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The House of a Thousand Candles
John Glenarm must live in his grandfather’s unusual Indiana house for a year to secure his inheritance. Hidden passages and unexplained intrusions make the condition more complicated than it first appears.
The Paradise Mystery
A death in the peaceful cathedral close of Wrychester draws Dr Bryce into an inquiry involving concealed identities and an old financial scandal. Small observations gradually disturb the city’s respectable surface.
The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow
A young woman is killed by an arrow inside a museum. Detective Gryce studies the visitors, the galleries and their conflicting accounts to reconstruct an apparently impossible crime.
The Queen of Hearts
Three elderly brothers entertain their young guest with a succession of stories while a plan for her future develops around them. The linked tales move through secrets, unexpected encounters and difficult choices.
The Power-House
London barrister Edward Leithen discovers a powerful organization operating behind ordinary society. His pursuit of its elusive leader turns a chance acquaintance into a dangerous contest.
The Black Box
Scientific detective Sanford Quest investigates a series of crimes linked by an enigmatic black box. New methods of observation and an increasingly complicated pursuit carry the inquiry across cities and continents.
The Double Four
Peter Ruff’s unusual talents draw him into investigations and the affairs of a secret international organisation. E. Phillips Oppenheim follows concealed identities, complicated loyalties and encounters in which the apparent circumstances rarely tell the whole story.
The Double Traitor
An Englishman’s apparent withdrawal from public life conceals his involvement in international intelligence work. E. Phillips Oppenheim follows secret negotiations, surveillance and personal relationships in a story set against the approach of the First World War.
The Gully of Bluemansdyke, and Other stories
Arthur Conan Doyle’s early stories move through crime, peril and unexpected encounters in several settings. The collection includes the events surrounding the Gully of Bluemansdyke and other tales in which an apparently ordinary situation develops into a mystery.
Room 13
An ex-convict’s return to London draws him into a network of forged money, private interests and concealed identities. Edgar Wallace follows a fast-moving investigation in which the significance of Room 13 gradually emerges.
The Golden Scorpion
A succession of unusual deaths and encounters draws investigators into an international criminal mystery. Sax Rohmer follows the inquiry through hidden connections, disguises and the activities of the organisation associated with the Golden Scorpion.
The Borough Treasurer
A small-town official’s connection with an old acquaintance becomes important when a crime unsettles the borough. J. S. Fletcher follows an investigation through business relationships, local knowledge and the private history of its participants.
The Circular Study
Anna Katharine Green follows the inquiry into a death in an unusually arranged study. The investigators must connect the room’s circumstances with the histories and relationships of the people who had access to it.
The Eye of Osiris
A disappearance and the discovery of human remains draw Dr Thorndyke into a case involving family interests and a disputed inheritance. R. Austin Freeman follows the inquiry through medical observation, documents and the evidence left by daily routines.
His last bow
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate a collection of cases involving missing people, unusual visitors, concealed histories and dangerous plans. Arthur Conan Doyle brings the sequence to the events of the title story on the eve of the First World War.
The Chestermarke Instinct
A bank manager’s disappearance unsettles the business interests of a provincial town. J. S. Fletcher follows the inquiry through missing information, disputed explanations and connections that extend beyond the bank itself.
Dead Men Tell No Tales
A survivor’s account of a disastrous voyage becomes part of a mystery involving concealed plans and a woman whose circumstances remain uncertain. E. W. Hornung follows the narrator through the connections between events at sea and their consequences on land.
Murder at the vicarage
The death of Colonel Protheroe at the vicarage unsettles the village of St Mary Mead. Agatha Christie follows the investigation through conflicting statements and private relationships, while Miss Marple draws on her knowledge of the people around her.
The Case of Jennie Brice
A lodger’s disappearance during a Pittsburgh flood draws her landlady into a murder inquiry. Mary Roberts Rinehart follows the discoveries through the boarding house, its residents and the uncertain evidence left by rising water.
The Green Eyes of Bâst
An artist’s encounter with a young woman leads into a mystery involving violent death, concealed relationships and unusual clues. Sax Rohmer follows the investigation through London, connecting the events with the imagery surrounding the Egyptian goddess Bâst.
The Seven Secrets
A young doctor becomes involved in the investigation of a death within a medical household. William Le Queux follows the case through private relationships, conflicting appearances and a succession of discoveries that change the meaning of earlier events.
The mystery of the Blue Train
A death aboard the Blue Train brings Hercule Poirot into a case involving a valuable ruby and the private affairs of its owner. Agatha Christie follows the passengers and their connections between England and the French Riviera.
K
A mysterious boarder known as K enters the life of a young woman training as a nurse. Mary Roberts Rinehart follows their household and the surrounding medical world through concealed histories, ambition and changing relationships.
The Big Four
Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings confront a criminal organisation whose influence appears to extend across several countries. Agatha Christie follows a sequence of investigations, disguises and dangerous encounters as the detectives try to identify its leadership.