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The Last Hope Hugh Stowell Scott · 1904 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Challenging The Last Hope Hugh Stowell Scott, english novelist wrote under the pseudonym Henry Seton Merriman (1862-1903) This ebook presents «The Last Hope», from Hugh Stowell Scott. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- LE ROI EST MORT -03- VIVE LE ROI -04- THE RETURN OF THE LAST HOPE -05- THE MARQUIS'S CREED -06- ON THE… Shares: England, Classic Literature, Thriller

The Paradise Mystery Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 210p · ≈ 7h · Challenging American tourists, sure appreciators of all that is ancient and picturesque in England, invariably come to a halt, holding their breath in a sudden catch of wonder, as they pass through the half-ruinous gateway which admits to the Close of Wrychester. Nowhere else in England is there a fairer prospect of old-world peace. There before their eyes, set in the centre of a great green sward, fringed… Shares: England, Classic Literature, Mystery

In Kedar's tents Hugh Stowell Scott · 1897 · ★ 5.0 · 226p · ≈ 7h · Challenging If it be a duty to respect other men's claims, so also is it a duty to maintain our own.' Shares: England, Classic Literature, Thriller

Peril in Paris Rhys Bowen · 2022 · ★ 4.5 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Lady Georgiana Rannoch and her husband, Darcy, are awaiting the arrival of their baby when they receive an unexpected invitation to visit Paris. However, their trip quickly turns into a tangled web of international intrigue as they become embroiled in a mystery involving murder, espionage, and high-stakes politics. Shares: England, Mystery

Destination Unknown Agatha Christie · 1954 · ★ 3.7 · 230p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Hilary Craven has lost the will to live, Mrs Betterton is already dead. Then Hilary is asked to impersonate the dead woman and to trace her husband - a missing nuclear scientist - and her will to live returns. A faked air disaster, a string of radio-active pearls, a leper colony floundering in the dry heat of the Moroccan desert. Hilary is lead towards a terrifying discovery and her new found… Shares: Conspiracy, Mystery

The Evil Shepherd Edward Phillips Oppenheim · 1922 · ★ 3.7 · 226p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Francis Ledsam, alert, well-satisfied with himself and the world, the echo of a little buzz of congratulations still in his ears, paused on the steps of the modern Temple of Justice to light a cigarette before calling for a taxi to take him to his club. Visions of a whisky and soda - his throat was a little parched - and a rubber of easy-going bridge at his favourite table, were already before… Shares: Classic Literature, Thriller

A Tale of Three Lions H. Rider Haggard · 2004 · 34p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Most of you will have heard that Allan Quatermain, who was one of the party that discovered King Solomon's mines some little time ago, and who afterwards came to live in England near his friend Sir Henry Curtis. He went back to the wilderness again, as these old hunters almost invariably do, on one pretext or another. They cannot endure civilization for very long, its noise and racket and the… Shares: Classic Literature, Thriller

The Drums of Jeopardy Harold MacGrath · 1920 · ★ 3.5 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Challenging The Drums of Jeopardy is a 1920 American novel by Harold MacGrath. The story was serialized by the The Saturday Evening Post beginning in January of 1920. In 1922 the book was made into a Broadway play and the following year a motion picture. A second film version appeared in 1931. It is said that a young Boris Karloff, who previously had a few uncredited film roles, chose his stage name for his… Shares: Classic Literature, Thriller

The Rangeland Avenger Frederick Faust · 1924 · 228p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Of the four men, Hal Sinclair was the vital spirit. In the actual labor of mining, the mighty arms and tireless back Of Quade had been a treasure. For knowledge of camping, hunting, cooking, and all the lore of the trail, Lowrie stood as a valuable resource; and Sandersen was the dreamy, resolute spirit, who had hoped for gold in those mountains until he came to believe his hope. He had gathered… Shares: Classic Literature, Thriller

The Avenger Edward Phillips Oppenheim · 1908 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Challenging The man and the woman stood facing one another, although in the uncertain firelight which alone illuminated the room neither could see much save the outline of the other's form. The woman stood at the further end of the apartment by the side of the desk - his desk. The slim trembling fingers of one hand rested lightly upon it, the other was hanging by her side, nervously crumpling up the glove… Shares: Classic Literature, Thriller

The Great Secret Edward Phillips Oppenheim · 1907 · 157p · ≈ 5h · Challenging I laid my papers down upon the broad mahogany counter, and exchanged greetings with the tall frock-coated reception clerk who came smiling towards me. Shares: Classic Literature, Thriller

The Devil's Paw Edward Phillips Oppenheim · 1920 · ★ 3.0 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Challenging The two men, sole occupants of the somewhat shabby cottage parlour, lingered over their port, not so much with the air of wine lovers, but rather as human beings and intimates, perfectly content with their surroundings and company. Outside, the wind was howling over the marshes, and occasional bursts of rain came streaming against the window panes. Inside at any rate was comfort, triumphing over… Shares: Classic Literature, Thriller

An African Millionaire Grant Allen · 1897 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Challenging "A genre classic, Grant Allen's AN AFRICAN MILLIONAIRE is the perfect addition to our mini library of classic crime fiction. Wealthy, confident, and handsome, Charles Van Drift is not accustomed to being swindled and his brush with Colonel Clay both rattles and infuriates him. As his South African diamond fortune takes hit after hit from the quick-witted master of disguise, Allen leaves even the… Shares: Classic Literature, Mystery

The Stepford Wives Ira Levin · 1972 · ★ 3.9 · 193p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The Stepford Wives is a 1972 satirical novel by Ira Levin. The story concerns Joanna Eberhart, a photographer and young mother who suspects the submissive housewives in her new idyllic Connecticut neighborhood may be robots created by their husbands. Also contained in: Reader's Digest Condensed Books. Volume 1 - 1973 Three by Ira Levin Shares: Conspiracy, Classic Literature, Thriller, Mystery

I'll walk alone Mary Higgins Clark · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Large Print Edition Shares: Conspiracy, Thriller

Fifty Candles Earl Derr Biggers · 1926 Biggers had always been interested in mystery fiction, but his interest in Hawaii clearly stems from a 1919 vacation in Honolulu. While there, he read a newspaper article on a Chinese detective named Chang Apana. Apana would become the model for Charlie Chan in Biggers' 1925 novel, House Without a Key, and there quickly followed five more Charlie Chan novels. Fifty Candles -- first published in… Shares: Thriller, Mystery

Bones in London Edgar Wallace · 1900 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Challenging The new Managing Director of Schemes Ltd has an elegant London office and a theatrically dressed assistant - however Bones, as he is better known, is bored. Luckily there is a slump in the shipping market and it is not long before Joe and Fred Pole pay Bones a visit. They are totally unprepared for Bones' unnerving style of doing business, unprepared for his unique style of innocent and endearing… Shares: Thriller, Mystery

A Bullet For Cinderella John D. MacDonald · 1955 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Her veneer was big city ... But one look and you knew that Toni Raselle's instincts were straight out of the river shack she came from. I watched her as she toyed with the man, laughing, her tumbled hair like raw blue-black silk, her brown shoulders bare. Eyes deep-set, a girl with a gypsy look. So this was the girl I had risked my life to find. This was the girl who was going to lead me to a… Shares: Thriller, Mystery

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