An illusive Chinese mastermind and his henchman have already killed one socialite and they hold a mysterious sway over many of London’s elite. What is the secret of their power? Follow the trail with Sax Rohmer’s famous detectives Gaston Max and Inspector Dunbar as they chase the international gang of hoodlums and their leader, the […]
A novel about secret societies in New York. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Thrillers
The earliest known novel with a motion-picture theme. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Thrillers
Rupert of Hentzau is a sequel by Anthony Hope to The Prisoner of Zenda, written in 1895, but not published until 1898. Queen Flavia, dutifully but unhappily married to her cousin Rudolf V, writes to her true love Rudolf Rassendyll. The letter is carried by von Tarlenheim to be delivered by hand, but it is […]
A typical MacGrath story that hinges on a Bolshevik intrigue in America. Plausibility is a small concern of a plot which will hold devotees. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Thrillers
A classic espionage and adventure novel set during The Great War, featuring the reckless Richard Hannay. Tasked with unraveling a mysterious message, Hannay travels through Germany and the Middle East, searching for the elusive religious leader ”Greenmantle”. Sequel to The Thirty-Nine Steps and precursor to Mr. Standfast. Genre: Fiction, Thrillers
The daring exploits of Fantômas in his attempts to get possession of the King of Hesse-Weimar’s famous diamond. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Thrillers
The Efficiency Expert, an often overlooked by Burroughs’ fans, is a cracking tale of young Jimmy Torrance, an upstanding college graduate in post-World War I Chicago who inadvertently rubs shoulders with mobsters and ends up framed for murder. Jimmy Torrance was a hero in college. A champion boxer, star of the baseball team and one […]
These are stories of the Four Just Men, Edgar Wallace’s famous characters known to the wider public principally as a result of the early television series of the same name. The source material is, of course, far removed from its celluloid derivative. Far from being set in the world post WW2, the original stories take […]