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First published in 1887, ‘A Bad Business’ is a supernatural ghost story from famous Russian author Anton Chekhov. An encounter between a graveyard’s night-watchman and a mysterious ...

First published in 1890, ‘The Middle Toe of the Right Foot’ is a classic ghost story from famous American author Ambrose Bierce. A gruesome and horrifying murder has taken place. M ...

‘Anybody But Anne’ is the fifth in the ‘Fleming Stone’ series of detective novels by prolific author Carolyn Wells. Wealthy David Van Wyck has decided to become a philanthropist an ...

Murder mystery novelist Mr Curran is found dead in a locked room following a dinner party. The disappearance of his fiancé makes her the most obvious suspect – but there is more to ...

The eleventh in the Fleming Stone series of mystery novels by prolific author Carolyn Wells, ‘Raspberry Jam’ is one of the most popular stories in the series. Millionaire Sanford E ...

Homer Vincent lives in the beautiful house called Greatlarch in New England, with his wife and niece. Though outwardly the family appear to have a charmed life, the house is haunte ...

Published in 1925, ‘The Daughter of the House’ is the nineteenth book in the Fleming Stone mystery series by prolific American author Carolyn Wells. The owner of Langdene House is ...

Robert Gleason died of suicide. At least that's what he told his doctor when he called to inform him he had been shot. When his doctor arrived at his apartment though, it appeared ...

Detective Pennington Wise and his assistant Zizi have yet another ‘locked room’ mystery to solve. The Varian family have rented a house for the summer, built on a cliff and surroun ...

Justin Arnold’s abrupt disappearance from his own mansion cuts his weekend festivities short. When local police are unable to locate him, a missing person case quickly becomes a mu ...

Originally published in 1863, this is one of Anthony Trollope’s many early short stories. The novel follows the misfortune of the wealthy Greene family who are holidaying in Italy. ...

‘The Relics of General Chassé’ is a humorous short story from Victorian author Anthony Trollope. Set in Antwerp, the story charts the misfortune of the Reverend Augustus Horne, who ...

First published in 1858, ‘The Three Clerks’ by Anthony Trollope has been described as his most autobiographical. Drawing on his own experiences working as a Junior Clerk in the Pos ...

Unusual for an Anthony Trollope novel, ‘The Fixed Period’ is a story set in the future – in 1980. It is based in the fictional land of Britannula, where a group of young New Zealan ...

Set in the glamour of pre-WWI Monaco, ‘Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo’ follows the exploits of Sir Hunterleys. An English MP, he discovers his estranged wife in the company of the Draconm ...

‘Anna the Adventuress’ by popular author E. Phillips Oppenheim follows the story of two sisters, Anna and Annabel. Alike in looks but vastly different in character, the sisters dec ...

In ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ we follow the story of Jacob Pratt. Once a bankrupt man, we meet him just as he is getting back on his feet. As Jacob’s fortunes change for the better however, ...

Young heiress Jeanne de la Mesurier has returned to London to re-join her stepmother, following a childhood in a French convent where she has been since her father’s death. Despite ...

Gästabudet är en av Platons mest berömda dialoger och skrevs omkring 385 f.Kr. I boken samlas Platons mentor Sokrates och några av hans vänner för att till god mat och dryck hålla ...

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 ...

Young Lizzie Leigh has fallen pregnant after moving to Manchester. Fearful of her father’s reaction and consumed by guilt, Lizzie deserts her family, believing her disappearance to ...

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 ...