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Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he gets his own back, introducing 16 tales of detectives whose abilities rival that of the great Sherlock Holmes.

Fourteen mysteries to test your inner sleuth! This collection includes "The Stolen White Elephant" by Mark Twain, narrated by Mauro Hantman; "The Fenchurch Street Mystery" by Baroness Orczy, narrated by Davina Porter; "Problem of the Superfluous Finger" by Jacques Futrelle, narrated by Stephen R. Thorne; "The Blue Sequin" by R. Austin Freeman, narrated by Simon Vance; "An Intangible Clue" by Anna Katharine Green, narrated by Angela Brazil; and "The Oblong Box" by Edgar Allan Poe, narrated by Mauro Hantman, among others.

Alice Dayton is doing everything in her power to save her daddy's ranch, including working in a saloon - a job which she hates. Sheriff Silverwood Clay is new in town and has a lot to prove. With his heart and career in tatters after the death of his young wife, Silverwood is determined to put his old life behind him. When her daddy loses the ranch in a poker game, Alice has a choice to make. Leave her home or marry the man who won the ranch. Silverwood knows he's a criminal, but the only way to catch him is to let him marry Alice.

Pendant plus d'un an, Anna Erelle et Jacques Duplessy ont enquêté sur un phénomène méconnu de l'opinion et de plus en plus embarrassant pour les pouvoirs publics : la multiplication d'établissements scolaires qui passent sous les radars de l'Éducation nationale. Si, depuis Jules Ferry, l'instruction est obligatoire en France, envoyer son enfant à l'école ne l'est pas, du moment qu'un enseignement lui est dispensé.