Meade & Eustace - The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings

The Brotherhood of the Seven King, by L T Meade and Robert Eustace, is a series of linked short stories involving what may well be the world’s first female diabolical criminal mastermind, Madame Koluchy.

The narrator, Norman Head, had as a young man met Madame Koluchy in Naples when he became involved in a secret criminal society known as the Brotherhood of the Seven Kings. Madame Koluchy had been the head of this society. When Head discovered the sinister nature of the society he determined to have no more to do with them. He has since been living as a virtual recluse, amusing himself with scientific experiments.

Now their paths have crossed again, and Head realizes this will be a duel to the death. She cannot afford to let him live while his honour will not allow him to permit her to ruin any more lives.

Madame Koluchy is also a scientist, and a doctor. In fact she is the most famous doctor in London, her apparently miraculous cures having made her a celebrity while her charm and beauty have made her the darling of English society.

With the aid of his friend Dufrayer, an eminent solicitor, Norman Head is determined to bring this woman to justice. Madame Koluchy uses her medical skills to gain the trust of her victims. They then find themselves the victims of blackmail, robbery, kidnapping or worse crimes.

Pages: 276
ISBN: 9781365205231

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Carolyn Wells - Deep Lake Mystery

Deel Lake Mystery by Carolyn Wells

Imagine a murder committed in a room which has been sealed from the inside, with no possible means of exit. Add to that image a wreath of flowers around the head and across the chest of the victim, a crucifix, an orange, a feather scarf tucked in here and there, two crackers, a handkerchief, and a feather duster, a nail and a watch in a water pitcher by the bedside. Place yourself in a position to solve the mystery behind this obvious murder of a wealthy man who was liked by everyone and had no known enemies.

Gray Norris is invited to join detective Keeley Moore and his wife at their vacation cottage at Deep Lake, for a relaxing month. That goes by the wayside when one of the Moore's neighbors is killed under bizarre circumstances behind a locked door. The only way the killer could have escaped the room was by diving from a third story window into the dangerous water below, avoiding hidden rocks and currents that could drag a swimmer under for good.

Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781329378919

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Carolyn Wells - The Man Who Fell Through the Earth

The Man Who Fell Through the Earth by Carolyn Wells. A lawyer is leaving his office on the top floor of an office building. He sees the shadows of two men fighting through the clouded glass of an office door followed by a shot from the office across the hall. He goes to investigate. He finds no sign of either victim or assailant despite the fact that no one could have passed him in the hallway without being seen. A murder has been committed, that of the banker. Who is the murderer? A business associate, the banker’s beautiful ward, or a mysterious woman who had been in the office earlier? And what part, if any, was played by the amnesia victim pulled from the river; a man who insists that his earliest memory is of falling through a hole in the earth?

Pages: 240
ISBN: 9781329025387

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Aurora Ljungstedt - Hastfordska vapnet

Hastfordska vapnet – av Aurora Ljungstedt, är troligen den första riktiga deckaren skriven på svenska. Och med deckare avses här en riktig pusseldeckare. Kriminalhistorier hade skrivits tidigare men inte pusseldeckare och denna är faktiskt skriven långt innan till exempel Sherlock Holmes-historien ”En studie i rött” (1870 respektive 1887), så den är verkligen tidig även ur ett internationellt perspektiv. ”Hastfordska vapnet” är därmed ännu en av Aurora Ljungstedts milstolpar inom svensk litteraturhistoria. Bokens ”deckare” är de båda konkurrerande ”privatspanarna” domare Benjamin och den listiga tjänsteflickan Lisslena. Handlingen utspelar sig i såväl de jämtländska skogarna som i universitetsmiljön i Uppsala. Intrigen är Agatha Christie värdig och här finns allt från adelsmän och övergivna förfallna herrgårdar till råbarkade typer och nattliga besök på kyrkogårdar. Och så mord och oväntade vändningar givetvis. 
Att språket i boken inte har moderniserats minskar knappast den redan höga charmfaktorn.

