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Killed by blows over the head with a champagne bottle, the body of the disreputable heir to a great fortune is unexpectedly found within ancestral walls. The entire countryside appears to be implicated. But suspicion falls more strongly upon a certain farmer, once...
"Mr. Pontifex, I am one of three men who hold the safety of London in their hands. I speak no idle words when I say this. If it is our will, we can sweep away the seven million inhabitants of your great city as easily as I blow away the ashes from this cigarette, and no...
“A Sunset Touch” by Howard Spring is about Roger Menheniot, a middle-aged, reclusive London bank clerk who dreams of escaping his dull life by buying a house in his ancestral Cornwall, a dream unexpectedly fulfilled after meeting a distant American cousin during WWII,...
''Winds of the Day'' by Howard Spring is a fictional autobiography of Alice Openshaw, an indomitable woman who rises from an impoverished, orphaned childhood in Manchester to navigate a changing, class-ridden society across both World Wars. It covers her life from the...
''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...
''A Child's History of Art'' by V.M. Hillyer and E.G. Huey is a comprehensive, chronological, and engaging introduction to art history for children, covering painting, sculpture, and architecture. It covers art from prehistoric times to modern masterpieces, often...
''A Child's Geography of the World'' by V. M. Hillyer is a classic introductory geography textbook written as a "trip around the world". It uses a casual, conversational tone to teach children about different countries, cultures, and physical landmarks. The author...
As Kay Tracey walks into the flower shop, a smiling young stranger hails her with, "Hello there. Grand party last night, wasn't it?" Kay has never seen him before! Neither does she know any of several other people who greet her that morning as an old friend. Mistaken...
Kay's friend, Sissy Weller, unexpectedly learns that she is to inherit a fortune if she can prove that her real name is Christine Cleveland. The mystery is how anybody could connect Sissy with Christine when Sissy is adopted and has no knowledge of her true identity....
Kay tries to thwart the evil plans of a weird gypsy. This teen mystery follows 16-year-old sleuthKay Tracey as she uncovers a mystery involving a vanishing portrait of a gypsy, a missing heir, a stolen treasure, and a criminal gang. Kay investigates a mysterious...
"I can't put my name to this." Kay is taken aback when Mrs. Van Hutton refuses to sign a paper prepared by her lawyer, Bill Tracey. When Kay notices that Mrs. Van Hutton has a secret meeting with a man named Stannovi, Kay suspects that Stannovi is influencing Mrs. Van...
Danger follows Kay as she searches for a priceless violin, investigating the theft of a priceless Stradivarius violin from her friend Rosa. Kay uncovers a mystery involving a mysterious key, a dishonest antique dealer, and her rival, Ethel Eaton. Kay finds her friend...
The thieves start back to the freight car for another load of stolen goods. This is Kay’s chance. Quickly she lets herself into the shack and lifts the trap-door. In the dark cellar, dimly lighted by the lamp, she sees many crates and boxes, undoubtedly the thieves’...
Teenage sleuth Kay Tracy investigates a stolen money mystery at a country fair, uncovers secrets regarding a missing baby found near a farm, and outwits criminals to save her aunt's inheritance. Can Kay find the missing clue and outwit the mysterious stranger? Kay, her...
“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...
Lancelot, despite being the bravest of the knights, is ugly, and ape-like, so that he calls himself the Chevalier mal fet - “The Ill-Made Knight”. As a child, Lancelot loved King Arthur and spent his entire childhood training to be a knight of the round table. When he...
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...
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