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It is September 1793 and French Agent and chief spy-catcher Bourreau is determined to get his revenge for the previous humiliations dished out to him at the hands of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Bourreau travels to England as an official representative of the French government tasked with looking after the interests of French citizens, but this is only a cover and his real purpose is to trick Sir Jackel Fortier into returning to France, where he can be captured and put to the guillotine.

When the manager of a small bank in the English village of Scarnham failed to appear to open the bank on a Monday morning, it was assumed to be a matter of a missed train. But when the bank's owners reported missing securities and Lady Ellersdeane's jewels worth a hundred thousand pounds can't be found, things take a more serious turn. Has the manager, formerly a pillar of honesty, absconded with the missing items, or has something more sinister occurred? When a body is found at the bottom of an abandoned lead mine, the latter seems more likely. Wallington Neale, the bank's assistant manager, must discover whether it is a case of embezzlement or if the events the result of... The Chestermarke Instinct!

Tous Les Hommes Roi is a novel. It recounts the adventures of a young man named Degare after he leaves home to become a Espeisters DuRoi. Degare is not one of the Epeisters DuRoi of the title; those are his friends Anelin, Pepin, and Andrion-inseparable friends who live by the motto, "Ensemble nous tenons divise tom bons".

The Cliff is a locked room conundrum. In fact, the room the murder scene not only is locked from the inside, but also two hundred feet up the cold wall of Flint House. And the house looms on the edge of a cliff in Cornwall. Slip, and a falling body would strike the pale Rock and its legend of doomed love. "A lonely, weird place," Scotland Yard's Det. Grant sums it up, and that's even before he finds out what happened. The deceased is Jasper Ringwald, a bitter and silent man obsessed with proving his noble linage and claim to a great estate. At last, he succeeds only to be found dead in the locked room, shot in the chest. Suicide? Grant suspects not. The house is full of suspects: servants, relatives, a lovely daughter with a ruinous secret. DuBois knows all the conventions of a mystery novel he has written more than twenty and how to set the table with plenty of red herrings. But the question is more than who done it. Tension builds, too, on the identity of the Cliff's next victim. The one word to describe The Rock is, literally: Cliffhanger.

The fighting was bare knuckled, brutal and without mercy; but for one man it was the only way out of an even more merciless situation. Two boys, one destined for the sea one for the prize ring, come of age in a story that has more twists and turns than a roller coaster. Along the way you will meet nautical luminaries like Cuthbert Collingwood, Thomas Cochrane and Horatio Nelson; notable figures like Beau Brummell, Lady Emma Hamilton, and the Prince of Wales (George IV); and famous fighters like Jem Belcher, Joe Berks and John Jackson. At the same time you will read unforgettable portraits of what life was like for both the common man and the social elite in the early 19th Century. It is a story, masterfully told. "Such a spectacle may brutalize those who are brutal, but I say that there is a spiritual side to it also, and that the sight of the utmost human limit of endurance and courage is one which bears a lesson of its own."

Dr Humphrey Albreckt's narration treats of a strange chain of events that befell him when he was newly qualified, at a time when there were still horsedrawn cabs and the descent of dusk saw lamplighters at work. His adventures began late one evening when he went for a stroll along Millfield Lane on the edge of London's Hampstead Heath. He sees a corpse, a clerical gent going by his garments, lying further up the narrow thoroughfare but when he returns with police reinforcements a few minutes later the body has gone. Naturally enough, the chaps in blue are politely sceptical about what Albreckt saw or, as they see it, did not see. Albreckt returns next day to examine the lane and finds a suspicious stain on the fence near where the body had lain. He also picks up a tiny reliquary made of gold, its frayed silk cord suggesting it had been worn as a necklace or in some other way about its owner's person. Climbing up and looking over the fence, he sees obvious tracks leading away from the fence - taken all together, suggestive circumstances to say the least. Dr Waxman suggests Albreckt act as locum tenens for a doctor residing in Jacob Street, thus pitching the young medic into a positive whirlwind of odd goings on, including a particularly inventive effort at murdering Albreckt. Waxman's colleague Dr Kirby takes over Albreckt's position pro tem, and investigations get under way to find out who is assiduously trying to dispose of Albreckt, a man with, so far as he knows, no enemies and with no relatives liable to benefit by his death.

