A gripping tale of conspiracy and a love triangle set against the background of 19th century New York City.The Toltec Cup was published in 1890 by A. C. Wheeler under the pseudonym of "Nym Crinkle." A tale of conspiracy and love triangles, the novel centers on a mysterious silver cup covered in hieroglyphs that goes missing just days after its owner's death. New York Police Inspector John Wilder grows suspicious when someone offers a huge reward for the cu...

The essays in this volume consider the ways in which material and intellectual culture both shaped and were shaped by the literature of late medieval England. The first section, “Textual Material,” reflects on cultural and social issues generally referred to as the History of Ideas, and how those ideas manifest in later medieval English texts. Essays address, for example, affect in The Book of Margery Kempe, rhetoric in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, anarchy in late medieval political te...

The 'Murder Mystery - Boxed Set: 800+ Whodunit Mysteries, True Crime Stories & Action Thrillers' stands as a monumental anthology that spans a broad spectrum of the genre, encapsulating the evolution and diversity of mystery writing from the classic detective tales of the 19th century to the intricate plots of the early 20th century. This collection showcases a rich variety of literary styles and thematic undertakings, bringing together some of the genre's most compelling narratives withou...

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 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...

CHRISTMAS AT THOMPSON HALL and Other Trollopian Holiday Tales gathers Anthony Trollope's seasonal short fiction, in which Christmas becomes less a sentimental tableau than a stage for comic misunderstanding, social negotiation, and moral clarification. The title story, with its famous hotel-room mishap, exemplifies Trollope's gift for converting embarrassment into humane comedy. Written within the Victorian tradition of periodical Christmas numbers, these tales temper festivity with realis...

Mystery Cases For Christmas gathers classic detective and crime tales into a seasonal invitation to test one's powers of inference. Across puzzle mysteries, sensation fiction, comic reversals, courtroom investigations, psychological suspense, and atmospheric tales of rural and urban unease, the volume demonstrates the remarkable elasticity of the genre. Holiday framing heightens the pleasures of concealment and revelation: domestic gatherings, winter isolation, and apparently ordinary fest...

'Can't you see that I don't care what anybody says?' Charity Royall lives in the small New England village of North Dormer. Born among outcasts from the Mountain beyond, she is rescued by lawyer Royall and lives with him as his ward. Never allowed to forget her disreputable origins Charity despises North Dormer and rebels against the stifling dullness of the tight-knit community surrounding her. Her boring job in the local library is interrupted one day by the arrival of ...

Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.This collection includes the following:A CHRISTMAS CAROLA TALE OF TWO CITIESMASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCKPICTURES FROM ITALYAMERICAN NOTESTHE OLD CURIOSITY SHOPDAVID COPPERFIELDHARD TIMESDOMBEY AND SONREPRINTED PIECE...

In the anthology 'Detective Hamilton Cleek: 8 Thriller Classics in One Premium Edition,' the Hanshews masterfully curate a selection of suspenseful narratives centered around the enigmatic detective figure, Hamilton Cleek. This edition captures a variety of literary styles from mystery to psychological thriller, presenting each with a rich, narrative complexity that both challenges and entertains the reader. The stories encapsulate early 20th-century detective fiction, demonstrating signif...

Thomas W. Hanshew, an American author known for his detective fiction, crafted the captivating 'Detective Hamilton Cleek Trilogy'. This trilogy consists of three novels following the adventures of the brilliant and enigmatic detective Hamilton Cleek as he solves intricate cases with ingenuity and finesse. The books are written in a thrilling and suspenseful style, with Hanshew's meticulous attention to detail keeping readers on the edge of their seats. Set in the late 19th and early 20th c...

Table of ContentsAnderson Crow, Detective (1918)Beverly of Graustark (1904)Brewster's Millions (1903)Castle Craneycrow (1902)The City of Masks (1918)The Daughter of Anderson Crow (1907)The Day of the Dog (1904)The Flyers (1907)A Fool and His Money (1913)From the Housetops (1916)Graustark (1901)Green Fancy (1917)Her Weight in Gold (1914)The Hollow of Her Hand (1912)The Husbands of Edith ...