The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction / Crime / Thriller

At Baskerville Hall on the grim moors of Devonshire, a legendary curse has apparently claimed one more victim. Sir Charles Baskerville has been found dead. There are no signs of violence, but his face is hideously distorted with terror. Years earlier, a hound-like beast with blazing eyes and dripping jaws was reported to have torn out the throat of Hugo Baskerville. Has the spectral destroyer struck again? More important, is Sir Henry Baskerville, younger heir to the estate, now in danger?Enter Sherlock Holmes, summoned to protect Sir Henry from the fate that has threatened the Baskerville family. As Holmes and Watson begin to investigate, a blood-chilling howl from the fog-shrouded edges of the great Grimpen Mire signals that the legendary hound of the Baskervilles is poised for yet another murderous attack.The Hound of the Baskervilles first appeared as a serial in The Strand Magazine in 1901. By the time of its publication in book form eight months later, this brilliantly plotted, richly atmospheric detective story had already achieved the status of a classic. It has often been called the best detective story ever written. It remains a thrilling tale of suspense, must reading for every lover of detective fiction.
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The Breaking Point

The Breaking Point

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Mystery / Thriller

Elizabeth Wheeler lives in a small town, sings in the church choir, and dreams of a man who will sweep her off her feet. Instead, she is thrust into a series of events beyond her control leading to passion, madness, betrayal, and ultimately, murder! Can she ever set thing right?
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The Case of Jennie Brice

The Case of Jennie Brice

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Mystery / Thriller

Mystery, desperate and baffling, is frankly the thing in this new Rinehart novel. The sudden, unaccountable disappearance of a well-known actress; a thrilling case of mistaken identity; a network of incriminating circumstances pointing to the guilt of the actress\' husband; a chain of evidence establishing a substantial alibi; clews galore indicating a score of possibilities; a jury trial; a strange love plot;--all these go to make this tale more intense than any previous work, yet it retains humor and good cheer.
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The After House

The After House

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Mystery / Thriller

Known as the "American Agatha Christie," author Mary Roberts Rinehart produced a vast array of top-notch mysteries over the course of her career, with occasional incursions into other genres. The After House is a gripping whodunit that revolves around a series of grisly axe murders. Set on board a ship, this murder mystery is sure to leave you on the edge of your seat.
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The Confession

The Confession

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Mystery / Thriller

An absorbing mystery from a modern master of the genre. Agnes Blakiston did not want to rent the old parsonage and soon came to regret it. At night the phone would ring and there would be unseen visitors. Was the house haunted? And did Miss Emily have a secret to terrible she would rather die than reveal it?
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Sight Unseen

Sight Unseen

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Mystery / Thriller

Mary Roberts Rinehart was a prolific writer that is often referred to as the American Agatha Christie. Rinehart\'s mystery novels are still treasured by millions of readers today and she is the source of the famous phrase "The butler did it." Rinehart\'s most famous books include The Circular Staircase, The Bat, The Case of Jennie Brice, and The Door. Sight Unseen, published in 1921, is a thriller that centers around a mysterious death. The book also features much humor throughout.
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More Tish

More Tish

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Mystery / Thriller

This volume contains the first three “TISH” books, one of the most popular characters by Mary Roberts Rinehart.  -THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF LETITIA CARBERRY (including the short stories THREE PIRATES OF PENZANCE & THAT AWFUL NIGHT -TISH -MORE TISH With spine tingling attention to detail and atmosphere, Rinehart is often called "the American Agatha Christie". She wrote over sixty popular mysteries and is attributed with the phrase "the butler did it". TISH, however, is not a mystery, but a series of wonderfully funny stories about three women friends in their fifties-sixties, and the adventures that Tish leads them on (including, capturing German soldiers in WWI). The book was written in the 1900s and reflects the social mores of the time. The humor and quality of the writing is wonderful.
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The Mystery of Lincolns Inn

The Mystery of Lincoln's Inn

Robert Machray

Mystery / Thriller / Mystery Thriller

"A skillful, clever, and engrossing book." -Scotsman "It holds the attention of the reader from the first page to the last." -Yorkshire Post "Those who embark on \'The Mystery of Lincoln\'s Inn\' will not feel that they can quit the atmosphere of the Law Courts whilst it remains." -Gentlewoman "Mr. Robert Machray is not a man who believes in half measures; he means a mystery to be a mystery right up to the last chapter, and has evidently written \'The Mystery of Lincoln\'s Inn\' on this admirable principle. It is a most ingenious story, but it would be a shame to give Mr. Machray away by unfolding the details of his intricate plot. Suffice it to say that this is a tale of an unscrupulous lawyer who lived a double life and kept a secret drawer in his room, all of which led tot he undoing of his guileless partner." -The Bookman
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The Sky Pilots Great Chase; Or, Jack Ralstons Dead Stick Landing

