Massacres, mayhem, and mischief fill the pages of Outlaw Tales of Oklahoma 2, with compelling legends of the Sooner State's most despicable desperadoes. Ride with horse thieves and cattle rustlers, duck the bullets of murderers, plot strategies with con artists, and hiss at lawmen turned outlaws.

The lawless days Old West lasted only a short time, but the stories of its outlaws and the havoc they wreaked are legendary. Tough Towns reveals the small American towns that fought back when criminal gangs invaded their quiet streets, making heroes of ordinary citizens and local lawmen who wouldn’t be pushed around by armed hoodlums.

This carefully curated anthology brings together a broad selection of timeless works in one digital edition. Readers can discover essential voices, memorable stories and enduring ideas across a rich variety of literary styles. Prepared for comfortable continuous reading, this collection is ideal for exploring classic literature or returning to lasting favorites.

«BLOODY, BLOODY CHRISTMAS», by Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K Chesterton, Fred M. White, Edgar Wallace, Robert Barr, O. Henry. This digital edition brings together the text and its chapter structure for continuous reading. Contents include: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (Arthur Conan Doyle) ; The Flying Stars (G. K. Chesterton) ; A Christmas Capture (Fred M. White) ; The Mystery of Room Five (Fred M White) ; A Policeman's Business (Edgar Wallace).

A British naval officer is arrested in Russia on a fabricated charge and buried in a fortress on a Baltic island, and the woman who loves him goes to get him out — with a yacht, a bank account and no legal standing whatever. Barr was a Scottish-born Canadian schoolmaster who talked his way into Detroit journalism, moved to London and founded The Idler with Jerome K. Jerome. The Russia here is Tsarist and unforgiving. Sixty plates of Russian and Baltic painting, from Shishkin and Vereshchag...

Lord Stranleigh seems the very picture of idle wealth: exquisitely dressed, languid, and impossible to rouse. But when Peter Mackeller, a hard-headed mining engineer with a practical turn of mind, arrives bearing a letter from John Hazel, the bored aristocrat is drawn into a world of fraud, speculation, and ruthless finance. Mackeller lays out the danger with blunt urgency: his father, a northern stockbroker of strict honesty, has been caught in the collapse of a West African gold venture,...

All four radio series of Robert Barr’s gripping London-based police dramaOriginally broadcast as Detective: Stories of Crime and Detection in London, this BBC radio drama ran for four series between 1980 and 1985. Written by the award-winning creator of Z Cars and Softly Softly, Robert Barr, it comprised 39 thrilling stories set in London’s criminal underworld, all of which are collected here for the first time.DS...

The complete collection of all 16 episodes from this gripping BBC Radio crime seriesInspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he gets his own back, introducing sixteen tales of detectives whose abilities rival that of the great Sherlock Holmes.Starring James Fleet (Series 1, 3 and 4) and Tim Piggott-Smith (Series 2) as Lestrade, with casts featuring Andrew Scott

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

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,...

"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!

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 ...