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Johnston McCulley - Brand of Silence

Harrington Strong was a pseudonym used by author Johnston McCulley, creator of the character Zorro and many others. The Brand of Silence — A Detective Story finds Sidney Prale returning to New York after ten years...

Roger Melin 6 hours 53 minutes

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Detective Fiction

499

R. Austin Freeman - Red Thumb Mark

Missing diamonds, untouched safe, two blood smeared thumb prints and a mysterious Mr X. If these are present, Dr Thorndyke must be there too. Will he be able to solve this case? The Red Thumb Mark is the first...

Chelsea Baker and 7 more 6 hours 56 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

453

Sax Rohmer - 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 seek to save the good doctor's lost love and protect the British Empire from...

laineyben 7 hours 28 minutes The Fu-Manchu Series by Sax Rohmer

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Sax Rohmer - Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu

The first of the Fu-Manchu novels, this story follows the two characters who are set against the machinations of the insidious doctor.(Summary by FNH)

FNH 7 hours 19 minutes The Fu-Manchu Series by Sax Rohmer

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Detective Fiction

498

Mary Roberts Rinehart - Confession

Mary Roberts Rinehart is claimed to have invented the «Had I but known» mystery genre. When Agnes Blakiston rented the old parsonage at Miss Emily's request she soon came to regret it. Was the house haunted? Did Miss...

Wina Hathaway 3 hours 16 minutes

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533

Anna Maynard Barbour - At the Time Appointed

«Those who remember that excellent detective story, That Mainwaring Affair will expect to find plenty of mystery and exciting incidents in A. Maynard Barbour's latest novel, called At the Time Appointed , and they...

RoseA and 10 more 11 hours 43 minutes

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533

Fred M. White - 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 Aztec tribe, and its location is known to one surviving descendant. Surprises,...

J. M. Smallheer 7 hours 6 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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James Oliver Curwood - Flower of the North

Flower of the North finds Philip Whittemore on an adventure which takes him up the Churchill River of northern Canada to a land which he thought he knew. However, tucked in among the rocks and hills lies an...

Roger Melin 8 hours 25 minutes

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Anna Katharine Green - Millionaire Baby

A reward of five thousand dollars is offered, by Phil Ocumpaugh, to whoever will give such information as will lead to the recovery, alive or dead, of his six-year-old daughter, Gwendolen, missing since the afternoon...

Dawn Larsen 7 hours 29 minutes

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Fergus Hume - Madame Midas

Hume was born in England, the second son of Dr James Hume. At the age of three his father emigrated with his family to Dunedin, New Zealand. He was admitted to the New Zealand bar in 1885. Shortly after graduation he...

Lucy Burgoyne 13 hours 17 minutes

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General Fiction

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Wilkie Collins - No Name

The story begins in 1846, at Combe-Raven in West Somersetshire, the country residence of the happy Vanstone family. When Andrew Vanstone is killed suddenly in an accident and his wife follows shortly thereafter, it...

SilverG and 14 more 29 hours 40 minutes

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich - Stillwater Tragedy

Thomas Bailey Aldrich was an American poet, novelist and editor. Of his many books of poetry and fiction, he may be best known for his semi-autobiographical novel, The Story of a Bad Boy and his collection of short...

J. M. Smallheer 6 hours 1 minute

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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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