The Devil's Whelp
Автор: Vin Hammond Jackson
Год издания: 0000
The floating exploration rig, Olympian, is drilling for oil. It has a crew of 80 tough, no-nonsense oilmen capable of handling anything . So they think. But Scott Reef #8 isn't just a jinx – it will prove to be one hole too many.<br><br>There's something down there apart from sea and mud that seems to think they're here for fun. The rules of Its game are simple – play or die; the prize for winning – Olympian.<br><br>The only one on board who understands the situation is the toolpusher, Del Presswood. With each new event the whelp is coming to know him, enabling it to stay one step ahead, ensuring his warnings about the dangers are ignored.<br><br>If Del doesn't do something, and fast, he is going to lose the rig and his entire crew. For their sakes, this is one game he has to win. But time is running out!
Adventure of the Devil's Foot
Автор: Артур Конан Дойл
Год издания:
The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot is a short Sherlock Holmes detective story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was published in 1910 and set in 1897 taking place in Cornwall where Sherlock Holmes is taking a holiday because he has been pushing himself too hard. But as with any great detective murder follows him through the countryside, and there is naturally a murder that he is the only one but him can solve.