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A Love Story of the New Spirit of America. Vigor, dramatic intensity and the sweep of a fine romance are here in this new novel by Mrs. Rinehart--a story of "all of us."
The pages are so many luminous windows before which one sits and, fascinated, watches the unfolding of a great American drama.
The city turned its dreariest aspect toward the railway on blackened walls,
irregular and ill-paved streets, gloomy warehouses, and over all a gray, smokeladen
atmosphere which gave it mystery and often beauty. Sometimes the
softened towers of the great steel bridges rose above the river mist like fairy
towers suspended between Heaven and earth. And again the sun tipped the
surrounding hills with gold, while the city lay buried in its smoke shroud, and
white ghosts of river boats moved spectrally along.
A Strange Disappearance (1880) By: Anna Katharine Green
First published in 1880, this second novel in the "Mr. Gryce" series lays out two apparently unrelated mysteries to which Mr. Gryce assigns Q to investigate. Green introduced "Q"
in The Leavenworth Case as rather a shadowy character who gets the job done in spite of, or more likely because of, his strangeness. The Strange Disappearance, this time narrated by Q,
involves a sewing woman who disappears from the household of Holman Blake.
"Talking of sudden disappearances the one you mention of Hannah in that Leavenworth case of ours, is not the only remarkable one which has come under my direct notice. Indeed, I know of another
that in some respects, at least, surpasses that in points of interest, and if you will promise not to inquire into the real names of the parties concerned, as the affair is a secret, I will relate
you my experience regarding it."
A Thief in the Night (1905) By: Ernest William Hornung
A Thief in the Night is a 1905 collection of short stories by Ernest William Hornung, featuring his popular character A. J. Raffles. It was the third book in the series, and the final
collection of short stories. In it, Raffles, a gentleman thief, commits a number of burglaries in late Victorian England.
If I must tell more tales of Raffles, I can but back to our earliest days together, and fill in the blanks left by discretion in existing annals. In so doing I may indeed fill some small part
of an infinitely greater blank, across which you may conceive me to have stretched my canvas for the first frank portrait of my friend. The whole truth cannot harm him now. I shall paint in every wart.
Raffles was a villain, when all is written; it is no service to his memory to glaze the fact; yet I have done so myself before to-day. I have omitted whole heinous episodes. I have dwelt unduly on
the redeeming side. And this I may do again, blinded even as I write by the gallant glamour that made my villain more to me than any hero. But at least there shall be no more reservations, and as an earnest
I shall make no further secret of the greatest wrong that even Raffles ever did me.
As a convivial group leaves a dance one night a young man rushes by muttering "Thank God, this night of horror is over"... and soon therafter cries of "Murder!" alert the group that
Agatha Webb has been stabbed to death!
The dance was over. From the great house on the hill the guests had all departed and only the musicians remained. As they filed out through the ample doorway, on their way home,
the first faint streak of early dawn became visible in the east. One of them, a lank, plain-featured young man of ungainly aspect but penetrating eye, called the attention of the others to it.
Antonina Or The Fall of Rome (1850) By Wilkie Collins
To the fictitious characters alone is committed the task of representing the spirit of the age. The Roman emperor, Honorius, and the Gothic king, Alaric, mix but little personally in the business of
the story--only appearing in such events, and acting under such circumstances, as the records of history strictly authorise; but exact truth in respect to time, place, and circumstance is observed in
every historical event introduced in the plot, from the period of the march of the Gothic invaders over the Alps to the close of the first barbarian blockade of Rome.
The mountains forming the range of Alps which border on the north- eastern confines of Italy, were, in the autumn of the year 408, already furrowed in numerous directions by the tracks of
the invading forces of those northern nations generally comprised under the appellation of Goths.
The heroine, or more appropriately anti-heroine, of Armadale is Miss Lydia Gwilt. Described by a contemporary reviewer as 'a woman fouler than the refuse of the streets', Lydia Gwilt is the very
definition of anti-heroine - a woman protagonist whose character and behaviour are contrary to those of the traditional heroine. Seductive and cunning, she navigates her way through the novel with
astounding self-awareness. This is a woman with a murky past for whom no subterfuge is too base in her quest to achieve the ultimate goal - a prestigious marriage, wealth and the opportunity to put
her history behind her.
It was the opening of the season of eighteen hundred and thirty-two, at the Baths
of Wildbad.
The evening shadows were beginning to gather over the quiet little German town, and the diligence was expected every minute. Before the door of the principal inn,
waiting the arrival of the first visitors of the year, were assembled the three notable personages of Wildbad, accompanied by their wives--the mayor,
representing the inhabitants; the doctor, representing the waters; the landlord, representing his own establishment. Beyond this select circle, grouped snugly
about the trim little square in front
A delightful tale of thwarted ambition and forbidden love, A Rogue's Life follows the fortunes of an endearing young man. Proffering his own take on picaresque storytelling - and with many a grain of
truth for twenty-somethings today - this is Wilkie Collins at his entertaining best. Propelled into society by his ever-hopeful father, Frank Softly is introduced to a variety of professions in order to
make his fortune. Not industrious by nature, however, Frank finds working life a challenge, and by his 25th birthday, he has failed medicine, portrait-painting, caricaturing, and even forgery. Disenchanted
with life, he despairs of ever finding something to commit to - until he meets Alicia Dulcifer and her inexplicably wealthy father. The author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins is
widely regarded as the originator of the detective novel.
