Harold Lennox has always remembered his encounter with the young woman who helped him after a cycling accident - a woman he has dreamed of ever since. One snowy night, a sensational train crash brings her into his life once again. But the crash also has an impact on a conspiracy to acquire the rights to Transvaal gold mine - a conspiracy in which Lennox and his friends soon find themselves embroiled...  Originally published in 1908 and long out of print, this romantic Edw...

The 13 adventures collected in this book were originally published in 1903-1904, in the Strand Magazine in Great Britain, and Collier's in the United States. These are among the most famous cases faced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's peerless creation.

‘Leave it to Psmith’ is a comic novel by P.G. Wodehouse, an English author and one of the most widely-read humorists of the twentieth century. Ronald Psmith (“the ‘p’ is silent, as in pshrimp”) is always willing to help a damsel in distress. So when he sees Eve Halliday without an umbrella during a downpour, he nobly offers her an umbrella, even though it’s one he picks out of the Drone Club’s umbrella rack. Psmith is so besotted with Eve that, when Lord Emsworth, her new boss, mistakes hi...

Before Sherlock Holmes there were three female sleuths who solved crimes on either side of the Atlantic: Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, Loveday Brooke and Amelia Butterworth. Every single work featuring these three pioneering crime-busters is collected here - Lady Molly: The Complete Collection by Baroness Orczy, The Loveday Brooke series of detective novels by C. L. Pirkis and The Amelia Butterworth trilogy by Anna Katharine Greene - 21 novellas total.Lady Molly of Scotland Yard - 1...

The Complete Works of E. F. Benson (Illustrated) gathers the remarkable range of a writer whose fiction moves deftly between satirical social comedy, supernatural unease, memoir, biography, and travel writing. Best known for the Mapp and Lucia novels, Benson refined a style of crystalline wit, acute observation, and elegant irony, exposing the ambitions, rivalries, and absurdities of English provincial and upper-middle-class life. His ghost stories, by contrast, display a controlled menace...

In "The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective," Catherine Louisa Pirkis introduces readers to one of literature's earliest female detectives, Loveday Brooke. This collection of interconnected short stories deftly blends elements of mystery and intrigue with a subtle critique of gender roles in Victorian society. Pirkis employs a brisk narrative style, rich in detail and wry humor, as she navigates through complex plots filled with twists and vibrant characterizations, ultimately re...

In Who Killed Charmian Karslake?, Annie Haynes constructs a deft Golden Age puzzle around the violent death of a young woman whose charm, secrets, and social entanglements make her both victim and enigma. Led by Inspector Stoddart, the investigation proceeds through clues, alibis, withheld motives, and the intricate moral theatre of respectable society. Haynes's prose is brisk, observant, and quietly ironic, placing the novel within the classic interwar tradition of fair-play detection whi...

With a new Introduction by David Stuart Davies.‘Surely no man would take up my profession if it were not that danger attracts him.’In The Casebook, you can read the final twelve stories that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about his brilliant detective. They are perhaps the most unusual and the darkest that he penned. Treachery, mutilation and the terrible consequences of infidelity are just some of the themes explored in these stories, along with atm...

Lady Connie by Mrs. Humphry Ward.

In "The Grim Smile of the Five Towns," Arnold Bennett illuminates the intricacies of life in the industrial landscape of the Potteries, portraying the often unglamorous underbelly of Edwardian society. Through its deft use of realism and vivid characterizations, the book explores the lives of ordinary people caught in the grind of daily existence, as well as their fleeting moments of aspiration and contentment. The narrative presents a tapestry of interwoven stories brimming with Bennett's...