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Lily A. Long - Hemlock Avenue Mystery

«The Hemlock Avenue Mystery» is one of a series of mysteries written by Lily Augusta Long using the pseudonym Roman Doubleday. A lawyer is accused of killing a rival lawyer, both having battled in court on...

Roger Melin 6 hours 54 minutes

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Fergus Hume - Crimson Cryptogram

Young Dr Ellis, a struggling new physician, is enjoying a quiet evening smoking and enjoying conversation with his journalist friend Cass, when their mysterious neighbour, Mrs Moxton, bursts in upon them with...

Don W. Jenkins 6 hours 7 minutes

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Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange

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Anna Katharine Green - Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange

Miss Violet Strange is young, petite and attractive and has a wealthy father. She also has the knack for solving problems. This collection contains nine mysteries or problems for her to solve in an early example of...

gothicaf and 7 more 9 hours 30 minutes

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Burton Egbert Stevenson - That Affair at Elizabeth (version 2)

A bride-to-be vanishes and mystery is born. Before it is solved, its pursuers uncover madness, treachery, and a grave in a cellar. Summary by Jacquerie

Jacquerie 6 hours 11 minutes

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Edward H. Hurlbut - Lanagan Amateur Detective

This is a 1913 collection of ten short detective stories by a not well known writer. Jack Lanagan is a police reporter for a daily newspaper in San Francisco, who has the confidence of the chief of police and access...

David Wales 6 hours 29 minutes

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Fergus Hume - Mikado Jewel

A widow has been murdered in the home of a relative on a foggy night in London town when all residents were off on to the theatre, and one to run an errand involving the title bauble. Who done it? Old dark house...

VfkaBT 8 hours 5 minutes

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Richard Marsh - Seen and the Unseen

Is it true that people can literally be scared to death? Is it possible to photograph astral projections? What happens if you play with a pack of cards which belonged to a dead card-trickster? These and more...

Sonia 9 hours 6 minutes

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Fergus Hume - Coin Of Edward VII

A family celebrates Christmas and its flaws are gently exposed by the house guest Mrs. Parry. Giles is engaged to the wealthy Daisy, yet is clearly in love with the governess Anne Denham. Things come to a head when...

Marcelle D Ward and 1 more 8 hours 27 minutes

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Carolyn Wells - Clue

Once Carolyn Wells began, or re-invented her writing career, 'The Clue' was her initial book which strayed from children's writings into mysteries and detective stories. It is also when we are introduced to her...

Roger Melin 8 hours 1 minute

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Guy Boothby - Prince of Swindlers

The year 18-- was a momentous one in Great Britain. Not only did the nation receive most of the world's royalty for months on end, but the well-to-do gentleman, Simon Carne spent much of the social season in London....

Gillian Hendrie and 2 more 6 hours 6 minutes

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Edgar Wallace - Crimson Circle

The Crimson Circle gang spreads fear by extortion and murder. Its members range from rich, powerful bankers to petty criminals, and none of them know each other. A beautiful young woman named Thalia Drummond appears...

Anna Simon 7 hours 3 minutes

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Robert Barr - Revenge!

A collection of 20 short stories of the crime, detective, and thriller variety, sharing a common theme of… you guessed it, revenge, and often with surprise conclusions. Elements of the style of Alfred Hitchcock may be...

Roger Melin 10 hours 2 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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