe Adventure of the Paternal GhostThe Adventure of the Tinkers ArmsThe Adventure of the Troubled Wife

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Additional revelations from the despatch box of Doctor John Watson. These seven stories previously featured in various volumes of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories and other anthologies. They come together in their own collection for the first time.     The Adventure of the Disappearing Prisoner The Adventure of the Drewhampton Poisoner The Adventure of the Returning Spirit The Adventure of Miss Anna Truegrace The Adventure of Mr Fairdale Hobbs The Adventure of the Conk-Singleton Forgery The Adventure of the Grand Vizier 

Revelations from the despatch box of Doctor John Watson. These seven stories previously featured in various volumes of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories and other anthologies. They come together in their own collection for the first time.      The Incident of the Absent Thieves.                                                                                The Adventure of the Ten Tall Men                                                 The Adventure of Canal Reach.                                                                                            The Adventure of Marcus Davery                                                       The Adventure of the Phantom CoachmanThe Adventure of the Frightened Architect                                                                           The Adventure of the Moonlit Shadow         

Holmes and Watson journey to the Lake District at the bidding of Squire Foley, who claims to be tormented by a man he believes he has killed in a duel. After an unsatisfactory conclusion they return to London, where they investigate the abduction of a woman in most peculiar circumstances. Next, Inspector Lestrade brings them news of queer goings-on in the National Gallery, before a perplexed priest requests their help with the curious behaviour of his colleagues. Early on, Watson realises that a common thread runs through these events, and Holmes sets out to bring to justice 'probably the most evil woman I ever hope to encounter'.