My life has been rather a strange one. It may not seem particularly useful or respectable; but it has been, in some respects, adventurous; and that may give it claims to be read, even in the most
prejudiced circles. I am an example of some of the workings of the social system of this illustrious country on the individual native, during the early part of the present century; and, if
I may say so without unbecoming vanity, I should like to quote myself for the edification of my countrymen.
Arsene Lupin (1907) By: Edgar Jepson and Maurice Leblanc
A contemporary of Arthur Conan Doyle, Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941) was the creator of the character of gentleman thief Arsène Lupin who, in French-speaking countries, has enjoyed a popularity as
long-lasting and considerable as Sherlock Holmes in the English-speaking world.
The rays of the September sun flooded the great halls of the old chateau of the Dukes of
Charmerace, lighting up with their mellow glow the spoils of so many ages and many lands,
jumbled together with the execrable taste which so often afflicts those whose only standard of
value is money. The golden light warmed the panelled walls and old furniture to a dull lustre,
and gave back to the fading gilt of the First Empire chairs and couches something of its old
brightness.
Bab, only twenty months younger than her sister, the official debutante, rebels against her treatment by her family. Set during the pre-World War I era, when women's roles were rapidly changing,
Bab determines to assert her independence through this series of misadventures and mysteries. . . . "I am writing all of this as truthfully as I can. I am not defending myself. What I did I was
driven to, as any one can see. It takes a real shock to make the average Familey wake up to the fact that the youngest daughter is not the Familey baby at seventeen. All I was doing was furnishing
the shock. If things turned out badly, as they did, it was because I rather overdid the thing. That is all. My motives were perfectly ireproachible." - Bab And this Bab feels through all of her
hilarious and at times dangerous adventures to prove she is not just a Sub-Deb. Written by that master of mystery and humor, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Bab is a delightful combination of both.
Baron Trigault's Vengeance (1870) By Emile Gaboriau
Gaboriau was the first French novelist to write detective novels. His character Monsieur Lecog, private detective, first appeared in the novel, The Widow Lerouge as well as four other books.
Baron Trigault's Vengeance is part of Gaboriau's novel in two parts.
Vengeance! that is the first, the only thought, when a man finds himself victimized, when his honor and fortune, his present and future, are wrecked by a vile conspiracy! The torment he endures
under such circumstances can only be alleviated by the prospect of inflicting them a hundredfold upon his persecutors. And nothing seems impossible at the first moment, when hatred surges in the brain,
and the foam of anger rises to the lips; no obstacle seems insurmountable, or, rather, none are perceived. But later, when the faculties have regained their equilibrium, one can measure the distance
which separates the dream from reality, the project from execution. And on setting to work, how many discouragements arise! The fever of revolt passes by, and the victim wavers. He still breathes bitter
vengeance, but he does not act. He despairs, and asks himself what would be the good of it? And in this way the success of villainy is once more assured.
Basil is the younger son of a proud, stern father and comes of an ancient, noble family. He has a devoted younger sister, Clara, and a wild but good-natured older brother, Ralph. Travelling home,
on impulse by omnibus, Basil falls in love at first sight with Margaret Sherwin, a linen-draper's daughter. He follows her home to the newly-built suburbs north of Regent's Park and, after contriving
a meeting, asks her father for permission to marry; but because of his own father's certain opposition, the marriage should be kept secret. Mr Sherwin agrees on condition that the marriage takes place
within the week but is not consummated for one year, since Margaret is only just seventeen. The delay will give Basil time to persuade his father to accept the marriage, and he cannot be forced to withdraw
from it. The marriage duly takes place and Basil spends the next few months visiting Margaret every evening under the supervision of the mildly deranged Mrs Sherwin. He tries unsuccessfully to improve
Margaret's mind and after overhearing two of her tantrums begins to doubt her character.
WHAT am I now about to write?
The history of little more than the events of one year, out of the twenty-four years of my life.
Why do I undertake such an employment as this?
Perhaps, because I think that my narrative may do good; because I hope that, one day, it may be put to some warning use. I am now about to relate the story of an error, innocent in its beginning,
guilty in its progress, fatal in its results; and I would fain hope that my plain and true record will show that this error was not committed altogether without excuse.
Private detective Paul Harley investigates a mysterious case involving voodoo, vampirism, and macabre murder in the heart of London. The first book in the Paul Harley series,
written by Sax Rohmer, author of The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu.
Toward the hour of six on a hot summer's evening Mr. Paul Harley was seated in his private office in Chancery Lane reading through a number of letters which
Innes, his secretary, had placed before him for signature. Only one more remained to be passed, but it was a long, confidential report upon a certain
matter, which Harley had prepared for His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department.
Featuring a gang of thieves trapped in a web of deceit, this compelling and atmospheric detective novel reveals vividly realized characters who experience love, loss, joy and betrayal.
This novel is followed by The Champdoce Mystery.
The cold on the 8th of February, 186-, was more intense than the Parisians had experienced during the whole of the severe winter which had preceded it, for at
twelve o'clock on that day Chevalier's thermometer, so well known by the denizens of Paris, registered three degrees below zero. The sky was overcast
and full of threatening signs of snow, while the moisture on the pavement and roads had frozen hard, rendering traffic of all kinds exceedingly hazardous. The
whole great city wore an air of dreariness and desolation, for even when a thin crust of ice covers the waters of the Seine, the mind involuntarily turns to those
who have neither food, shelter, nor fuel.
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