Celine Major
The Clock Struck One
Fergus Hume was a prolific writer of Victorian murder mysteries and The Clock Struck One is another great example of his inventive plots. Ju…
File No. 113
As the story opens the impregnable safe of the Fauvel bank is robbed of 350,000 francs. As the only keyholders are Andre Fauvel the owner an…
The Yellow Holly
Fergus Hume, one of the most prolific authors of the 19th century serves up a spellbinding mystery quite equal to that of his most famous bo…
A Strange World
A compelling story by one of the most prolific authors of the Victorian "sensational novel" serves up the perfect blend of murder,…
Dead Love Has Chains
We see another facet of Mary Elizabeth Braddon's amazing talent in Dead Love Has Chains, written in her seventies. Focusing on character and…
The Widow Married: A Sequel to The Widow Barnaby
EXCERPT: The existence of Mrs. Barnaby (this name is once more used as the one by which our heroine has hitherto been best known), the exist…
The Widow Barnaby
The vain, flirtatious and presumptuous husband hunting Mrs. Barnaby delves into high-class society of which she knows very little leading to…
The Day Will Come
It is an ideal honeymoon of an ideal couple. But somehow, the wife cannot stop dreaming that her husband would be shot and killed. He dismis…
Mount Royal Volume I
A classic Victorian sensation novel filled with romance, mystery, and murder with the emphasis on romance. -summary by Celine Major
The Girl From Malta
One evening as the P. and O.'s vessel "Neptune" steams away from Australia to Britain, Ronald Monteith, a young, wealthy Australia…
Family Pride
Bestselling and prolific American Author Mary Jane Holmes never disappoints. Family Pride is another superb example of the enchanting Victor…
The Mysteries of Paris - Volume 1 (version 2)
Rodolphe is the Grand Duke of Gerolstein, a fictional kingdom of Germany, but disguises himself as a Parisian worker. He can speak in the se…
The Whispering Lane
Following the death of her beloved fiancé Roderick, Miss Danby is hounded relentlessly by Dr. Slanton who wants to marry her to acces…
The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, the Factory Boy
The industrial revolution led to the rise of manufacture and, thus, the cotton mill factories. This important novel tells about the plight o…
The Interrupted Kiss
Clare awakens in the middle of the night with no idea why. Her husband is not in his bed and as she goes in search of him she runs into her …
Charles Rex
Excerpt: "Saltash was thoroughly cosmopolitan in his tastes; he liked amusement but he abhorred boredom. He was never really wicked unl…
Susan
Susan is a perfect gem of a maid until suddenly she begins to mess things ups and is so distracted that her mistress Gertrude is determined …
One Life, One Love
Clara and Robert Hatrell lead an ideal life with their young daughter Daisy in a beautiful old fashioned cottage on the banks of the Thames.…
Mount Royal Volume III
A classic Victorian sensation novel filled with romance, mystery, and murder with emphasis on romance. - summary by Celine Major
The Mistress of Court Regna
On the death of Lord Wharton, beautiful young Claire is shocked to find herself the heiress to Court Regna along with the title, the vast fo…