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Set in Los Angeles and starring Jack Webb as the stoic Sergeant Joe Friday, Dragnet is perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama of all time, having made extensive runs on both radio and television. Webb, also the producer of the show, took the series to new highs, insisting on realism in every facet of the program. The dialogue was clipped and sparse, taking its cue from hard-boiled crime fiction à la Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett.

This collection contains 12 of the greatest detective shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio. You'll hear Sydney Greenstreet as Nero Wolfe, Howard Duff as Sam Spade, Tom Conway and Nigel Bruceas Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Edmond O'Brien as Johnny Dollar, and Les Tremayne as Nick Charles, a.k.a. "The Thin Man" - plus many more gumshoes, including Boston Blackie, Philip Marlowe, The Fat Man, and others.

1931. La primavera si fa attendere e un vento freddo sferza le strade di Napoli. Al Teatro San Carlo, il grande tenore Arnaldo Vezzi viene trovato morto nel suo camerino prima della rappresentazione de "I Pagliacci", la gola squarciata da un frammento di specchio. Artista di fama internazionale, venerato dal pubblico, amico del Duce, il cantante è un uomo egoista e meschino, con parecchi nemici. Il primo caso del commissario Ricciardi della Squadra Mobile della Regia Questura di Napoli.

När en gängledare skjuts i sin bil utanför McDonalds i Barkarby får den rutinerade utredaren Jill Eriksson fallet på sitt bord. Polisassistent Kristian Arve har inte tid att hjälpa en utredare från polisens högkvarter. Hans familj har på kort tid utsatts för ett antal skrämmande och alltmer hotfulla händelser. För att skydda dem tvingas Kristian in i en ljusskygg verksamhet som opererar i blåljusets periferi. Snart är Kristian indragen i ett brinnande gängkrig om kokainhandeln i Stockholms förorter.

Dashiell Hammett created the character Sam Spade for his crime story The Maltese Falcon. Spade was a hard-boiled detective with cold detachment, a keen eye for detail, and an unflinching determination to exact his own justice. For most people, Spade is most closely associated with actor Humphrey Bogart, who played him in the third and most famous film version of The Maltese Falcon. In 1946 one of radio's top producers, William Spier, brought Sam Spade to the airwaves in a radio show starring newcomer Howard Duff.

En fångtransport kapas brutalt på vägen mot Kumla och efterlämnar sig våldsam död, en överlevande väktare och två saknade interner. Men det som på ytan framstår som en traditionell fritagning döljer i stället ett avancerat försök att infiltrera ett av världens mest ogenomträngliga terrornätverk. Esther Ndembe, utredare vid Särskilda avdelningen för krigsbrott, kopplas in på fallet som rymmer fler frågetecken än svar.

They might be cold-blooded, but they get the job done. Join these four Lizards in finding out who-done-it before they become a pair of boots. This collection includes Scarlet Crop, The Lamarre Curse, The Persian Penguin, The Crystal Screw, and The Lean Male.