7 Best Short Stories: Murder
7 Best Short Stories: Murder

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2020-01-07

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 8577776646

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Death is one of the most important themes in literature - the fragility of human life and our own finitude have haunted authors since the early days. So what about murder? The act of taking a human life goes beyond the scope of crime and haunts our own concept of humanity. Many authors have dedicated themselves to this subject and you can check out these short stories in this volume of our collection. This book contains: - The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. - A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell. - The Caballero's Way by O. Henry. - The Sheriff's Children by Charles W. Chesnut. - Moon-face by Jack London. - Brothers by Sherwood Anderson. - Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson.

First Class Murder
First Class Murder

Author: Robin Stevens

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-04-04

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1481422200

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A murdered heiress, a missing necklace, and a train full of shifty, unusual, and suspicious characters leaves Daisy and Hazel with a new mystery to solve in this third novel of the Wells & Wong Mystery series. Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells are taking a vacation across Europe on world-famous passenger train, the Orient Express—and it’s clear that each of their fellow first-class travelers has something to hide. Even more intriguing: There’s rumor of a spy in their midst. Then, during dinner, a bloodcurdling scream comes from inside one of the cabins. When the door is broken down, a passenger is found murdered—her stunning ruby necklace gone. But the killer has vanished, as if into thin air. The Wells & Wong Detective Society is ready to crack the case—but this time, they’ve got competition.

7 best short stories - Detective Fiction
7 best short stories - Detective Fiction

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2020-04-23

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 3967993647

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Welcome to the book series 7 best short stories specials, selection dedicated to a special subject, featuring works by noteworthy authors. The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest. This edition is dedicated to Detective Fiction. Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—either professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as speculative fiction and other genre fiction in the mid-nineteenth century and has remained extremely popular. This book contains - The Red-Headed League by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. - The Blue Cross by G. K. Chesterton. - Traces of Crime by Mary Fortune. - The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe. - The Case of the Dixon Torpedo by Arthur Morrison. - The Coin Of Dionysius by Ernest Bramah. - The Crooked Man by Arthur Conan Doyle. For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!

Murder Mayhem Short Stories
Murder Mayhem Short Stories

Author:

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-11-12

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 1786645122

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Following the great success of 2015's Gothic Fantasy, deluxe edition short story compilations, Ghosts, Horror and Science Fiction, this latest in the series is packed with hard-boiled detectives, monsters, psychopaths and a high body count. Tales of death and destruction from classic authors are cast with previously unpublished stories by exciting contemporary hardcore crime writers. New, contemporary and notable writers featured are: Sara Dobie Bauer, Michael Cebula, Carolyn Charron, James Dorr, Tim Foley, Steven Thor Gunnin, Kate Heartfield, David M. Hoenig, Liam Hogan, Patrick J. Hurley, Michelle Ann King, Claude Lalumière, Gerri Leen, K.A. Mielke, Alexandra Camille Renwick, Fred Senese, Donald Jacob Uitvlugt, Dean H. Wild, and Nemma Wollenfang. These appear alongside classic stories by authors such as Ambrose Bierce, Wilkie Collins, Dick Donovan, Edith Nesbit, Edgar Allan Poe and Bram Stoker.

The Perfect Murder
The Perfect Murder

Author: Peter James

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Published: 2010-03-04

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13: 0330520342

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The Perfect Murder is a suspenseful and gripping novella from Peter James, the bestselling author of the phenomenally successful Roy Grace series. How do you commit the perfect murder? Victor Smiley and his wife Joan have been married for nearly twenty years. Victor secretly loathes Joan more and more each day. Joan is bored by Victor, and his snoring drives her mad. Their marriage has reached a crisis point. Victor decides there is only one way to get Joan out of his life for ever, but he's about to get a nasty surprise. As it turns out, Victor's not the only one with murder in mind . . .

7 best short stories by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
7 best short stories by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

Author: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2019-10-31

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13:

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Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit", becoming the first Norwegian Nobel laureate. This selection chosen by the critic August Nemo contains the following stories: The Railroad and the Churchyard The Father The Bridal March One Day Mother's Hands Thrond Absalom's Hair

7 best short stories by Arthur Machen
7 best short stories by Arthur Machen

Author: Arthur Machen

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2020-05-14

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 3968589262

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He was born in 1863 in Wales, in Caerlson-Usk. He settled in London, still young, where he was a bookstore clerk for a few months, becoming a preceptor. Subsequently, he began to write in total material shortage and fatigue. For a long time he lived on translations. Still unrecognized, he continued his work with a growing feeling that "an immense spiritual gulf separated him from other men" and that he lived as a "Robinson Crusoe of the soul."A curious fact was that he, along with W. B. Yeats and Aleister Crowley, was a member of the "Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn," the ill-fated 20th century magic society.His work is acclaimed worldwide and has already been recognized by such big names as H. P. Locecraf, Stephen King and Jorge Luis Borges. This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories:The Great God PanThe White PeopleThe Black SealThe Novel of the White PowderThe Red HandThe Inmost LightThe Bowmen

7 best short stories by Robert Barr
7 best short stories by Robert Barr

Author: Robert Barr

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2020-05-15

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 3968588495

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Barr's volumes of short stories were often written with an ironic twist in the story with a witty, appealing narrator telling the story. As the detective stories were in evidence, Barr was very successful. We selected seven tales of crime and mystery from this author for your appreciation. - An Alpine Divorce - "And the Rigour of the Game" - Gentlemen: The King! - The Hour and the Man - The Man Who was not on the Passenger List - Which Was the Murderer? - Not According to the Code

7 best short stories by Charles W. Chesnutt
7 best short stories by Charles W. Chesnutt

Author: Charles W. Chesnutt

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2020-05-14

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 3968580710

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Charles W. Chesnutt was an important voice in his day and remains a precious reading for those who want to better understand the period of construction of African American identity, from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. Critic August Nemo chose seven short stories that bring the best of this author to your appreciation. This books contains: - The Wife of His Youth - The Passing of Grandison - Her Virginia Mammy - The Bouquet - The Sheriffs' Children - The Web of Circunstance

Big Book of Best Short Stories - Specials - Mystery and Detective
Big Book of Best Short Stories - Specials - Mystery and Detective

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2020-04-04

Total Pages: 894

ISBN-13: 3968584112

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This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers.The theme of this edition is: Mystery and Detective. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: - Robert Barr: - An Alpine Divorce - "And the Rigour of the Game" - Gentlemen: The King! - The Hour and the Man - The Man Who was not on the Passenger List - Which Was the Murderer? - Not According to the Code - Arthur Conan Doyle: - A Scandal In Bohemia - The Five Orange Pips - The Disintegration Machine - When the World Screamed - The Great Keinplatz Experiment - The Horror of the Heights - The Ring of Thoth - G. K. Chesterton: - The Blue Cross - The Invisible Man - The Man Who Was Thursday A Nightmare - The Strange Crime of John Boulnois - The Three Tools of Death - The Wrong Shape - The Mistake of the Machine - Ernest Bramah: - The Secret of Headlam Height - The Mystery of the Vanished Petition Crown - The Holloway Flat Tragedy - The Curious Circumstances Of The Two Left Shoes - The Ingenious Mind Of Mr. Rigby Lacksome - The Crime At The House In Culver Street - The Strange Case Of Cyril Bycourt - E. Phillips Oppenheim: - The Noxious Gift. - Traske and the Bracelet. - The Atruscan Silver mine. - The Defeat of Rundermere. - The End of John DykesBurglar. - A Woman Intervenes. - The Regeneration of Jacobs.