LArgent des autres

Émile Gaboriau

Cest une histoire dune famille typique de la bourgeoisie du Second Empire qui vive la vie tranquille. Un fois, pendant un dîner avec plusieurs de leurs amis, le banquier Thaller fait irruption chez eux et laccuse publiquement le pere (qui est un caissier principal du Comptoir de Crédit mutuel dont il est le directeur) davoir détourné une grande somme dargent. Quelle obscure machination se cache derriere cette stupéfaction? Pourquoi Thaller ne livre-t-il pas le coupable la police?

Death of a Celebrity

Hulbert Footner

Many guys wanted the playwright, Gavin Dordress, to die. Especially on the night of his party. Gail Garrett and Bea Townley openly quarreled for the main role in the play. The next morning Gavin Dordress was found shot to death, a chessman imprinted on his forehead, and nearby a letter of farewell that sounded suspiciously like one of his stage characters speaking. Then a new and amazing hint hastened the seemingly hopeless hunt.

Peter Ruff

E. Phillips Oppenheim

With the police hot on his tail, Peter Ruff decides to turn from a life of crime to the more lucrative life of a private investigator. With his ties to the underworld and his skill at disguise, Peter is the perfect sleuth. Along with his trusted and beautiful assistant, Violet Brown, Mr. Ruff is brilliantly successful in his new career. As his reputation for solving crime grows, he is noticed and adopted as a leader by a large conglomerate of criminals who have chosen to turn their skills to good. Unfortunately, his success also gains the enmity of many people, including his former fiancées new husband and a notorious German spy. How he outwits these two men-and others-while satisfying his taste for adventure. Highly recommended for people who like to treat a mystery story as a solvable riddle!

Finished

H. Rider Haggard

In this novel there is everything that the reader can only dream of. Here is a magnificent and fast-paced story, scenes of hunting a dangerous creature, interesting and funny characters, bloody battles, all with a mixture of mysticism and some supernatural elements. The book tells about the presence of Quatermain in the Zulus tribe, their military councils and the great battles that the Zulus fought against the British. This is an exciting book dedicated to the falling flames of the Zulus.

Die Frau mit den Karfunkelsteinen

Eugenie Marlitt

Eine Geschichte im Stil der Zeit des ausgehenden 19. Jahrhunderts von der ersten Bestseller-Autorin der Welt Eugenie Marlitt. Balduin Lamprecht, attraktiver und stolzer Chef der Firma Lamprecht und Sohn, hat früh seine Frau verloren. Er lebt mit seinen zwei Kindern und den konservativen Schwiegereltern zusammen in der imposanten Fabrikantenvilla. Die Dienerschaft des Hauses tuschelt schon länger über Geisterscheinungen, erst recht seitdem diese verwunschene junge Frau von wundervoller Schönheit in dem Hause auftauchte. Doch noch ganz andere Geheimnisse verbergen sich hinter der großbürgerlichen Fassade...

Champion of Lost Causes

Max Brand

Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. This is one of his novels. Our adventuring hero has just partaken of a poker game where he has seen a man lose heavily. Intrigued, and possessing an adventurous nature, our hero, Loring, is compelled to follow the man. This leads him to a rich family and, of course, a beautiful daughter. Loring barely has time to get his bearings when the man he followed is murdered in the house! And all evidence points to the father of Lorings new object of affection as the killer. Midnight searches, police arrests, the looming trial and Loring is in possession of the key piece of evidence.

Harrigan!

Max Brand

In Harrigan, prolific writer Max Brand takes a detour from the dusty trails of the West where his novels were typically set and spins a gripping nautical tale set in Hawaii and upon the open sea. What starts out as a chance meeting between two men turns into a heated race for priceless treasure and the love of a remarkable woman. Thrown into each others path where one has absolute power and the other only his strength and his unconquerable spirit, who will survive and who will win the hand of the fair lady is a tale well told and guaranteed to hold your interest until the very last sentence.

The Lone House Mystery and Other Stories

Edgar Wallace

Edgar Wallace, author of The Lone House Mystery, was a celebrated British author in the early twentieth century. Over 160 of his novels have been made into films, and he is known especially for his part in writing the story for the movie King Kong. The dead man was rich. In life he lived in a lonely house by a river. In the earth outside it is the imprint of a bare foot. His secretary, with whom he was having an affair, is locked in a room. The key is in the dead mans pocket. Superintendent Minter considers it a most queer and unsatisfactory case. A thrilling, thoroughly intriguing tale of double murder and love. This collection also includes the following short stories: Clues, The Sooper Speaking, and Romance In It.