Sidor: 144
ISBN: 9781312945661

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Ernest William Hornung - Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman

By Ernest William Hornung.
Gentleman thief Raffles is daring, debonair, devilishly handsome-and a first-rate cricketer. In these stories, the master burglar indulges his passion for cricket and crime: stealing jewels from a country house, outwitting the law, pilfering from the nouveau riche, and, of course, bowling like a demon-all with the assistance of his plucky sidekick, Bunny. Encouraged by his brother-in-law, Arthur Conan Doyle, to write a series about a public school villain, and influenced by his own experiences at Uppingham, E. W. Hornung created a unique form of crime story, where, in stealing as in sport, it is playing the game that counts, and there is always honor among thieves. The Complete Story - All four books in one volume.

Pages: 740
ISBN:  9781304998354

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Sax Rohmer - The Dream Detective

Sax Rohmer - The Dream Detective
Ten stories featuring perhaps the most fantastic sleuth of them all: Moris Klaw, the Dream Detective. Accompanied by his beautiful daughter Isis, Klaw's mysterious abilities lead him to clues and answers concerning occult occurrances far beyond the ken of ordinary minds. Moris Klaw is a gifted eccentric in the Holmesian mode. The proprietor of a ramshackle antique shop in Wapping, Klaw is a tall, stoop-shouldered man, of indeterminate age and unidentifiable foreign acccent, with skin the color of "dirty vellum". He wears gold pince-nez, a flat bowler hat, and an old black cape, and is not only an expert in the legends and lore of valuable historical objects, but also a master of disguise.

Pages: 228
ISBN  9781304999078

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J. Sheridan Le Fanu - In a Glass Darkly

This remarkable collection of stories, by Sheridan Le Fanu, includes Green Tea, The Familiar, Mr. Justice Harbottle, The Room in the Dragon Volant, and Carmilla. The five stories are purported to be cases by Dr. Hesselius, a 'metaphysical' doctor, who is willing to consider the ghosts both as real and as hallucinatory obsessions. The reader's doubtful anxiety mimics that of the protagonist, and each story thus creates that atmosphere of mystery which is the supernatural experience.

Pages: 352
ISBN 9781304997821

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Guy Boothby - Farwell, Nikola

Guy Boothbys fifth novel of five about the notorious Doctor Nikola, an occultist anti-hero seeking immortality and world domination. All the titels in the serie:
Dr Nikola I - Enter,dr Nikola
Dr Nikola II - Dr Nikola Returns
Dr Nikola III - The Lust of Hate
Dr Nikola IV - Dr Nikola's Experiment
Dr Nikola V - Farwell, Nikola

Pages: 172
ISBN:  9781409263654

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Guy Boothby: Dr Nikola's Experiment

Guy Boothbys fourth novel of five about the notorious Doctor Nikola, an occultist anti-hero seeking immortality and world domination. All the titels in the serie:
Dr Nikola I - Enter,dr Nikola
Dr Nikola II - Dr Nikola Returns
Dr Nikola III - The Lust of Hate
Dr Nikola IV - Dr Nikola's Experiment
Dr Nikola V - Farwell, Nikola

Pages: 148
ISBN:  9781409264637

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Guy Boothby - The Lust of Hate

Guy Boothbys third novel of five about the notorious Doctor Nikola, an occultist anti-hero seeking immortality and world domination. All the titels in the serie:
Dr Nikola I - Enter,dr Nikola
Dr Nikola II - Dr Nikola Returns
Dr Nikola III - The Lust of Hate
Dr Nikola IV - Dr Nikola's Experiment
Dr Nikola V - Farwell, Nikola

Pages: 200
ISBN:  9781409265641

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Guy Boothby - Dr Nikola Returns

Guy Boothbys second novel of five about the notorious Doctor Nikola, an occultist anti-hero seeking immortality and world domination. All the titels in the serie:
Dr Nikola I - Enter,dr Nikola
Dr Nikola II - Dr Nikola Returns
Dr Nikola III - The Lust of Hate
Dr Nikola IV - Dr Nikola's Experiment
Dr Nikola V - Farwell, Nikola

