This collection contains a series of short stories that typically fall within the mystery, suspense, and detective fiction genres. Each story presents its own narrative, often exploring themes of crime, intrigue, and unexpected twists. Barr, known for his engaging storytelling, offers readers a mix of suspenseful and sometimes humorous tales.Robert Barr was a Scottish-Canadian writer who crafted stories that captivated audiences with their clever plots and intriguing characters. "From Whos...

Annie Graceland: Cheesehead. Unwed. Hi-LAR-ious baker who speaks to 'The Dead!'LOL, feel-good ANNIE GRACELAND mysteries can be read as STAND ALONES.“So much fun! …Ghost Whisperer with Stephanie Plum’s crazy world!” Wendy Luvs2Read__I'm Annie Graceland -- a Midwestern baker with a pinch of psychic ability living in the City of Angels. When Dr. Derrick Fuller -- the self-help guru to 'the Stars' as well as the...

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.After being fired from his uncle’s firm for his playboy antics, George Rowland decides to leave London on a whim. Waiting for his train to depart from Waterloo, a beautiful young girl dashes in and begs him to hide her. Wrapped up in the excitement he agrees to follow a suspicious looking man and guard a packet for her. But he soon finds that she isn’t quite as innocent as she looks…

german zeppelins rain down death on London, and dr watson is grieving for his nephew, killed on the fields of france. A cryptic summons from Mycroft Holmes reunites Watson with his one-time companion, as Sherlock returns to the capital after years in retirement, tasked with solving three unexplained deaths. A politician has drowned in the Thames after giving a pro-German speech; a soldier suggests surrender before feeding himself to a tiger; and a suffragette renounces women's liberation a...

"An Eye for an Eye": The Untold Story of Jewish Revenge Against Germans in 1945, which states that some Jews in Eastern Europe took revenge on their former captors while overseeing over 1,000 concentration camps in Poland for German civilians. The book provides details of the imprisonment of 200,000 Germans "many of them starved, beaten and tortured" and estimates that "more than 60,000 died at the hands of a largely Jewish-run security organisation." This edition has been fully restored w...

Published in 1882, this extraordinary novel--an exercise in Swiftian irony combined with a love story in a futuristic setting--is entirely uncharacteristic of Trollope's usual drawing room conversations and hunting scenes. Set in the 1980s, The Fixed Period describes an imaginary, antipodean ex-colony governed by a President who views himself as a benefactor of the human race, Orwellian double-speak and gunboat diplomacy. This is Trollope's strangest and most chilling novel.

Delve into the intriguing world of W. B. Maxwell’s The Devil's Garden, a gripping novel that blends mystery and psychological depth within a richly crafted narrative. Experience a story that explores the darker corners of human nature and the complexities of personal intrigue.As Maxwell’s narrative unfolds, you’ll be captivated by the novel’s exploration of character and motive, set against a backdrop of suspense and psychological tension. The story invites...

A side from her Pulitzer Prize-winning talent as a novel writer, Edith Wharton also distinguished herself as a short story writer, publishing more than seventy-two stories in ten volumes during her lifetime. The best of her short fiction is collected here in Roman Fever and Other Stories. From her picture of erotic love and illegitimacy in the title story to her exploration of the aftermath of divorce detailed in "Souls Belated" and "The Last Asset," Wharton shows...

In this classic tale from Jerome K. Jerome, the lives of a ragtag group of residents living in squalor in a ramshackle boardinghouse are transformed forever with the arrival of a mysterious stranger. By providing an outsider's perspective, he helps them realize the errors of their ways.

According to Wikipedia: "Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories."