Lady Judith Carew finds herself in the middle of a gruesome murder at the Abbey Court and all the clues point at her direction. Is she the real murderer or is it someone else? How will Inspector Furnival get to the root of the mystery? Annie Haynes was a renowned golden age mystery writer and a contemporary of Agatha Christie, another famous crime writer, which often led to her comparison with the latter, and unfavourably so. Haynes's fictions are now lauded for their quick-pace action and...
"Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town" by Stephen Leacock. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and...
Geography and Plays is a unique collection of poems, stories and plays and they present Gertrude Stein's stream-of-consciousness writings. These rhythmical essays or word portraits are often considered as literature's answer to Cubism. Table of Contents: Susie Asado Ada Miss Furr and Miss Skeene A Collection France Americans Italians A Sweet Tail The History of Belmonte In the Grass England Mallorcan Stories Scenes The King or Something Publishers, the Portrait Gallery, and the...
"The Woman in White" is considered to be among the first mystery novels and is widely regarded as one of the first (and finest) in the genre of «sensation novels». The story is sometimes considered an early example of detective fiction with the hero, Walter Hartright, employing many of the sleuthing techniques of later private detectives. «The Moonstone» is an epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel in the English language. Besides creating many of the ground rules...