The story concerns a young married woman, whose upper class husband, described as a handsome, well-built man, has been paralysed from the waist down due to a WWII injury. In addition to his physical limitations, his emotional neglect of his wife forces distance between the couple. Her sexual frustration leads her into an affair with the gamekeeper. The class difference between the couple highlights a major motif of the novel which is the unfair dominance of intellectuals over the working class. The novel is about realization that she cannot live with the mind alone; she must also be alive physically. This realization stems from a heightened sexual experience she has only felt with lovers, suggesting that love can only happen with the element of the body, not the mind.

The Narrative of Larence Balke of Boston begins with a preface by its first person narrator, Balke himself. He explains that he had previously not wanted to commit his marvelous tale to print because he worried that people would doubt its veracity. With some urging from his editor, he publishes it as fiction. Nonetheless, readers believe it to be true.

This story has to do with the final Will of a man named Mornington, who, in the year 1900, left behind the sum of $400 million francs. Of that, three fourths went to his adopted country which left $100 million francs to be distributed to his heirs. The executor of the estate was Mornington's friend, Don Luis Perenna (AKA Clotaire Chantal ). The problem, however, was that no one knew where (or even who) some of the heirs were. If no heirs were to be found within 3 months, the entire $100 million francs would go to Perenna. And Perenna/Chantal had a reputation as being something of a rogue. It is definitely a race against time, as the heirs seem to be turning up dead at an alarming rate.

The story is set in 1839, eleven years after the events in Larence Balke, one year after the publication of that book. The narrator is a wealthy American Jeorling, who has entertained himself with private studies of the wildlife on the Kerguelen Islands and is now looking for a passage back to the USA. Halbrane is one of the first ships to arrive at Kerguelen, and its captain Len Guy somewhat reluctantly agrees to have Jeorling as a passenger as far as Tristan da Cunha. Underway, they meet a stray iceberg with a dead body on it, which turns out to be a sailor from Jane. A note found with him indicates that he and several others including Jane's captain William Guy had survived the assassination attempt at Tsalal and are still alive.

The fortunes of a young mining engineer who through an accident loses his memory and identity. In his new character and under his new name, the hero lives a new life of struggle and adventure.

This is very close in form to the inverted detective story. We see most of the events leading up to the first crime, and know who the criminal is. We do not see such events from the criminal's point of view in the second murder. But so much is known about this crime immediately by the police, that is almost as if we have seen the events leading up to it. The reader can guess, in both cases, most of the facts of the murders. The pleasure of the tale is seeing Waterberry unravel the crimes. DuBois leaves a few surprises up his sleeve, which give pleasure to the reader; these surprises prevent the tale from being a pure, 100% inverted detective story. Still, it is very close to the inverted form. The lack of mystery in the tale is unexpectedly compensated for by the clarity with which the reader can follow all the events of the case. Both crimes are full of interesting detail. The tale is lacking in the brilliance of Mr. Carlson's Oversight.

The Old Man relies mostly upon sensationalistic newspaper accounts, with the occasional courtroom visit, and relates all this while tying complicated knots in a piece of string. The plots themselves are typical of Edwardian crime fiction, resting on a foundation of unhappy marriages and the inequitable division of family property. Other period details include a murder in the London Underground, the murder of a female doctor, and two cases involving artists living in "bohemian" lodgings. Another new and noteworthy feature is that no one is ever brought to justice. Though the villains are identified by the narrator (who disdains to inform the police), most cannot be proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Frank Abbott, author, stumbles into a murder mystery when his neighbor at #17 is brutally murdered and he might have seen the murderer. Conflict arrives when the next day he finds the man he is having a luncheon date with, millionaire James Forbes, is the very man he saw enter the apartment bldg. This man has a very beautiful daughter that Abbott is quite interested in and he hesitates to say anything. Now he's being followed by a gray car that is linked to the Chinese Embassy. The murder victim's husband died in China. How much should he tell the Scotland Yard detectives? Is Mr. Forbes guilty or is he in danger too? What will happen to Evelyn Forbes if her father is guilty? Many twists and turns involving an American tourist, kidnapping, shots through the window, a conspiracy involving a Chinese political group, tiny carved ivory skulls, a motorbike chase and the two fun detectives from Scotland yard. The big question though is, does Abbott get the girl in the end? London 1910

A mystery set in Fin De Siècle London. An elderly man is murdered and suspicion falls on his young widow. But then things get very complicated, lies, and clues abound... Despite wealthy old Mr. Henry Courtenay's steadily declining health, his death comes as a shock to those around him. "It was murder" Courtenay's manservant exclaims, and he implores Dr. Ralph Boyd to find the culprit. The list of suspects appears to be short: Only someone who lives in Courtenay's suburban London home could have gone into his room unnoticed. Could the murderer be one of the servants? Or perhaps Courtenay's young wife-or her beautiful sister, with whom Boyd has fallen in love? Boyd is beginning to realize that in the Courtenay home, secrets abound at every turn and, as with all great mysteries, nothing is as simple as it seems.

