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''Twice Dead'' by John Rhode is a classic Golden Age mystery where the eccentric Sir Francis Yordale fakes his own death to test his heirs' affection, only to be found genuinely dead soon after, leading Superintendent Jimmy Waghorn and Dr. Priestley to investigate his...
“Silence for the Murderer” is a 1949 Inspector French mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts about a blackmailed ex-soldier, Frank Roscoe, who gets involved in a swindle with a woman named Dulcie Heath, leading to the suspicious death (ruled suicide) of Roscoe's wealthy...
''Murder in Absence'' by Miles Burton (John Rhode) is about two seemingly separate crimes: first, the baffling murder of estate agent Rufus Jones in English market town Hembury, followed by an investigation into suspicious activities on a Norwegian freighter in the...
''A Will in the Way'' by Miles Burton (John Rhode) is a 1947 detective novel featuring Inspector Arnold and amateur sleuth Desmond Merrion, focusing on the suspicious death of Dilys Botesdale, wife of a man recovering in a mental institution, with the investigation...
The Crook's Shadow by J. Jefferson Farjeon is a classic British mystery novel about a Scotland Yard detective, Inspector Edward Strood, hunting a master jewel thief aiming for a fortune in diamonds aboard a yacht in Cornwall, mixing suspenseful cat-and-mouse pursuit...
These Lovers Fled Away (1955) by Howard Spring is an epic, intergenerational British family saga spanning from the Boer War to World War II. Narrated by Chad Boothroyd, the novel follows the complex, long-lasting romantic entanglements and social changes affecting a...
“Top Storey Murder” by Anthony Berkeley is a classic mystery featuring gentleman sleuth Roger Sheringham, who investigates the strangulation of a reclusive woman, Miss Adelaide Barnett, in her top-floor flat, a seemingly simple burglary gone wrong that Scotland Yard...
''The Layton Court Mystery'' by Anthony Berkeley is a classic Golden Age locked-room mystery, introducing amateur sleuth Roger Sheringham, about the apparent suicide of wealthy Victor Stanworth at his country estate, Layton Court, which Sheringham investigates,...
''Dunkerley's'' by Howard Spring is about the Dunkerley family, now wealthy from their successful penny journal Hard Facts, as their children come of age amidst family secrets, romance, ambition, and conflict in late 19th-century England, leading to drama and a...
This is a very Irish and poetic work of prose from a great writer little read these days. The story is based on ancient Irish hero tales, particularily 'The Hostel of Da Derga'. It is a very simple but engaging tale of four brothers, sons of a swordmaker, living in Gaul...
Death at the Helm (1941) is a Golden Age detective novel featuring recurring amateur sleuth, Dr. Lancelot Priestley, where Inspector Waghorn investigates the poisoning of two people on a grounded motor cruiser, a complex "howdunnit" rich in botanical details about...
The Vanishing Diary (1961) by John Rhode (Miles Burton) is the last installment in the Dr. Lancelot Priestley series, featuring Superintendent Jimmy Waghorn.The plot centers on a family dispute over a historic diary, locked in a double-sealed box, which vanishes,...
''Situation Vacant'' by Miles Burton (John Rhode) is a 1946 detective novel about a series of mysterious deaths in an English village, revolving around two secretaries to the same woman at a manor house, with Inspector Arnold and sleuth Desmond Merrion uncovering a...
“Shabby Tiger” by Howard Spring is about the gritty, bohemian life in 1930s Manchester, focusing on young, rebellious artist Nick Faunt and his unconventional relationships, particularly with the forthright Anna Fitzgerald, exploring themes of art, class, love, and...
Rachel Rosing by Howard Spring is about the ambitious, beautiful, and calculating social climberRachel Rosing, focusing on her pursuit of fame and fortune as an actress, depicting her ruthless ascent through marriage and career. But will this be met with eventual...
''The Devereux Court Mystery'' by Miles Burton (John Rhode) is a Golden Age detective novel where amateur sleuth Desmond Merrion helps Scotland Yard's Inspector Arnold solve a complex case involving a gang, a river setting, and seemingly unrelated crimes that turn out...
Fortune's mannerisms and speech put him into the same class as Lord Peter Wimsey but the stories are much darker, and often involve murderous obsession, police corruption, financial skulduggery, child abuse and miscarriages of justice. Bailey is a much neglected...
''Mr Fortune's Trials'' includes six curious, gruesome and ingenious crimes which Reggie investigates through minute, scientific detection.
This collection of six puzzling stories introduced the world to Reggie Fortune, a remarkable detective whose rotund frame conceals a razor-sharp mind and a fighting spirit. A true champion of the oppressed, Fortune will never let a murderer escape justice—whether his...
''Mr Fortune, Please'' includes six ingenious, bizarre and murderous crimes which Reggie investigates through minute and forensic, scientific detection.
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