The late afternoon sky flaunted its splendor of blue and gold like a banner over the Pacific, across whose depths the trade wind droned in measured cadence.
This story is a murder mystery in which Edwin Drood is supposedly murdered and suspicion is cast on his uncle.
The Mystery of Orcival is a detective novel by Emile Gaboriau.
Mademoiselle Stangerson retires to bed in the Yellow Room. Suddenly revolver shots echo through the house and she screams for help. Her father and a servant run to the locked room where they find the wounded girl - alone. The only other exit, a window - barred. How had the assailant escaped?
Grace and Mercy are very different women, but are both caught up in the war between Germany and France. When Grace is hit by a loose shell, Mercy seizes the chance to escape her past as a fallen woman and convict by assuming Grace's identity and travelling to England.
A nameless, eccentric old man, sitting in the corner of a London tea shop, uses pure deduction to solve a series of baffling crimes.
Through a combination of bravery, derring-do, and deception, Rudolph secures the King's release and restoration to the throne.
A collection of ten stories by Collins. Framing these tales is the situation of a young lady staying with three older brothers in Wales. The son of one of the brothers is in love with her, but he is away. In order to entice the lady to stay until the young man can return home, the brothers agree...
With the theft of the sacred slipper, worn by the great Prophet himself, came a wave of outrageous horror. The truth emerged behind these inhuman outrages was a secret group of fanatics--Assassins--trained from childhood to wreak havoc on all who dared disturb their sacred relics.
In this book the reader will encounter a number of insidious doings, including kidnappings, poisonous cats, snake murders, albino peacocks, killer apes, quicksand, a haunted house, rat torture, mummy attacks and more.