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This is hardly a new book, being originally self-published in 1886, but it is a really important book in the history of crime fiction. Firstly, it was the best selling crime novel of the nineteenth century - outstripping both Arthur Conan Doyle and Wilkie Collins. It actually pre-dates...Read more
Matrimony, money ...and murder! Aaron Norman, the miserable-looking bookseller with but a single, melancholy eye, lay stone-cold upon the floor -- with his mouth tightly closed beneath what seemed to be a glittering jewel.
As the housekeeper bent down in fascinated horror, she...Read more
Professor Brankel's Secret tells the story a German professor researching alchemy. In an old book he discovers a secret formula enabling time travel. But the formula only deals with the past: the rest of the formula, for futuristic travel, is hidden in another volume. So...Read more
RED MONEY
That's what the gypsy woman called it.
"Red money because it is tainted with blood!" declared Mother Cockleshell, between her bouts of fortune telling amidst the Romany caravans parked in Abbott Wood on Lord Garvington's manor....Read more
Barrister Ned Shepworth faces the most difficult trial of his career when he is forced to defend his own fiancee, Mona Chent, from an accusation of murdering her uncle in cold blood. A second murder clears Mona from suspicion - but makes Ned himself the prime suspect! Luckily for Ned, his...Read more
This mystery is written by a famous British author Fergus Hume and deals with a mysterious message, a locked-up girl and a murder.
Humph Never heard of them, said Jennings, lighting his cigarette, "but it is strange you should talk of coining. I and several other fellows are looking for a set of coiners now. There are a lot of false coins circulating, and they are marvellously made. If I can only lay my hands on the...Read more
Lucian Denzil was a briefless barrister, who so far departed from the traditions of his brethren of the long robe as not to dwell within the purlieus of the Temple. For certain private reasons, not unconnected with economy, he occupied rooms in Geneva Square, Pimlico; and, for the purposes...Read more
Arthur Vernon, member of the Athenian club and member of “society,” has a secret. His father has died and left him destitute, so he has begun a private investigation agency under the name “Nemo.” It would be disastrous if this were known among his associates at the club, and especially if...Read more
The story revolves around a mysterious third volume of a book that holds significant importance to the plot. The narrative typically involves a complex web of intrigue, secrets, and suspense, centering on the discovery and implications of this elusive volume.
The protagonist,...Read more
A murder in the quiet English village of Chippingholt is only the first in a series of trials that will shape the lives of Brenda Scarse and her lover Harold Burton. Who is the mysterious stranger, so closely resembling Brenda's father, who was seen near the scene of the crime? And why does...Read more
"A Woman's Burden: A Novel" by Fergus Hume is a work of fiction likely written in the late 19th century. The novel opens with a dramatic scene on Waterloo Bridge, where various characters are thrust into a dark and gritty narrative marked by themes of poverty, desperation, and crime. The...Read more