Mystery & Thriller
Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
Step into the eerie world of Thomas Carnacki, a detective who specializes in the supernatural. Created by William Hope Hodgson, Carnacki nav…
Michael Strogoff
This is the account of the perilous mission of Michael Strogoff, courier for Czar Alexander II, who is sent from Moscow to the besieged city…
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin
A contemporary of Arthur Conan Doyle, Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941) was the creator of the character of gentleman thief Arsène Lupin wh…
The Eustace Diamonds
Lizzie Greystock, a fortune-hunter who ensnares the sickly, dissipated Sir Florian Eustace, is soon left a very wealthy widow and mother. Wh…
The Grell Mystery
On a tempestuous night, the lifeless body of millionaire Robert Grell is discovered in his study, setting the stage for a perplexing mystery…
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Having left Sherlock Holmes apparently deceased at the conclusion of The Final Problem (in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes), we now find that…
The Shadow of the Rope
Rachel Minchin stands in the dock, accused of murdering the dissolute husband she was preparing to leave. The trial is sensational, and publ…
The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings
"THAT a secret society, based upon the lines of similar institutions so notorious on the Continent during the last century, could ever …
Greenmantle
Greenmantle is the second of five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan, first published in 1916 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one…
The Woman in the Alcove
"I was, perhaps, the plainest girl in the room that night. I was also the happiest—up to one o'clock. Then my whole world crumbled, or,…
The Hollow Needle
Arsène Lupin returns in a wonderful story of disguises, love, and of course treasure. Once again, Lupin crosses paths with the famous…
Blindfolded
Giles Dudley is called upon by his cousin Henry Wilton to assist him in San Francisco, but the reason for the summons is not at all clear. D…
The Secret Passage
Excellent murder mystery. On September 9, 1905, the NY Times Saturday Review of Books described this book as follows: "That painstaking…
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes was a British TV series from the early 70s that dramatized stories written contemporaneously with the Sherlock…
The Riddle of the Sands
Containing many realistic details based on Childers' own sailing trips along the German North Sea coast, the book is the retelling of a yach…
The Daffodil Mystery
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (April 1, 1875–February 10, 1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 17…
The Mystery of the Four Fingers
A fabulously rich gold mine in Mexico is known by the picturesque and mysterious name of The Four Fingers. It originally belonged to an Azte…
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu
Burmese Commisioner Nayland Smith and his faithful friend Dr Petrie continue their fight against the evil genius of Dr Fu-Manchu when they s…
The Haunted Hotel
A kind, good-hearted, genteel young woman jilted, a suspicious death or two that only a few think could be murder, strange apparitions appea…
The Law and the Lady
Valeria Brinton marries Eustace Woodville despite objections from Woodville's family leading to disquiet for Valeria's own family and friend…