Detective Fiction

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General Fiction

477

J. S. Fletcher - Rayner-Slade Amalgamation

Marshall Allerdyke is driving through the night from London to Hull in response to an urgent telegram from his cousin. As he nears Hull, a beautiful woman stops his car to ask for directions to Scotland. Odd time to...

MaryAnn 8 hours 50 minutes

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Detective Fiction

452

Charlotte M. Brame - Fair Mystery

(Written by Charlotte M. Brame under the pen name Bertha M. Clay.) Honest Mark Brace is about to lose his farm, land of his ancestors, home to his wife, Patty, and small daughter, Mattie, when out of a dark and...

Lynne T and 8 more 19 hours 11 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

442

Algernon Blackwood - John Silence

Six stories about Dr. John Silence if you want the shivers to run up your back, this is the right place to be (Summary by Fiddlesticks)

drakaunus and 3 more 11 hours 28 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

472

J. S. Fletcher - Scarhaven Keep

The northern English sea coast provides a compelling backdrop for this genre of writing; a mysterious disappearance, a love interest, and plot twists 'se mijotent' to produce an intriguing read. (Summary by Cate Barratt)

Cate Barratt 7 hours 34 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

419

Marcel Allain - Exploits of Juve (version 2)

The second book in the Fantômas series by the prolific authors Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre (they published 32 Fantômas novels between 1911 and 1913.) Fantômas broke the mold of the Gentlemen burglars like...

Alan Winterrowd 5 hours 35 minutes

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Detective Fiction

390

Marion Harvey - Mystery of the Hidden Room

A classic mystery/detective story in the Sherlock Holmes tradition, the hidden room suggested by the title of this book does not remain a mystery for very long as the book progresses. Written in the first person, the...

Roger Melin 10 hours 21 minutes

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Detective Fiction

407

Augusta Groner - Case Of The Registered Letter

A man is found shot dead and the man to whom all evidence points insists he is innocent. (Summary by David Wales)

David Wales 1 hour 41 minutes

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Detective Fiction

417

Margaret Ann Hubbard - Murder at St. Dennis

A cunning killer prowls the winding corridors of an old hospital in this thriller by the author of «Murder Takes the Veil». (From original jacket)

Maria Therese 6 hours 20 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

430

William Le Queux - Stolen Souls

This is a collection of 14 of William le Queux' best mystery stories. (Summary by Carolin)

bala and 10 more 7 hours 11 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

434

William Le Queux - Eye For An Eye

Frank Urwin and Richard Cleugh are two bachelor journalists sharing a flat in London. One evening while chatting, Urwin receives a telegram from a police acquaintance to come to the local police station at once. Urwin...

Tom Weiss 7 hours 25 minutes

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General Fiction

425

Anna Katharine Green - Staircase at the Heart's Delight

Detective Ebenezer Gryce tells the story of the case with which he begun his career in 1840. Several wealthy men were drowned and washed ashore in New York City, and the first clue leads to a dubious money lender…...

Crln Yldz Ksr 54 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

510

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Hound of the Baskervilles (version 3)

The desolate, treacherous Devon moors. A bloodcurdling legend of a ghastly hound from hell, haunting the Baskerville family for generations. Such is the setting for the most horrific Sherlock Holmes story ever...

Lady Maria and 7 more 5 hours 54 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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