E.C. Bentley's masterpiece is as fresh and imaginative today as when first published. Set in the English countryside, it is a mystery tale so brilliantly conceived and charmingly written that, like a distinguished vintage growth, it has become richer...
A collection of short stories, neatly and concisely written, in which Phillip Trent, artist, connoisseur, and private detective, is the central character. All of the stories revolve around one or two essential clues; clues, moreover, which would only...
Edmund Clerihew Bentley published a volume of nonsense verse designed to poke fun at distinguished personalities. Illustrated by Bentley's lifelong friend, eminent critic and author G K Chesterton, they were known as 'clerihews' and became as popular...
When fed up and thoroughly peeved Chuny causes the train to crash, little does she know that her rage has sparked off a staggering chain of events involving an amnesiac who, in his quest to find a wanted criminal in order to resolve a case of mistake...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
Many crime and detective stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original te...