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In Their Footsteps Tess Gerritsen · 1994 · ★ 3.7 · 251p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The quiet scandal surrounding her parents' deaths 20 years ago sends Beryl Tavistock on a search for the truth from Paris to Greece. As she enters a world of international espionage, Beryl discovers she needs help and turns to a suave ex-CIA agent. But in a world where trust is a double-edged sword, friends become enemies and enemies become killers. Shares: Paris, Thriller

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

Claudius Bombarnac Jules Verne · 1892 · 210p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Reporter Claudius Bombarnac, is assigned by the "Twentieth Century " to cover the travels of the Grand Transasiatic Railway which runs between Uzun Ada, Turkestan and Peking, China. Shares: Classic Literature, Thriller

Alcatraz Frederick Faust · 1922 · ★ 4.0 · 182p · ≈ 6h · Challenging The Max Brand Megapack assembles 20 classic Max Brand tales—novels and short stories—set primarily in the American West. For pure Old West adventure, it doesn't get better than this -- more than 3,300 pages of action-packed reading! Included are: HARRIGAN (1918) THE GHOST (1919) HOLE-IN-THE-WALL BARRETT (1919) TRAILIN’! (1919) THE UNTAMED (1920) OUT OF THE DARK (1920) RIDERS OF THE SILENCES… Shares: Classic Literature, Thriller

Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo William Le Queux · 1921 · 243p · ≈ 8h · Challenging "Yes! I'm not mistaken at all! It's the same woman!" whispered the tall, good-looking young enman in a well-cut navy suit as he stood with his friend, a man some ten years older than himself, at one of the roulette tables at Monte Carlo, the first on the right on entering the room - that one known to habitual gamblers as "The Suicide's Table." Shares: Classic Literature, Thriller

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: Classic Literature, Thriller

The dynamiter Robert Louis Stevenson · 1885 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Challenging All fourteen-year-old Robbie Hendrick ever wanted was a family. Yet as another Mississippi summer begins, his wayward mother has run off again fearing a breakdown and he's left to burn the days caring for his half brother, Fess. As the deep days and nights pass without her return and with older brother Lucas dangerously in their lives again, Robbie must face the fact that his dream of a family… Shares: Classic Literature, Thriller

The Ambassadors Henry James · 1903 · ★ 3.6 · 562p · ≈ 18h · Challenging Chad Newsome has gone to Paris. He is charmed by Old World fascinations and caught up in the leisurely craft and bohemian direction of European worldliness. An older woman of rank and adventurous but subtle skill, Madame de Vionnet, strokes his ego and does her best to keep Chad in Paris indefinitely. Chad's mother lives in Woollett, Mass., and wants her son to return to run the family business.… Shares: Paris, Classic Literature

The amateur gentleman Jeffery Farnol · 1900 · ★ 3.9 · 624p · ≈ 20h · Challenging IN WHICH BABNABAS KNOCKS DOWN HIS FATHER, THOUGH AS DUTIFULLY AS MAY BE Shares: Classic Literature, Thriller

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: Classic Literature, Thriller

The Malefactor Edward Phillips Oppenheim · 1906 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Tall and burly, with features and skin hardened by exposure to the sun and winds of many climates, he looked like a man ready to face all hardships, equal to any emergency. Already one seemed to see the clothes and habits of civilization falling away from him, the former to be replaced by the stern, unlovely outfit of the war correspondent who plays the game. They crowded round him in the club… Shares: Classic Literature, Thriller

The Custom of the Country Edith Wharton · 1900 · ★ 4.1 · 614p · ≈ 20h · Challenging Edith Wharton's satiric anatomy of American society in the first decade of the twentieth century appeared in 1913; it both appalled and fascinated its first reviewers, and established her as a major novelist. It follows the career of Undine Spragg, recently arrived in New York from the Midwest and determined to conquer high society. Glamorous, selfish, mercenary, and manipulative, her principal… Shares: Paris, Classic Literature

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