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When Mr Thomas Lyne, poet, poseur and owner of Lyne's Emporium insults a cashier, Odette Rider, she resigns. Having summoned detective Jack Tarling to...

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A collection of related short stories by British author G. K. Chesterton. Each story is centered on a person who is making his living by some novel and...

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These adventures were told to me in the old days by Arsène Lupin, as though they had happened to a friend of his, named Prince Rénine. As for me,...

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The mental characteristics of Allan Pinkerton were judgment as to facts, knowledge of men, the ability to concentrate his faculties on one subject, and the...

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Excerpt: “You’re in luck, Alfred,” he declared. “That’s the most interesting man in New York—one of the most interesting in the world. That’s Sanford...

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Bat Wing is the prequel to Fire Tongue. This mystery deals with Haitian Voodoo, the death sign of a bat wing, and the lengths people will go through for...

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When a man is found floating beneath the skin of a green-skimmed pond one morning, Dr Thorndyke becomes embroiled in an astonishing case. This wickedly...

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When a condemned woman asks the local Minister to take her daughter home, the childless man is touched and finds himself unable to refuse. Yet the prisoner...

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Excerpt: "This was the third week of Selwood’s secretaryship to Jacob Herapath. Herapath was a well-known man in London. He was a Member of Parliament, the...

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A woman's body is found in a museum gallery with an arrow through her chest, so all of the other visitors are locked inside while the crime is investigated.

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The Joker was written in the year 1926 by Edgar Wallace. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edgar Wallace, and has been translated into several...

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Catherine: A Story was the first full-length work of fiction produced by William Makepeace Thackeray. It first appeared in serialized installments in...

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Told through the eyes of a watchmaker, Dr Thorndyke is once again faced with a nettly mystery involving a mysterious fire in a Soho house filled with...

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The Red Thumb Mark was written in the year 1907 by R. Austin Freeman. This book is one of the most popular novels of R. Austin Freeman, and has been...

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About the book: Eight years ago, all the members of the Marques family were brutally murdered, except for one, Venia Marques. She has been locked up in...

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The Mind of Mr J G Reeder was written in the year 1925 by Edgar Wallace. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edgar Wallace, and has been...

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Harold Monkhouse is usually such an uncomplaining patient so when his brother Amos calls in one night, what he doesn't expect is to see him at death's door....

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According to Wikipedia: "The Mystery of Cloomber is a novel by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is narrated by John Fothergill West, a Scot who has...

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During the greater portion of a very busy life, I have been actively engaged in the profession of a Detective, and hence have been brought in contact with...