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Professor Szczupaczyńska Series

Step into the elegant world of late 19th-century Krakow, where a refined lady, despite the mundane concerns of her daily life, finds herself drawn into solving intriguing mysteries. With an innate curiosity bordering on nosiness, she unravels secrets hidden within the respectable bourgeoisie. This series offers a delightful blend of historical detective fiction, sharp wit, and keen social satire, all wrapped in a charmingly anachronistic style.

Karolina, or the Torn Curtain
Mrs Mohr Goes Missing
Seans w Domu Egipskim

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    Mrs Mohr Goes Missing

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    Cracow, 1893. Thirty-eight-year-old Zofia Turbotynska has assured her husband's rise through the ranks to university professor and is now looking for something to fill her long days at home. To stave off the boredom and improve her social standing, she decides to organise a charity raffle. To recruit the requisite patronage of elderly aristocratic ladies, she visits Helcel House, a retirement home run by nuns. When two of the residents are found dead, Zofia discovers by chance that her real talents lie in solving crimes. The examining magistrate's refusal to take seriously her insistence that foul play is involved spurs her on to start her own investigation, recruiting her quick-witted servant Franciszka as her assistant. With her husband blissfully unaware of her secret activities, Zofia ruthlessly follows the clues and gradually closes in on the truth. Drawing on Agatha Christie and filled with period character and charm, Mrs Mohr Goes Missing vividly recreates life in turn-of-the-century Poland, confronting a range of issues from class prejudice to women's rights, and proving that everyone is capable of finding their passion in life, however unlikely it may seem

    Mrs Mohr Goes Missing
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    Seans w Domu Egipskim

    • 304 pages
    • 11 hours of reading
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    Dekadencja, wirujący stolik i zbrodniarz z zaświatów. Jesień roku 1898. W Genewie zamachowiec wbija pilnik w serce cesarzowej Sissi, a do Krakowa przybywa Szatan – Stanisław Przybyszewski. Parę tygodni później eleganckie towarzystwo – w tym niezwykle podekscytowana profesorowa Szczupaczyńska – zbiera się w ekstrawaganckim Domu Egipskim, by wspólnie obserwować całkowite zaćmienie Księżyca oraz wziąć udział w seansie spirytystycznym. Do stołu zasiądzie dwanaście osób. Jedna z nich już od niego nie wstanie. Krakowska panna Marple czuje, że zagadki tej zbrodni nie uda się rozwiązać bez jej pomocy. Będzie musiała zaniedbać domowe obowiązki i Ignacego – ale przecież morderca sam się nie złapie.

    Seans w Domu Egipskim