A classic collection of mysteries from the Golden Age of British crime writing, by the author of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Mysteries There is no such thing as a mystery in connection with any crime, provided intelligence is brought to bear upon its investigation....
This is another great book by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, the British-Hungarian novelist, creator of dozens of historical novels of the times of the French Revolution in the XVIII Century. She is best remembered for her main character, Sir Percy Blakeney, AKA The Scarlet Pimpernel,...
In the title story, a young matron from a convalescent home is found dead in a quiet Maida Vale street. The Daily Telegraph ran an article headed 'Murder or Suicide' on the subject of the mysterious death. In 'The Hocussing of Cigarette' an earl's racehorse is the victim of attempted...