Mary Bard

After several people apparently vanish into thin air while walking along the same country road, New York detective Mr Gryce calls on the ski…

An other-worldly creature visits a small English village, and H. G. Wells uses humour and satire to convey some of the imperfections of Vict…

Anna Katharine Green is best known as one of the first women detective writers, and The Sword of Damocles, first published in 1881, does ind…

This book has all the elements of a classic Western, including rustling and gunfights, but at its heart is the battle between good and evil,…

Published in 1731, Manon Lescaut (on which the Puccini opera is based) takes as its themes passionate, tragic love, and redemption through s…