Richard Kilmer

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Detective Fiction

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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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Single Author Collections

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Heywood Broun - Seeing Things at Night

This Book is a collection of humorous short stories which describe the comedy in everyday things and situations. (Summary by Carolin)

Barry Eads and 6 more 6 hours 55 minutes

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General Fiction

Edgar Jepson - Loudwater Mystery

Lord Loudwater is found murdered in his house one evening. Unfortunately for Detective Flexen, who is to investigate the case, Lord Loudwater was not a very agreeable sort of fellow and almost every person in his...

Richard Kilmer and 5 more 6 hours 50 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Charles Willard Diffin - Brood of the Dark Moon

Once more Chet, Walt and Diane are united in a wild ride to the Dark Moon—but this time they go as prisoners of their deadly enemy Schwartzmann.(Summary by Charles Diffin)

Richard Kilmer 6 hours 50 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

881

Andre Norton - Rebel Spurs

In 1866, only men uprooted by war had reason to ride into Tubacca, Arizona, a nondescript town as shattered and anonymous as the veterans drifting through it. So when Drew Rennie, newly discharged from Forrest’s...

Richard Kilmer 6 hours 44 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Carolyn Wells - Gold Bag

The case involves a millionaire murdered in his study, suspicious servants, a beautiful niece, a private secretary and a will. enamored. A Holmes like detective is brought in to solve the mystery. (Summary by Richard...

Richard Kilmer 6 hours 43 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Carolyn Wells - Man Who Fell Through the Earth

A lawyer is leaving his office on the top floor of an office building. He sees the shadows of two men fighting through the clouded glass of an office door followed by a shot from the office across the hall. He goes to...

Richard Kilmer 6 hours 42 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

915

E. Phillips Oppenheim - Jacob's Ladder

This is a story about Jacob Pratt who “stood bond” for his brother and then lost all his money and was unable to pay his debts. Two years later his brother is finally able to restore him to an enviable financial...

Richard Kilmer 6 hours 31 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Anna Katharine Green - Forsaken Inn

Told from the perspective of a Mrs. Truax, the owner of an inn during the time of the American and French Revolutions, «The Forsaken Inn» is a locked-room mystery that keeps readers guessing about what has happened. A...

Richard Kilmer 6 hours 31 minutes

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Single Author Collections

Christopher Morley - Pipefuls

A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course and on occasion thought provoking and even disturbing. From the preface «These...

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 021

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, war, farming, slavery, education,...

Winston Tharp and 12 more 6 hours 21 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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General Fiction

Francis Coventry - History of Pompey the Little

«Pompey, the son of Julio and Phyllis, was born A.D. 1735, at Bologna in Italy, a place famous for lap-dogs and sausages.» At an early age he was carried away from the boudoir of his Italian mistress by Hillario, an...

TriciaG and 10 more 6 hours 9 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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