"99 Science Fiction Short Stories" brings together some of the finest sci fi short stories ever crafted. Featuring gems from masters of the genre, such as H.G Wells , Robert Barr , PKD, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Norton, and many, many more!

A retired insurance investigator with an itch, an adventurer from China, a curious lawyer, an opera buff and a Sherlock Holmes emulator are the stars of British Mystery Multipack Volume 10 – British Super Sleuths:Hunted Down by Charles DickensLady Alicia’s Diamonds by Robert BarrDead Men’s Money by J. S. FletcherThe Sleuth of St. James's Square...

This file includes: The Face and the Mask, From Whose Bourne, The Heralds of Fame, In a Steamer Chair and Other Shipboard Stories, In the Midst of Alarms, Jennie Baxter Journalist, Lord Batranleigh Abroad, One Day's Courtship, The O'Rudy, A Prince of Good Fellows, Revenge! A Rock in the Baltic, The Strong Arm, The Sword Maker, The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont, and A Woman Intervenes. According to Wikipedia: "Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian novelist, b...

An Alpine Divorce is a short story by Robert Barr.Robert Barr (16 September 1849 – 21 October 1912) was a Scottish-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland.

WHEN I say I am called Valmont, the name will convey no impression to the reader one way or another. My occupation is that of private detective in London, but if you ask any policeman in Paris who Valmont was he will likely be able to tell you, unless he is a recent recruit. If you ask him where Valmont is now, he may not know, yet I have a good deal to do with the Parisian police. For a period of seven years I was chief detective to the Government of France, and if I am unable to prove my...

15 Complete Works of Robert BarrA Prince of Good FellowsA Rock in the BalticA Woman IntervenesFrom Whose BourneIn a Steamer ChairIn the Midst of AlarmsJennie Baxter, JournalistLord Stranleigh AbroadOne Day's CourtshipRevengeThe Face and the MaskThe O'RuddyThe Strong ArmThe Sword MakerThe Triumphs of Eugene Valmont

BLOODY, BLOODY CHRISTMAS gathers the festive season's shadow literature: mysteries, thrillers, Gothic visitations, detective puzzles, and ironic seasonal reversals. Against familiar images of hearth, charity, snow, and reunion, these works disclose concealment, danger, crime, and the uncanny. The volume ranges from sensation fiction and supernatural terror to comic misdirection, moral allegory, and the developing logic of detective narrative, making Christmas not merely a setting but a pre...

The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont by Robert Barr is a witty and engaging collection of detective stories that follows the clever investigations of Eugène Valmont, a brilliant but often self-assured French private investigator. Blending mystery, humor, and satire, the book offers a playful take on the detective fiction genre that was rapidly gaining popularity in the late 19th century. Eugène Valmont is a self-proclaimed master of deduction who approaches each case with confidence, theatrical ...

Classic mystery novel, first published in 1894.

This premium collection gathers ten of Robert Barr's novels, displaying the breadth of his "Old World" romance: tales of courtship, intrigue, adventure, disguise, and social maneuvering set against recognizably European landscapes and institutions. Barr's prose combines late-Victorian narrative briskness with urbane wit, journalistic clarity, and a fondness for suspenseful reversals. Situated between the historical romance, the comic novel, and early popular mystery fiction, these works pr...

21 Mystery & Romance Novels gathers Robert Barr's lively experiments in detection, adventure, courtship, and social comedy, revealing a writer alert to the pleasures of plot and the ironies of modern life. Moving between crime puzzles, transatlantic intrigue, and romantic entanglement, the collection displays the crisp pacing and urbane wit characteristic of late-Victorian popular fiction, while engaging the same expanding readership that embraced Conan Doyle, Stevenson, and the magazine s...

This expansive collection gathers Robert Barr's genial yet ingenious mystery fiction into a volume designed for leisurely nighttime reading. Its tales favor wit, atmosphere, and puzzle-making over brutality, placing them in the late-Victorian and Edwardian tradition of magazine mysteries that flourished alongside Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Barr's prose is urbane, brisk, and conversational, often balancing suspense with irony, social observation, and a cosmopolitan sense of place. Rober...