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Murder On The Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express is a five-part dramatisation of Agatha Christie’s 1934 murder mystery, adapted by Michael Bakewell. An all-star…
The Brand of Silence
Harrington Strong was a pseudonym used by author Johnston McCulley, creator of the character Zorro and many others. The Brand of Silence - A…
Eleanor's Victory
Only 15-years-old, Eleanor Vane is very happy with her lot: educated in an expensive finishing school in Paris, the apple of her father's ey…
The Emperor's Candlesticks
When a group of Russian anarchists kidnap a Russian prince in Vienna there are repercussions. On learning that the Cardinal d'Orsay has agre…
The House of a Thousand Candles
A top ten bestseller of 1906, The House of a Thousand Candles is part adventure/mystery and part romance. The book begins with young Jack Gl…
The Eye of Osiris
The Eye of Osiris is an early example from the Dr. Thorndyke series of detective stories written by R. Austin Freeman. In these stories, th…
Scarhaven Keep
Set against the rugged beauty of the northern English sea coast, Scarhaven Keep weaves a tale of mystery and intrigue. When a sudden disappe…
Marker Stone
There’s trouble on CMC-6 and it’s been brewing for a long time. The golden age of space travel and asteroid mining has ended almost before …
The Green Jacket
An early example of the female private detective, Jennette Lee’s Millicent Newberry made her first appearance in The Green Jacket in 1917 an…
The Hand in the Dark
An ancient English country house with a storied and bloody history is the setting for this intriguing mystery. It is the autumn of 1918. The…
Quick Silver
What does a reformed cat burglar do when he has only months left to live? Sylvester "Silver" Larcini decides to test his skills on…
The Riddle of the Purple Emperor
Orphan Lady Margaret Cheyne returns home on her eighteenth birthday to live with her embittered maiden aunt and to take up her inheritance o…
The House of a Thousand Candles
A reputedly wealthy and eccentric old man dies in Vermont. His home, the House of a Thousand Candles, so called for the owner's preference t…
The Iron Heel
The Iron Heel is a powerful exploration of a dystopian future where an American oligarchy exerts brutal control over the populace. Set in th…
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
“The following report appeared in the Argus newspaper of Saturday, the 28th July, 18-- “Truth is said to be stranger than fiction, and certa…
Unkillable
Unkillable is the story of a young man who is cruelly murdered then brought back from the dead to revenge himself. The kicker is: He’s not r…
Three Thousand Dollars
This short story by Anna Katharine Green revolves around a plot to steal some goods secured safely within an impenetrable vault within the c…
The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry
Letitia, Aggie and Lizzie are at it again, solving mysteries, getting into scrapes. Is there no end to the antics of these three spinster la…
Six Feet Four
A hotel is robbed one night, and a cowboy makes his getaway with but few witnesses. When a young woman is also robbed, suspicion falls on on…
The Hampstead Mystery
A murder whodunit... Location: Hampstead, England. Victim: Sir Horace Fewbanks, a distinguished High Court judge. Cause of death: gun shot w…