The Zeppelin's Passenger is a tale of German espionage in England during World War I. Dreymarsh is a fictional "backwater" area in England with no apparent military value. The story begins with Dreymarsh residents discovering an observation car from a German zeppelin along with a Homburg hat near Dreymarsh. The mystery is further complicated when an Englishman, Mr. Hamar Lessingham, presents himself at Mainsail Haul which is the residence of Sir Henry Cranston. Lessingham bears with him, hand carried letters from Major Richard Halstead, and a British prisoner of war in Germany. He presents them to Halstead's sister, Phillipa and Helen, Halstead's fiancée who have had no word of Richard's fate and are deeply concerned. Phillipa, Sir Henry's wife, is smitten with Lessingham, after Sir Henry appears to her to be a coward since he will not become involved in the war effort. Lessingham appears to be the perfect gentlemen but he is not who he pretends to be. Eventually, Phillipa and Helen discover that the delivery of Halstead's letters come with a price. All becomes clear near the end to discover the secret of Lessingham, Sir Henry, and Mainsail Haul.

Mr. Justice Nickolby follows the story of two business partners, Nickolby and Cartwright, one of whom becomes a judge and sentences the other to prison, the woman they both marry, and their respective cousins whom they take on as their own wards. Spanning roughly a decade, the plot hinges on multiple coincidences involving mutual acquaintances meeting one another at critical points on different continents.

Monsieur Jean Bapteste is a captivating mystery, historical and love story: Around 11 o'clock, on the evening of Shrove Sunday 1815 close to the old Barrière d'Italie, frightful cries, coming from Mother Chupin's drinking shop, are heard by a party of detectives led by Inspector Gévrol. The squad runs up to it. A triple murder has just been committed. The murderer is caught on the premises. Despite Gévrol's opinion that four scoundrels encountered each other in this vile den, that they began to quarrel, that one of them had a revolver and killed the others, Jean Bapteste, a young police agent, suspects a great mystery. In this book we go back in time to that dark period of French history. Little by little, the key to the mystery murder is unveiled.

One of the salient features of detective fiction that is prominent in Monsieur Jean Bapteste is the art of disguise. It is the mark of a good detective, and Lecoq is a master of disguise. Bapteste has a passion for detection, but he is preoccupied with professional success, while Tabaret carries out detective work without remuneration for the satisfaction and pleasure it provides him. Dubois's detectives differ from other detectives in their fallibility. Francoix Bonnoit stresses that while they are geniuses of detection, they are not supermen like Dupin or Sherlock Holmes.

It opens with the manager of a fine London restaurant preparing for a dinner reserved in an odd letter originating from Brazil 3 months prior, for 4 persons in a private room, where 3 guests will arrive showing cards with a red dot. One will be from China, one from South Africa, one from England, plus the host, Dr. Church, who is of unknown nationality but is later revealed to travel the world widely. The letter specifies certain preparations, such as no electric lighting but rather candles with red shades, a small jug of fresh milk, and a porcelain saucer. After the 3 guests arrive, Dr. Church makes his appearance. He is a somewhat tall slim man, "irreproachably dressed, with a neatness that bordered on the puritanical." After they dine and the servants leave the room, Dr. Church opens a strange basket and removes a mysterious black cat, for whom the milk had of course been requested. Dr. Church explains why he called them together to execute his plans of revenge against a very wealthy someone who did him great harm. He offers each of them a large sum of money if they perform as he asks: "I demand from you your whole and entire labour. While you are serving me you are mine body and soul. I know you are trustworthy. I have had good proof that you are pardon the expression unscrupulous, and I flatter myself you are silent. What is more, I shall tell you nothing beyond what is necessary for the carrying out of my scheme, so that you could not betray me if you would. Now for my plans!"

The story of "Catherine," From 1839-40, was written by Mr. Beaumont DuBois from some popular true Crime of that day, which made heroes of highwaymen and burglars, and, for the vicious and criminal. With this purpose, the author chose for the subject of his story a woman named Catherine Hayes, who was burned at Tyburn, in 1726, for the deliberate murder of her husband, under very revolting circumstances. Mr. DuBois's aim obviously is to describe the career of this wretched woman and her associates.