Pages: 216
ISBN:  9781409265856

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Guy Boothby - Enter, dr Nikola

Guy Boothbys first novel of five about the notorious Doctor Nikola, an occultist anti-hero seeking immortality and world domination. All the titels in the serie:
Dr Nikola I - Enter,dr Nikola
Dr Nikola II - Dr Nikola Returns
Dr Nikola III - The Lust of Hate
Dr Nikola IV - Dr Nikola's Experiment
Dr Nikola V - Farwell, Nikola

Pages: 232
ISBN:  9781409264866

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E. & H. Hernon - Flaxman Low, Occult Psychologist

Flaxman Low is a psychic detective of a pure Sherlock Holmes-ian style. He investigates and solves psychic mysteries with no tools other than his immense knowledge of supernatural phenomena and his keen powers of observation. Flaxman Low is the last hope for those unfortunate people who are faced with a mystery that seems beyond all natural laws, and which imperils not only their bodies, but in some cases their very souls. Flaxman Low was one of the original detectives. His adventures were published in 1898-99. He's basically Sherlock Holmes, called in for his unassailable calm in the face of ghosts or elementals or other evil creatures. This volume contains all the twelve stories.

Pages 184
ISBN:  9781304838452

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L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace - John Bell, A Master of Mysteries

A Master of Mysteries, first published in 1898, concerning John Bell, a 'professional exposer of ghosts' who solves the mysteries of haunted houses. "It so happened that the circumstances of fate allowed me to follow my own bent in the choice of a profession. From my earliest youth the weird, the mysterious had an irresistible fascination for me. Having private means, I resolved to follow my unique inclinations, and I am now well known to all my friends as a professional exposer of ghosts, and one who can clear away the mysteries of most haunted houses....I propose in these pages to relate the histories of certain queer events, enveloped at first in mystery, and apparently dark with portent, but, nevertheless, when grappled with in the true spirit of science, capable of explanation." - from the Introduction to "A Master of Mysteries".

Pages: 168
ISBN: 9781304838513

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Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone

The Moonstone (1868), by Wilkie Collins,  is generally considered to be the first detective novel in the English language and also one of the best detective stories of all time. Rachel Verinder, a young woman, inherits a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday. It is a legacy from her uncle, a corrupt army officer who served in India. The diamond is of great religious significance as well as being extremely valuable and three Hindu priests have dedicated their lives to recovering it. Rachel's birthday is celebrated with a large party, whose guests include her cousin Franklin Blake. She wears the Moonstone on her dress that evening for all to see, including some Indian jugglers who have called at the house. That night, the diamond is stolen from Rachel's bedroom, and a period of turmoil, unhappiness, misunderstandings and ill-luck ensues. Told by a series of narratives from some of the main characters, the complex plot traces the subsequent efforts to identify the thief, trace the stone and maybe recover it.

Pages: 542
ISBN: 9781304830814

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Algernon Blackwood - John Silence, Physician Extraordinary

Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English writer of tales of the supernatural. The character of John Silence pioneered the "psychic detective" genre. This volume contains all six stories of John Silence and his investinations into the paranormal.

254 pages

ISBN 9781409239994

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William Hope Hodgson - Carnacki, Supernatural Detective

Carnacki, Supernatural Detective is a collection of supernatural detective short stories by author William Hope Hodgson. It was published first during 1913 (as "Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder") by the English publisher Eveleigh Nash. A new edition, with three additional stories, was published 1947 by Mycroft & Moran, an edition of 3,050 copies. The Mycroft & Moran version is listed as No. 52 in Queen's Quorum: A History of the Detective-Crime Short Story As Revealed by the 100 Most Important Books Published in this Field Since 1845 by Ellery Queen.

This collection contains all the stories.

No 5 in Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult.

162 pages

ISBN 9781409235118

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