The Victorian Villains MEGAPACK TM: 31 Villainous Tales
The Victorian Villains MEGAPACK TM: 31 Villainous Tales

Author: Arthur Morrison

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2015-06-04

Total Pages: 644

ISBN-13: 1479406066

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This volume is a follow-up to our Victorian Rogues MEGAPACKTM and presents no less than 31 additional tales of Victorian-era (or close to it!) villains, rogues, thieves, and criminals. You don't have to have read the previous volume, of course, since all of these works stand alone. But if you'd rather have an A.J. Raffles or Boston Blackie as the hero or center-point of a story than Sherlock Holmes or Charlie Chan, this is definitely the ebook for you! Included are no less than 31 classic tales -- more than 600 pages: THE NARRATIVE OF MR. JAMES RIGBY, by Arthur Morrison THE CASE OF JANISSARY, by Arthur Morrison THE CASE OF "THE MIRROR OF PORTUGAL," by Arthur Morrison THE CASE OF MR. LOFTUS DEACON, by Arthur Morrison OLD CATER'S MONEY, by Arthur Morrison HOW DON Q. STOOD AT BAY, by K. and Hesketh Prichard THE TREASURE OF FRANCHARD, by Robert Louis Stevenson MR. CLACKWORTHY GOES TO JAIL, by Christopher B. Booth Plus 12 adventures of Romney Pringle, by R. Austin Freeman and John J. Pitcairn: THE ASSYRIAN REJUVENATOR THE FOREIGN OFFICE DESPATCH THE CHICAGO HEIRESS THE LIZARD'S SCALE THE PASTE DIAMONDS THE KAILYARD NOVEL THE SUBMARINE BOAT THE KIMBLERLEY FUGITIVE THE SILKWORMS OF FLORENCE THE BOX OF SPECIE THE SILVER INGOTS THE HOUSE OF DETENTION Plus 11 adventures of McAllister and Fatty Welch, by Arthur Train: McALLISTER'S CHRISTMAS THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE OF THE BARON DE VILLE THE ESCAPE OF WILKINS THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S TRUNK THE GOLDEN TOUCH McALLISTER'S DATA OF ETHICS McALLISTER'S MARRIAGE THE JAILBIRD IN THE COURSE OF JUSTICE THE MAXIMILIAN DIAMOND EXTRADITION If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 200+ other entries in the series, covering science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

The Judge's House
The Judge's House

Author: Bram Stoker

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2022-02-15

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13:

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In the story, a student arrives in a small town looking for a quiet place to stay while preparing for his examination. Making light of the local superstitions, he moves into an old mansion where a notorious hanging judge once lived. He is comfortably settled and engrossed in his work when, in the middle of the night, he is visited by an enormous rat with baleful eyes. As soon as the giant rat appears, other rats that infest the old house fall silent. When the great rat returns on the second night, the student begins to feel uneasy. He soon learns why the locals fear the Judge's House.

The Wheel Spins
The Wheel Spins

Author: Ethel Lina White

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-11-13

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13:

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The Wheel Spins is the novel about young and bright Iris Carr, who is on her way back to England after spending a holiday somewhere in the Balkans. After she is left alone by her friends, Iris catches the train for Trieste and finds company in Miss Froy, chatty elderly English woman. When she wakes up from a short nap, she discovers that her elderly travelling companion seems to have disappeared from the train. After her fellow passengers deny ever having seen the elderly lady, the young woman is on the verge of her nerves. She is helped by a young English traveler, and the two proceed to search the train for clues to the old woman's disappearance. Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) was a British crime writer, best known for her novel The Wheel Spins, on which the Alfred Hitchcock film, The Lady Vanishes, was based.