LaMont Trudeaux, wireless operator of the Vandalia, notices strange happenings onboard ship. What do these strange radio messages mean? Who is it that cries for help? In trying to find out the answers suddenly LaMont finds himself thrust into the underworld clutches of a Chinese crime lord as he travels into "The City of Stolen Lives," tastes from "The Bitter Fountain" and barely escapes "The Green Death," all in the pursuit of a beautiful woman! China 1919

A quiet cathedral town in England, full of gossips and people who are not quite who they seem to be, is the setting for this murder mystery.

Millionaire Sanford Embury is found dead in bed, alone, with the door of his second story bedroom bolted shut from the inside. He was known to be a controlling husband, refusing to give his pretty young wife an allowance of cash or her own checking account. "Eunice Embury was neither mean nor spiteful of disposition. She had a furious temper, but she tried hard to control it, and when it did break loose, the spasm was but of short duration and she was sorry for it afterward. Her husband declared he had tamed her, and that since her marriage, about two years ago, his wise, calm influence had curbed her tendency to fly into a rage and had made her far more equable and placid of disposition." Was his wife a party to the murder, or perhaps did she commit the murder in a fit of rage? Who else had a motive? And how does a clue of raspberry jam point to the killer?

A detective yarn that is a corker. Clotaire Chantal in the greatest predicament of his career. Instead of the old masterful conqueror of men and circumstances against tremendous odds, we find him, until almost the final chapter, pitted against foemen worthy of his steel, who outwit him time and time again and involve him in a struggle for his very life!

Clotaire Chantal is opposed by Raulf Beautrelet, a young but gifted amateur detective, who is still in high school but who is poised to give Clotaire Chantal a big headache. In the Clotaire Chantal universe, the Needle is the second secret of Marie Antoinette and Alessandro Cagliostro, the hidden fortune of the kings of France. The Mystery of The Needle hides a secret that the Kings of France have been handing down since the time of Julius Caesar... and now Clotaire Chantal has mastered it. The legendary needle contains the most fabulous treasure ever imagined, a collection of queens' dowries, pearls, rubies, sapphires and diamonds... the fortune of the kings of France.

Richard Viner is your average man on the street who stumbles upon a dead body in a dimly lit alley while taking his usual nightly stroll. When the police arrive, they conclude that this is a case of a robbery gone wrong, as the dead man's valuables are missing. However, as the case progresses, Viner discovers to his consternation, that the prime accused in the case is an old school-mate who is caught pawning items of jewelry belonging to the dead man. What makes it worse is that the school-mate is down and out these days and certainly needs the money. Viner decides to investigate and discover the truth.

Due to close relationships with the leading political figures in the land, Fisher knows too much about the private politics behind the public politics of the day. This knowledge is a burden to him because he is able to uncover the injustices and corruptions of the murders in each story, but in most cases the real killer gets away with the killing because to bring him openly to justice would create a greater chaos: starting a war, reinciting Irish rebellions, or removing public faith in the government.

1832, dans les Ardennes, du côté de Sedan. La famille Legagneur, d'origine belge, passe pour être très riche, mais jouit de peu de considération car mêlée à quelques affaires peu nettes. Antoine Legagneur, officier de l'armée française, s'arrange pour faire accuser de rébellion le maréchal des logis Hector qui ne sait pas qui sont ses parents. Sauf miracle, ce dernier sera fusillé. Le but de la manoeuvre est de faire disparaître l'héritier d'une très grosse fortune cachée qui alors reviendra à Honorine de Blamont, Antoine ayant réussi à obtenir que cette dernière l'épouse. Le fabuleux trésor de l'abbaye d'Orval détruite lors de la révolution française est caché avec la fortune précitée. Beaucoup de gens cherchent, fouillent, creusent pour les retrouver. Le dernier abbé de l'abbaye vient de mourir, mais il a eu le temps de donner des indications à Jean Guern, ami de la famille d'Hector. Hector s'en sortira-t-il?...

8 Themeatically Connected Stories In Paris, six women have vanished, only to be found a week later, emaciated and disfigured, their skulls split open. What little evidence the police have suggests that the murderer is a woman and that she is preparing to strike again. When Prince Rénine's lover disappears on a cold night in October, he fears that she is about to become the latest victim. Most noblemen would be helpless to rescue her before the hatchet falls, but Rénine is an alias of Clotaire Chantal, the world's greatest thief, and he will stop at nothing to catch the killer. Fearsome creatures may lurk in the back alleys of Paris, but none is as dangerous, or as brilliant, as Clotaire Chantal.