Sjömansbiblioteket

»Stina rycker till och hjärtat börjar bulta när hon hör ljud i snön av någon som närmar sig skjulet. Instinktivt vänder hon sig om, men ser ingen. Hon lyssnar. Stegen har tystnat, ...

Originally published in 1906, ‘The Malefactor’ is one of E. Phillips Oppenheim’s earlier novels. Sir Wingrave Seton has been wrongfully imprisoned for manslaughter in order to defe ...

Stirling Deane is a rich man, thanks to his discovery and eventual sale of the Little Anna gold mine in South Africa. Many years later an unwelcome visitor from Deane’s past shows ...

Elizabeth Gaskell’s ‘A Dark Night’s Work’ was first published in serial form in weekly magazine ‘All The Year Round’, which was edited by Charles Dickens. The lovely young Ellinor ...

Newly orphaned Lois Barclay is forced to leave England and sail to America to join her only remaining distant family. Set in Salem against the hysteria of the witch trials, the hon ...

A collection of five short stories from popular Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell. The collection includes the tales ‘The Poor Clare’, ‘Lois the Witch’, ‘The Grey Woman’ and ‘The ...

Miss Greatorex is invited to join a group of friends who meet weekly at Mrs Dawson’s house. When Miss Greatorex asks to hear more about Mrs Dawson’s cousin Lady Ludlow, the friends ...

Nothing boosts evocative narrative as well as narrow escapes. And Ann Radcliffe mastered it. In this early gothic horror novel, Radcliffe tells the story of the Mazzini household’s ...

'Man and Maid' might sound like the working title of something 11 year-old Jane Austen jotted down during recess, and whilst this might not be E. Nesbit's most imaginative of title ...

Exasperated hostess Grace Gordon is tired of friends and distant relatives coming to stay, imposing themselves upon her and her husband’s lives. When a third cousin and his new bri ...

The fourth in Anthony Trollope’s ‘Palliser’ series, in ‘Phineas Redux’ we are reunited with protagonist Phineas Finn - first introduced in the second book of the series, ‘Phineas F ...

First published in 1863, ‘Aaron Trow’ follows the plight of convict Aaron, who has been sent to prison in Bermuda for the murder of a man during a strike in England. He escapes and ...

French royalist Mr. Sabin is working to acquire valuable papers regarding English coastal defences for the German government. In return, he demands German conquest of France and th ...

First published in 1912, ‘Peter Ruff and the Double Four’ by E. Phillips Oppenheim follows the story of country squire Peter Ruff as he is drawn into the criminal underworld. Named ...

På Sundsvalls sjukhus blir Nathalie Svensson larmad till en ung kvinna som har stängt in sig på sitt rum. Hon hotar att begå självmord. När Nathalie lyckas ta sig in i rummet står ...

”Det är en riktigt underhållande läsning som denna fantasirika författare bjuder på där vi möter många oväntade vändningar och riktigt udda detaljer … bitvis helt magnifikt” Anders ...

Han såg vad du gjorde. Han vet vem du är.LEIGH COLLIER har jobbat hårt för det liv hon har. Ett eftertraktat jobb som försvarsadvokat, en skötsam dotter, till och med skilsmässan f ...

Kesäisessä Helsingissä tapahtuu kolme murhaa. Uhrien kuolinsyynä on puukotus, kolme veitseniskua. Kaikkien yläruumiiseen on viilletty V:n muotoinen haava. Juttua tutkii Vuohijärvi, ...

Tsukiko har hört till kurtisanhuset så länge hon kan minnas och hennes framtid som kurtisan är utstakad. Men när den herrelöse samurajen Hiroshi en dag rusar in på gården med svärd ...

Samurajen Hiroshi är efterlyst för mordet på sin före detta herre – ett brott som straffas med halshuggning om han inte lyckas hitta den riktige mördaren först. Vid sin sida har ha ...

Lydias bror Dani bär på ett mörkt förflutet. Som trettonåring värvades han av ett kriminellt gäng och dömdes för misshandel och narkotikabrott innan han lyckades bryta sig fri. De ...

Set in Britain shortly after the end of the Russo-Japanese war, ‘The Illustrious Prince’ provides a fascinating insight into the political tensions of the time. The story centres a ...

Also published under the title ‘The Yellow House’, ‘As a Man Lives’ is an E. Phillips Oppenheim tale packed full of his trademark mystery and suspense. The story is narrated by our ...

First published in 1907, ‘Berenice’ by E. Phillips Oppenheim tells the tale of the lonely gentleman Matravers. A man of high tastes with very definite views, he writes reviews for ...

Auctioneer Alfred Burton’s life is turned upside-down following a miraculous encounter in an empty house. Burton finds himself unable to speak, see, or think anything but the truth ...