Mystery Anthologies
epub |eng | | Author:Arthur Morrison

* * * THE CASE OF THE MISSING HAND. .................. I THINK I HAVE RECORDED in another place Hewitt’s frequent aphorism that “there is nothing in this world that is ...
( Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense March 17,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-05-05 | Author:E. W. Hornung [Hornung, E. W.]

His words reminded me of the Pall Mall Gazette, which I had brought in my pocket from the Turkish bath. I fished it out, all wrinkled and bloated by the ...
( Category: Mystery Anthologies March 16,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-03-15 | Author:Baroness Orczy [Baroness Orczy]

II “Murder committed from any other motive than that of robbery,” the Man in the Corner went on after a moment’s pause, “always excites the interest of the public. There ...
( Category: Historical Mystery March 16,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-05-22 | Author:Thomas W. Hanshew, Mary E. Hanshew [Thomas W. Hanshew, Mary E. Hanshew]

( Category: Mystery Anthologies March 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-03-24 | Author:Edgar Allan Poe

NOTES (*1) Upon the original publication of “Marie Roget,” the foot-notes now appended were considered unnecessary; but the lapse of several years since the tragedy upon which the tale is ...
( Category: Short Stories March 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2015-03-15 | Author:Murder Squad & Accomplices

SORTED TOBY FORWARD She just walked out on him. They hadn’t even had an argument, let alone a row. The note she left was clear enough about what was happening, ...
( Category: Crime March 14,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Wilkie Collins

SEVENTH SCENE. .................. The Evening Party. —————————————————————————— MR. TURLINGTON, LADY WINWOOD At Home. Wednesday, December 15th.—Ten o’clock. —————————————————————————— “Dearest Natalie—As the brute insists, the brute must have the invitation which ...
( Category: Historical March 12,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-10-15 | Author:Edward D. Hoch [Hoch, Edward D.]

INTRODUCTION NUMBER THREE NICK VELVET IS A unique thief, a choosy crook who steals only the improbable, the bizarre, the baroque. He is never attracted to anything as mundane as ...
( Category: Mystery Anthologies March 11,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-07-03 | Author:Victor L. Whitechurch

The Tragedy on the London and Mid-Northern Thorpe Hazell opened his paper lazily as he breakfasted on boiled rice and wholemeal bread in his little West-end flat one very cold ...
( Category: Anthologies March 11,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-05-15 | Author:Frank Froest [Froest, Frank]

Chapter VIII Table of Contents It was an hour after Fairfield had left her before Eileen Meredith's sobs died away in the deserted room. There was none to hear or ...
( Category: British & Irish March 11,2020 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2017-03-27 | Author:Peter Lovesey [Lovesey, Peter]

SHOWMEN “Getting rid of the bodies was never a problem for me, sir. Sure, we got rid of so many I lost count.” “Sixteen, they said.” The cracked lips parted ...
( Category: Anthologies March 11,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-12-09 | Author:Jacques Futrelle [Futrelle, Jacques]

“Mr. Hassan, sir,” she said. The Turk appeared in the door behind her, gravely courteous, suave, and dignified as ever. “Ah,” explained The Thinking Machine. “You have brought the dagger?” ...
( Category: Medical March 10,2020 )
epub |eng | 1842-02-15 | Author:Edgar Allan Poe [Poe, Edgar Allan]

( Category: Short Stories March 9,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-01-29 | Author:Arthur B. Reeve [Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)]

My next step was to drop into the office of a Spanish-America paper whose editor was especially well informed on South American affairs. “Do I know Mrs. Ralston?” he repeated, ...
( Category: Short Stories March 7,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-07-03 | Author:C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson [A. M. Williamson, C. N. Williamson &]

22 Eve Dauntrey was in the act of opening the door as the curé of Roquebrune put out his hand to touch the bell at the Villa Bella Vista. Somehow ...
( Category: Anthologies March 6,2020 )