This issue, we have quite a variety of stories, ranging from historical suspense (see William Le Queux’s novel), to financial auditing (see Laird Long’s original mystery) to a missing child to a sinister gargoyle. We even have the El Dorado’s secret revealed! Read on to find your next favorite read in this issue’s lineup.Here’s the complete list—Cover Art: Steve HickmanNOVELSThe House of Evil, by William Le Queux

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NICHOLAS SHAKESPEARECakes and Ale is both a wickedly satirical novel about contemporary literary poseurs and a skilfully crafted study of freedom. As he traces the fortunes of Edward Driffield and his extraordinary wife Rosie, one of the most delightful heroines of twentieth-century literature, Maugham's sardonic wit and lyrical warmth expertly combine in this accomplished and unforgettable novel.

"[An] entertaining railway-themed anthology . . . The perfect volume for fans of short, high-quality, fair-play detective fiction." — Publishers WeeklyDiscover the captivating treasures buried in the British Library's archives. Largely inaccessible to the public until now, these enduring classics were written in the golden age of detective fiction."Never had I been given a tougher problem to solve, and never had I been so utter...

In Black Beadle, E.C.R. Lorac delivers a compelling tale of intrigue and deception, solidifying her place among the Golden Age greats of detective fiction. This gripping mystery introduces readers to a shadowy world where dark secrets and sinister motives intersect, setting the stage for one of Inspector Robert Macdonald's most challenging cases. The story begins with the discovery of a chilling murder in a quiet English village. The victim, a reclusive and enigmatic individual nicknamed "...

In J. Jefferson Farjeon's gripping novel, "The Z Murders," readers are plunged into a labyrinthine mystery that intricately weaves elements of the classic whodunit with the early 20th-century fascination for psychological intrigue. Set against the backdrop of a post-World War I Britain, the narrative unfolds through a series of chilling murders, each accompanied by a cryptic clue leading to the next. Farjeon's distinctive style, characterized by sharp dialogue and meticulous pacing, evokes...

This memoir was recently discovered and appears to have been written in the 1920s by somone who asserts that he was Jack the Ripper.This person is James Carnac, this memoir written shortly before his death is an account of his entire life, including a few short months in 1888 when he became the murderer known to posterity as Jack the Ripper.This book introduces a new suspect for the infamous murders in Whitechapel in 1888. There is information in this book that does not app...

Sherlock Holmes has already encountered the evil young hedonist Edward Hyde, and knew he was strangely connected with Henry Jekyll, the respectable young doctor. It was not until the Queen herself requested it, however, that Holmes was officially on the case of the savage murder of Sir Danvers Crew. Here, then is the account of that devilish crime as recorded by Dr Watson...

The Greatest Murder Mysteries Ever Written surveys the formative pleasures and formal ingenuity of detective fiction, gathering locked rooms, poisoned clues, country-house crimes, urban conspiracies, and investigations shaped by psychological suspense. Its range extends from Gothic atmosphere and sensational plotting to the brisk procedural, the gentleman-thief adventure, and the modern puzzle mystery. Foundational tales of analytic detection and influential locked-room enigmas sit beside ...

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final set of twelve Sherlock Holmes short stories (56 total) by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Strand Magazine between October 1921 - April 1927.[Title of collection]The first British edition and the first American edition of the collection were both published in June 1927. However, they had slightly different titles. The title of the British collection was The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (hyphenated "Case-...

The world’s greatest detective faces one of the history’s greatest monsters: the knife-wielding terror of Victorian London, Jack the RipperGrotesque murders are being committed on the streets of Whitechapel. Sherlock Holmes believes they are the skillful work of one man—a man who earns the gruesome epithet of Jack the Ripper.As the investigation proceeds, Holmes realizes that the true identity of the Ripper puts much more at stake than just catching a kille...

THE MURDER CASE—Ultimate Mystery Collection surveys the murder mystery from its formative nineteenth-century experiments to the polished puzzles, police investigations, sensation narratives, and thriller-inflected tales of the early twentieth century. Its varied modes encompass deductive ratiocination, locked-room enigmas, courtroom and criminal-underworld fiction, espionage, psychological suspense, and the unsettling domestic mystery. Foundational detective stories sit beside less familia...

As for that, they like it -- the leading spirits, I mean. It gives them a reputation. Besides, they hurt as well as help us. It was after their appearance that the authorities were taught to be distrustful. You have little idea of the precautions taken nowadays. There is Sir William Harcourt, for instance, who is attended by policemen everywhere. I used to go home from the House behind him nightly, but I could never get him alone. I have walked in the very shadow of that man, but always in...