The Color Master
The Color Master

Author: Aimee Bender

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2013-08-13

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0385534906

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The bestselling author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake returns with a wondrous collection of dreamy, strange, and magical stories. Truly beloved by readers and critics alike, Aimee Bender has become known as something of an enchantress whose lush prose is “moving, fanciful, and gorgeously strange” (People), “richly imagined and bittersweet” (Vanity Fair), and “full of provocative ideas” (The Boston Globe). In her deft hands, “relationships and mundane activities take on mythic qualities” (The Wall Street Journal). In this collection, Bender’s unique talents sparkle brilliantly in stories about people searching for connection through love, sex, and family—while navigating the often painful realities of their lives. A traumatic event unfolds when a girl with flowing hair of golden wheat appears in an apple orchard, where a group of people await her. A woman plays out a prostitution fantasy with her husband and finds she cannot go back to her old sex life. An ugly woman marries an ogre and struggles to decide if she should stay with him after he mistakenly eats their children. Two sisters travel deep into Malaysia, where one learns the art of mending tigers who have been ripped to shreds. In these deeply resonant stories—evocative, funny, beautiful, and sad—we see ourselves reflected as if in a funhouse mirror. Aimee Bender has once again proven herself to be among the most imaginative, exciting, and intelligent writers of our time.

The Zombie Stories of H. P. Lovecraft
The Zombie Stories of H. P. Lovecraft

Author: H. P. Lovecraft

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2015-09-16

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 0486798062

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Six chilling stories offer compelling journeys into the land of the undead: "Herbert West—Reanimator," "In the Vault," "The Thing on the Doorstep," "Pickman's Model," "Cool Air," and "The Outsider."

Exit Lines
Exit Lines

Author: Reginald Hill

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2019-04-30

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 1504057902

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Linking the dying words of three slain strangers proves risky for Dalziel and Pascoe in this “shrewd . . . and deft” mystery (The New York Times). Reginald Hill “raised the classical British mystery to new heights” when he introduced pugnacious Yorkshire Det. Inspector Andrew Dalziel and his partner, the callow Sgt. Peter Pascoe (The New York Times Book Review). Their chafing differences in education, manners, technique, and temperament made them “the most remarkable duo in the annals of crime fiction” (Toronto Star). Adapted into a long-running hit show for the BBC, the Gold Dagger Award–winning series is now available as ebooks. On the same night, three old men are offed: One is found in the icy rain sputtering the name “Polly” before expiring; another mumbles “Charley” after being beaten in his bathtub; and most alarmingly, the final words of the third, a cyclist knocked off the road by a drunk driver, implicate Superintendent Andrew Dalziel in the fatal hit and run. Bearing the brunt of three seemingly disparate investigations while proving his partner’s innocence, Peter Pascoe follows a confounding trail that leads to one victim’s family secrets, a shady retirement community, and corruption within the CID’s ranks that’s putting more than Dalziel’s already dicey reputation in peril. Exit Lines is the 8th book in the Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Different Class
Different Class

Author: Joanne Harris

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-01-03

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 1501155512

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Originally published: Great Britain: Doubleday, 2016.

The Rise of the Iron Moon
The Rise of the Iron Moon

Author: Stephen Hunt

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2012-01-03

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780765366108

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On the run after killing a guard in the Royal Breeding House, orphan Purity Drake learns from her mysterious rescuer that he is working against terrible monsters that would enslave the entire kingdom to punish its corrupt government.

The Crow Trap: A Vera Stanhope Novel 1
The Crow Trap: A Vera Stanhope Novel 1

Author: Ann Cleeves

Publisher: Pan

Published: 2001-12-01

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 1743294484

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The Crow Trap is the first book in Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series - which is now a major TV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn as Vera. Three very different women come together at isolated Baikie's Cottage on the North Pennines, to complete an environmental survey. Three women who each know the meaning of betrayal... Rachael, the team leader, is still reeling after a double betrayal by her lover and boss, Peter Kemp. Anne, a botanist, sees the survey as a chance to indulge in a little deception of her own. And then there is Grace, a strange, uncommunicative young woman, hiding plenty of her own secrets. Rachael is the first to arrive at the cottage, where she discovers the body of her friend, Bella Furness. Bella, it appears, has committed suicide - a verdict Rachael refuses to accept. When another death occurs, a fourth woman enters the picture - the unconventional Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope...