The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries
The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries

Author: Otto Penzler

Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Published: 2021-10-19

Total Pages: 1439

ISBN-13: 0593315804

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Edgar Award winner Otto Penzler—“detective fiction’s best editor and champion” (The Washington Post)—returns with a new anthology of exhilarating mysteries, assembling Victorian society's lords and ladies and most miserable miscreants Behind the velvet curtains of horsedrawn carriages and amid the soft glow of the gaslights are the detectives and bobbies sniffing out the safecrackers and petty purloiners who plague everything from the soot-covered side streets of London to the opulent manors of the countryside. With his latest title in the Big Book series, Otto Penzler is cracking cases and serving up the most thrilling, suspenseful Victorian mysteries. This collection brings together incredible stories from Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Hardy, Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, and Guy de Maupassant among other legendary writers of the grand era of the British Empire. So brush off your dinner jackets and straighten out your ball gowns for these exciting, glitzy mysteries. A VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL

The Second Victorian Mystery MEGAPACK ®
The Second Victorian Mystery MEGAPACK ®

Author: Robert Barr

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2015-03-03

Total Pages: 1568

ISBN-13: 1479405027

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The second volume of our Victorian Mystery series presents 38 more classic mysteries, including series by Andrew Lang, August Groner, and Robert Barr. Included are: IN THE HOUSE OF SUDDHOO, by Rudyard Kipling THE CRIME CLUB, by William Holt-White TRACES OF CRIME, by Mary Fortune THE STAR OF THE "GRASMERE," by E. W. Hornung MR. BOVEY'S UNEXPECTED WILL, by L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLAW KOMBS, by Robert Barr THE AFFAIR OF THE "AVALANCHE BICYCLE AND TYRE, CO., LTD," by Arthur Morrison THE RED CROSS GIRL, by Richard Harding Davis THE MYSTERY OF THE CLASPED HANDS, by Guy Boothby CHEATING THE GALLOWS, by Israel Zangwill THE DREAM WOMAN, Wilkie Collins The "Joe Muller" Series, by Augusta Groner: THE CASE OF THE GOLDEN BULLET THE CASE OF THE REGISTERED LETTER THE POCKET DIARY FOUND IN THE SNOW The "Eugene Valmont" Series, by Robert Barr: THE MYSTERY OF THE FIVE HUNDRED DIAMONDS THE SIAMESE TWIN OF A BOMB-THROWER THE CLUE OF THE SILVER SPOONS LORD CHIZELRIGG'S MISSING FORTUNE THE ABSENT-MINDED COTERIE THE GHOST WITH THE CLUB-FOOT THE LIBERATION OF WYOMING ED LADY ALICIA'S EMERALDS Robert Louis Stevenson's Mystery Tales from "New Arabian Nights": THE STORY OF THE BANDBOX THE STORY OF THE YOUNG MAN IN HOLY ORDERS THE STORY OF THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN BLINDS THE ADVENTURE OF PRINCE FLORIZEL AND A DETECTIVE The "Disentanglers" Series, by Andrew Lang: THE GREAT IDEA FROM THE HIGHWAYS AND HEDGES ADVENTURE OF THE FIRST CLIENTS ADVENTURE OF THE RICH UNCLE THE ADVENTURE OF THE OFFICE SCREEN A LOVER IN COCKY THE ADVENTURE OF THE EXEMPLARY EARL THE ADVENTURE OF THE LADY PATRONESS ADVENTURE OF THE LADY NOVELIST AND THE VACCINATIONIST ADVENTURE OF THE FAIR AMERICAN ADVENTURE OF THE MISERLY MARQUIS ADVENTURE OF THE CANADIAN HEIRESS If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the more than 180 other entries in the series, covering science fiction, modern authors, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

Ghost Stories and Mysteries
Ghost Stories and Mysteries

Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1975-01-01

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780486207155

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Remaining supernatural fiction by writer many consider greatest ghost story writer of all time. Mystery stories are equally memorable.

Rereading Victorian Fiction
Rereading Victorian Fiction

Author: A. Jenkins

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1999-12-07

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 0230371140

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This book offers a collection of essays on novels and short stories from the beginning of Victoria's reign through to the end of the nineteenth century and into our own times. The essays represent a wide range of critical and theoretical viewpoints on fiction, and they deal with a number of lesser-known Victorian Works as well as with some of the most canonical texts of the period. The chronological range of the volume is extended by essays which explore Victorian texts' connections with earlier literature, as well as by studies of twentieth-century novelists' responses to Victorian fiction. Overall this collection emphasizes the breadth and diversity of Victorian prose fiction and will be of interest to students and specialists alike.

