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The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
Arthur Conan Doyle
5 days •
ⓘ 1908 • John Scott Eccles awakes to an empty home, all the servants and his host vanished. He seeks answers from Sherlock Holmes.
Clouds of Witness
Dorothy L. Sayers
28 days •
ⓘ 1926 • A shocking murder at Riddlesdale Lodge with the victim's own brother as the prime suspect leads to more twists, surprises, and deadly threats for Lord Wimsey.
Greenmantle
John Buchan
38 days •
ⓘ 1916 • In the midst of WWI, Richard Hannay is called upon to stop a plot to spark a holy war in the Middle East.
The Lodger
Marie Belloc Lowndes
29 days •
ⓘ 1913 • A haunting work of psychological suspense, centered on the murders of Jack the Ripper. The novel inspired Alfred Hitchcock's film.
The Most Dangerous Game
Richard Connell
3 days •
ⓘ 1924 • A big-game hunter is shipwrecked onto an isolated Caribbean island where he must survive a barbaric test from his new host.
Mr Standfast
John Buchan
47 days •
ⓘ 1919 • In the later years of WWI, Richard Hannay is pulled from active service for a dangerous new mission: track down a German agent in the heart of Britain.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
25 days •
ⓘ 1926 • Famed detective Hercule Poirot confronts a baffling case of death and blackmail with one of Christie's most startling and controversial conclusions.
Payment Deferred
C.S. Forester
19 days •
ⓘ 1926 • Crushed by debt and his wife's expensive expectations, a bank clerk commits the perfect crime. But can he live with what he has done?
The Riddle of the Sands
Erskine Childers
38 days •
ⓘ 1903 • What Carruthers thought would be a relaxing yachting holiday turns out to be a perilous expedition to uncover German secrets in this popular pre-WWI spy novel.
The Secret Adversary
Agatha Christie
31 days •
ⓘ 1922 • Low on money but high on desire for adventure, Tommy and Tuppence start up Young Adventurers Ltd. - "willing to do anything, go anywhere." But their first assignment may be more than they expected.
The Shadowy Third
Ellen Glasgow
20 days •
ⓘ 1923 • A collection of spooky stories filled with ghosts - or are they hallucinations? - hauntings of the past, and revenge.
The Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan
16 days •
ⓘ 1915 • After years in Africa, Richard Hannay aims to start a new life in London. Instead he is pulled into a web of espionage and murder on the eve of World War I and finds himself a hunted man, fleeing for his life.
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