Crime & Mystery Fiction
The Shadow of a Man
Set in rural Australia, this mystery novel follows a pair of newlyweds who are determined to make their improbable marriage work, no matter …
The Listener and Other Stories
Algernon Blackwood, noted maestro of weird fiction, in his second collection of stories gives us some of his best and most well-known tales …
The Marquise de Ganges
The assassination of Diane de Joannis de Chateaublanc (the Marquise de Ganges) is a fitting tale to conclude Dumas’ celebrated crimes series…
Beverly Of Graustark
Beverly of Graustark invites listeners into a world of political intrigue and romance, set against the backdrop of the fictional European pr…
Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa
Diese Sammlung umfasst 10 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. "Im Gerichtssaal" übersetzt von Marie Franzos (1…
The Burglars' Club
'He's one of us,' the burglar explained. 'You see, we are men who have pretty well exhausted the pleasures of life. We've all been in the Ar…
The Man Who Knew
Saul Arthur Mann is a meticulous and eccentric individual. His life revolves around the gathering of every fact and statistic he can possibl…
The Mesmerist's Victim
This 2nd volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances continues the intrigues of "Balsamo, The Magician" and adds to them the schemes o…
The Old Ladies
“Quite a number of years ago there was an old rickety building on the rock above Seatown in Polchester, and it was one of a number in an old…
The Fellowship of the Frog
In this story, a small village in rural England is the unlikely site of multiple mysterious goings-on. Dick Gordon, a young public prosecuto…
The Amethyst Cross
Things look bleak for Lesbia Hales. Her father does not let her marry the man she loves. Her mother is dead. She has to keep secrets in orde…
Vaninka
The story of Vaninka, generally regarded as the most fictionalized of Dumas’ Celebrated Crimes series, occurs during the short and eccentric…
The Viaduct Murder
A badly battered corpse is found on the golf links. The first verdict was suicide; but four leisurely gentlemen staying at the country club …
Celebrated Crimes
Dumas, with the assistance of several friends, compiled Celebrated Crimes, an eight-volume collection of essays on famous criminals and crim…
The Blind Man's Eyes
Five years before the story begins, a man convicted of murdering a powerful, corrupt financier escaped and disappeared. Now, five years late…
The Adventuress
Another adventure in the series starring scientist/detective Craig Kennedy, a Sherlock Holmes type of character. This one features family fe…
Number Seventeen
The number Seventeen refers (at first) to the London apartment of a young widow who is strangled (off-scene) at the beginning of the book. H…
Short Mystery and Suspense Collection
We present you with our 11th collection of short mystery and suspense stories. Several are taken from the magazine Weird Tales and they are …
The Criminal from Lost Honour
"In the whole history of man there is no chapter more instructive for the heart and mind than the annals of his errors. On the occasion…
The Queen's Necklace
This 3rd volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins a decade after the close of "The Mesmerist’s Victim” and is based on a real sca…