Collected Short Stories (Vol. 7). Collected Short Stories. Volume 7

Arthur Conan Doyle

The seventh issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery is another fine selection of tales about Sherlock Holmes, or in the Sherlockian spirit. A cypher message and a horrible murder in a Sussex village begin this dark and powerful tale as Holmes battles with the forces of the criminal mastermind, Professor Moriarty. Central to the novel lies the story of a terrorist brotherhood and the hold it acquires over an American mining valley. Sherlock Holmes and his steadfast companion, Dr. Watson, set out to solve four brand new mysteries, each a unique puzzle unlike any theyve encountered before. This volume continues the exciting adventures of the worlds most famous pipe-smoking detective, Sherlock Holmes, collecting works written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. There are The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes and The Valley of Fear and other short stories.

Cock O the North

Talbot Mundy

Madame Rosika Storey was one of the most celebrated fictional female private investigators during the Golden Age of the mystery (1920-40). This collection of six stories featuring the woman private detective, glamorous Madame Storey psychologist and detective! From missing persons to ghastly murder (often in the same case) Madame Storey and her faithful secretary Bella take on the criminal underworld of 1930s New York in these thrilling mysteries. But many of Mme. Storeys attitudes are surprisingly modern, and shes always on the side of justice, as is narrator Bella, who, however, is nowhere near as intrepid as her beautiful, intelligent and intuitive boss.

The Cheerful Smugglers

Ellis Parker Butler

Ellis Parker Butler was an American author in the first half of the 20th century. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays, and is most famous for his short story Pigs is Pigs. His writing spanned more than forty years and his stories, poems and articles were published in more than 225 magazines. More of this popular authors fun, a bundle of absurd complications and ridiculous situations arising from a young married couples scheme to provide funds for their year-old sons education. They decide to finance their babys college education by collecting a toll on any goods brought into their home by friends or family members. The Cheerful Smugglers is a veritable Stocktonian story, as delightfully absurd in theme as it is realistic in characterization.

Equality

Edward Bellamy

Equality is a utopian novel, and the sequel Looking Backward: 2000-1887. The main character from 1897 wakes up in 2000. Everything seems unusual to him. He learns that women are free to participate in the same auction as men. Gold coins become useless. Now vegetarians, and the thought of eating meat is perceived with disgust. How now to go back and whether to return at all?

No Mans Land

H.C. McNeile

The story of real men who sacrificed themselves for the sake of their homeland and family. McNeile pays attention to people, their psychological state. Great attention to how things are in the trenches of soldiers. About how terrifying they could be and how long stretches of boredom punctuated by moments of terror could break any man after a while.

The Little Green Man and Other Stories

Edgar Wallace

The Little Green Man and Other Stories is an excellent collection of mystery stories by Edgar Wallace. These are fast-paced, with good twists and turns, an unusual criminal scheme and a little romance. Edgar Wallace was a British novelist, playwright, and journalist who produced popular detective and suspense stories and was in his time "the king" of the modern thriller. Wallaces literary output 175 books, 24 plays, and countless articles and review sketches have undermined his reputation as a fresh and original writer. Moreover, the author was a wholehearted supporter of Victorian and early Edwardian values and mores, which are now considered in some respects politically incorrect. In England, in the 1920s, Wallace was said to be the second biggest seller after the Bible.

LAgence Barnett et Cie

Maurice Leblanc

Un détective privé de Lagence Barnett et Cie apparaît quand linspecteur Béchoux a besoin de laide. Il révéle le criminel, sauve les victimes... et tout cela gratuitement! Il sait toutes les subtilités du monde daventures. Un voleur aux multiples facettes, connaissant les faiblesses de chacun, manipulant la population sa guise, ombre parmi les ombres... Arsene Lupin nous séduit encore dans ces huit histoires passionnantes o le criminel est toujours puni et Barnett toujours enrichi

Madame Chrysantheme

Pierre Loti

Madame Chrysantheme Pierre Loti est une combinaison inhabituelle dun travail superbement écrit et dune dureté morale indescriptible. Cest lhistoire dun marin français en vacances Nagasaki, au Japon, qui arrange une épouse temporaire avec laquelle il peut passer du temps jusqu ce que son navire reparte.