The Pulp Crime MEGAPACK®: 25 Noir Mysteries
The Pulp Crime MEGAPACK®: 25 Noir Mysteries

Author: Fletcher Flora

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2016-07-01

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 1479422487

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Who doesn’t like a good mystery? Here are 25 great noir crime and mystery stories by some of the top fictioneers of the 20th century, ripped from the pages of such magazines as The Black Mask Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Secret Agent X, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine -- and many more! Hours of great reading await...if you dare proceed! LET HER KILL HERSELF, by Rufus King THE SPENT DAYS, by Fletcher Flora CONSOLATION PRIZE, by Stephen Wasylyk SPECIAL DELIVERY, by James Holding A CHANGE OF HEART, by Talmage Powell THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE CHIEF, by Lincoln Steffens BODY RANSOM, by Arthur Wallace THE DEBT COLLECTOR, by Maurice Level HAPPY ENDING, by Rufus King ALLIGATORS DON'T ASK FOR PAYMENT, by Stephen Wasylyk --GOOD-BYE, SWEET WORLD, by Bryce Walton WHITEMAIL, by Joyce Kilmer GETTING RID OF GEORGE, by Robert Arthur JURY OF ONE, by Talmage Powell LET'S GO TO A FUNERAL, by James Michael Ullman THE CONFESSION, by Maurice Level LIVE BAIT, by Harley L. Court HEIST IN PIANISSIMO, by Talmage Powell FLOWERS FOR MR. VECCHI, by Larry Allan NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, by James Michael Ullman MARKED IN RED, by Ralph Powers SOMETHING PRICELESS, by Fletcher Flora BODY ON THE BEACH, by Arthur Wallace FOUND GUILTY, by Josiah Flynt & Francis Walton THE WHISPERING CORPSE, by Richard B. Sale If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 4
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 4

Author: Ed Gorman

Publisher: Forge Books

Published: 2003-09-13

Total Pages: 616

ISBN-13: 1429974397

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More than 200,000 words of the best mystery and suspense fiction from around the world The world's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories Each year, editors Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg cast their net far and wide, across the seas, throughout the world to catch the best-the most suspenseful, most original, intriguing, confounding, downright entertaining stories of crime and mystery. Edgar winners from the U.S., Silver Dagger winners from the U.K., and stories from elsewhere as well come together here in a bountiful crop of great stories by the best in the business, including Lawrence Block - Jon L. Breen - Stanley Cohen - Bill Crider - Jeffery Deaver - Jeremiah Healy - Clark Howard - Susan Isaacs - John Lutz - Sharyn McCrumb - Ralph McInerny - Anne Perry - Bill Pronzini - Donald E. Westlake and many others. This book's a killer! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Boy Detectives MEGAPACK ®: 12 Great Mysteries
The Boy Detectives MEGAPACK ®: 12 Great Mysteries

Author: Mark Twain

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2015-10-22

Total Pages: 1416

ISBN-13: 1479407585

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12 tales featuring boy detectives, from Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer, Dective" to entries in the Mercer Boys, Ken Holt, Hal Keene, and Skippy Dare series, and lots more -- over 1,400 pages of great reading! Here are: THE MERCER BOYS AT WOODCREST, by Capwell Wyckoff THE MYSTERY OF THE IRON BOX, by Bruce Campbell THE AIR MYSTERY OF ISLE LA MOTTE, by E. J. Craine THE LOST MINE OF THE AMAZON, by Hugh Lloyd PRISONERS IN DEVIL’S BOG, by Hugh Lloyd BOB DEXTER AND THE STORM MOUNTAIN MYSTERY, by Willard F. Baker THE MYSTERY HUNTERS AT THE HAUNTED LODGE, by Capwell Wyckoff TRIPLE SPIES, by Roy G. Snell DETECTIVES, INC., by William Heyliger TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE, by Mark Twain If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 260+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

The Necklace Affair: A Regency Historical Mystery
The Necklace Affair: A Regency Historical Mystery

Author: Ashley Gardner

Publisher: Jennifer Ashley

Published: 2011-07-10

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 0989867749

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London 1817: Captain Lacey agrees to help a society matron discover what has become of her expensive diamond necklace and to clear her maid, who has been arrested for its theft. Lady Clifford declares that the rival for her husband's affections has stolen the necklace, but Lacey soon realizes that the problem is not so simple. He quickly becomes enmeshed in scandal and past secrets, and recruits Grenville and Lady Breckenridge to assist him. As he investigates, he finds himself competing with the underworld criminal, James Denis, for the necklace's retrieval. The events in this novella occur between the end of The Sudbury School Murders and the beginning of A Body in Berkeley Square.

The Custom House Murders
The Custom House Murders

Author: Ashley Gardner

Publisher: Jennifer Ashley

Published: 2020-11-17

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1951041291

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James Denis gives Captain Lacey a task, to deliver a mysterious package to a man with an office near the Custom House on the bank of the Thames. Lacey, who has been drawn into danger delivering items for Denis before, opens the package to find a single chess piece, a white queen. The piece tells Lacey nothing, but he soon realizes it plays deeply into Denis’s ongoing battle for control of London’s underworld. Meanwhile Lacey encounters an old army friend just returned from Antigua, who is being accused of smuggling and possibly murder. Lacey decides to help the man, whom he considers honorable, to clear his name. But Lacey is drawn farther into the dark games of James Denis and his rival, until only his wits and memories from his past can save himself and his family from gravest danger. Book 15 of the Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries

Chartist Fiction
Chartist Fiction

Author: Ian Haywood

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-06-17

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1317234480

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First published in 1999. For the first time since their appearance in Chartist newspapers these two major radical narratives are reprinted in a single volume. The Political Pilgrim’s Progress combines Utopian politics with Bunyanesque satire to tell the story of the journey of Radical and his family from the City of Plunder to the City of Reform. Sunshine and Shadow is the only serialized novel to have been published in the Northern Star. It brings together fictional biography and historical chronicle to form the first truly working-class novel. Both texts offer a unique insight into the literary achievements of the Chartist movement, and will be a valuable and entertaining source for scholars of radical politics. The texts are fully annotated, and the editor also provides an introduction to each story and a bibliography of recent scholarship.