The fortunes of a young mining engineer who through an accident loses his memory and identity. In his new character and under his new name, the hero lives a new life of struggle and adventure. The volume will be found highly entertaining by those who appreciate a thoroughly good story.

The Pacific Express was due at Valley City at 1:45 p.m. Within ten minutes of that time, a spring-board wagon, containing two young men and drawn by a pair of bronchos, suddenly appeared around one end of the dingy little depot. One of the men, dressed in a tweed traveling suit, jumped hastily from the wagon, while the other, who looked like a prosperous young ranchman, seemed to have all he could attend to in holding the restive little ponies, who were rearing and kicking in their impatience...

'ÄòThe Greatest Murder Mysteries Ever Written'Äô is a captivating anthology that encapsulates the essence of suspense and intrigue through a meticulously curated collection of stories. Spanning the gothic overtones of Edgar Allan Poe to the shrewd deductions of Arthur Conan Doyle'Äôs detective oeuvre, this compilation offers a panorama of the murder mystery genre in its most diverse forms. The reader is invited to unravel puzzles that range from shadowy Victorian mansions to bustling moder...

Anna Maynard Barbour (died May 10, 1941) was an American author of best-selling fiction. A 1903 article in the The Atlantic Monthly stated that "A. Maynard Barbour has been generally hailed as the most successful of American writers of mystery.”Anna Barbour was born in Mansfield, New York in the 19th century to Fayette Barbour and Jane E. Cutler. Her parents died when she was young. During the late 19th century, she lived in Helena, Montana where she worked for the U. S. Government...

one or two revolving bookcases, and a large safe, which held his private papers and, it was rumored, the old Mainwaring jewels. Back of the library was a smoking-room, and in the rear of that Mr. Mainwaring's dressing-rooms and sleeping apartments.This suite of rooms was connected with the remainder of the building by a long corridor extending from the main hall, but there was on the south side of the house an entrance and stairway leading directly to these rooms, the

That Mainwaring Affair was written in the year 1900 by Anna Maynard Barbour. This book is one of the most popular novels of Anna Maynard Barbour, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

At the Time Appointed is a deft example of early twentieth-century American popular fiction, blending mystery, romance, and moral drama into a narrative governed by secrecy, coincidence, and the gradual revelation of character. Barbour's prose belongs to the tradition of the sensation novel and the genteel detective romance: suspense is generated less through violence than through hidden histories, social misreadings, and the pressure of fate. The title itself signals the book's central co...

The fierce sunlight of a sultry afternoon in the early part of July forced its way through every crevice and cranny of the closely drawn shutters in the luxurious private offices of Mainwaring& Co. , Stock Brokers, and slender shafts of light, darting here and there, lent a rich glow of color to the otherwise subdued tones of the elegant apartments.

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Original and unabridged content. Easy to read version."Those who remember that excellent detective story, That Mainwaring Affair will expect to find plenty of mystery and exciting incidents in A. Maynard Barbour's latest novel, called At the Time Appointed, and they will realize their expectations.The author has a certain way of forecasting events and making people utter prophetic words, all bound to find their fulfillment somewhere before the last chapter is ended, that is eminent...

As wealthy financier, Hugh Mainwaring dictates his last will and testament to his private secretary, it would be impossible for him to imagine the shocking chain of events that he is about to set into motion. This best-selling mystery novel was first published in 1901 and remains an entertaining mix of detective work, courtroom drama and family intrigue.

The Greatest Murder Mysteries Ever Written surveys the formative pleasures and formal ingenuity of detective fiction, gathering locked rooms, poisoned clues, country-house crimes, urban conspiracies, and investigations shaped by psychological suspense. Its range extends from Gothic atmosphere and sensational plotting to the brisk procedural, the gentleman-thief adventure, and the modern puzzle mystery. Foundational tales of analytic detection and influential locked-room enigmas sit beside ...