The Sky Pilot's Great Chase; Or, Jack Ralston's Dead Stick Landing

Ambrose Newcomb

Fiction / Thriller / Mystery Thriller

Leopold Classic Library is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive collection. As part of our on-going commitment to delivering value to the reader, we have also provided you with a link to a website, where you may download a digital version of this work for free. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. Whilst the books in this collection have not been hand curated, an aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature. As a result of this book being first published many decades ago, it may have occasional imperfections. These imperfections may include poor picture quality, blurred or missing text. While some of these imperfections may have appeared in the original work, others may have resulted from the scanning process that has been applied. However, our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. While some publishers have applied optical character recognition (OCR), this approach has its own drawbacks, which include formatting errors, misspelt words, or the presence of inappropriate characters. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with an experience that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic book, and that the occasional imperfection that it might contain will not detract from the experience.
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Flying the Coast Skyways; Or, Jack Ralstons Swift Patrol

Flying the Coast Skyways; Or, Jack Ralston's Swift Patrol

Ambrose Newcomb

Fiction / Thriller / Mystery Thriller

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world\'s literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
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K

K

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Mystery / Thriller

A Murder Mystery. When a mysterious stranger who calls himself \'K\' enters her life, nurse-in-training Sidney can sense that he\'s running away from something. But before she can learn more about his tragic past, the pair find themselves falling hopelessly in love. Can their romance transcend his troubles?
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The Adventures of Gerard

The Adventures of Gerard

Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction / Crime / Thriller

Brigadier Gerard is the hero of a series of historical short stories by the British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The hero, Etienne Gerard, is a Hussar officer in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Gerard\'s most notable attribute is his vanity – he is utterly convinced that he is the bravest soldier, greatest swordsman, most accomplished horseman and most gallant lover in all France. Gerard is not entirely wrong, since he displays notable bravery on many occasions, but his self-satisfaction undercuts this quite often. Obsessed with honour and glory, he is always ready with a stirring speech or a gallant remark to a lady. Conan Doyle, in making his hero a vain, and often rather uncomprehending, Frenchman, was able to satirise both the stereotypical English view of the French and – by presenting them from Gerard\'s baffled point of view – English manners and attitudes.
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The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction / Crime / Thriller

The hero of this novel, Etienne Gerard, is a Hussar in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Gerard\'s most notable attribute is his vanity - he is utterly convinced that he is the bravest soldier, greatest swordsman, accomplished horseman and gallant lover in all France. Gerard is not entirely wrong since he displays notable bravery on many occasions, but his self-satisfaction undercuts this quite often. Obsessed with honour and glory, he is always ready with a stirring speech or a gallant remark to a lady. Conan Doyle, in making his hero a vain, and often rather uncomprehending Frenchman, was able to satirise both the stereotypical English view of the French, and - by presenting them from Gerard\'s baffled point of view - English manners and attitudes.
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The White Company

The White Company

Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction / Crime / Thriller

A historical adventure set during the Hundred Years\' War. The story follows a young man as he leaves the shelter of an abbey in England and becomes involved with Edward, the Black Prince\'s campaign in Spain. Doyle later wrote a prequel, titled "Sir Nigel", concerning the early life of one of the heroes in this novel. “We go to France, and from thence I trust to Spain, in humble search of a field in which we may win advancement and perchance some small share of glory. For this purpose I would have you know that it is not my wont to let any occasion pass where it is in any way possible that honor may be gained. I would have you bear this in mind, and give great heed to it that you may bring me word of all cartels, challenges, wrongs, tyrannies, infamies, and wronging of damsels. Nor is any occasion too small to take note of, for I have known such trifles as the dropping of a gauntlet, or the flicking of a breadcrumb, when well and properly followed up, lead to a most noble spear-running.” - Sir Nigel, “The White Company”
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Sir Nigel

Sir Nigel

Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction / Crime / Thriller

"In the month of July of the year 1348, between the feasts of St. Benedict and of St. Swithin, a strange thing came upon England, for out of the east there drifted a monstrous cloud, purple and piled, heavy with evil, climbing slowly up the hushed heaven. In the shadow of that strange cloud the leaves drooped in the trees, the birds ceased their calling, and the cattle and the sheep gathered cowering under the hedges. A gloom fell upon all the land, and men stood with their eyes upon the strange cloud and a heaviness upon their hearts. They crept into the churches where the trembling people were blessed and shriven by the trembling priests. Outside no bird flew, and there came no rustling from the woods, nor any of the homely sounds of Nature. All was still, and nothing moved, save only the great cloud which rolled up and onward, with fold on fold from the black horizon." This book has a beautiful glossy cover and a blank page for the dedication.
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Micah Clarke

Micah Clarke

Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction / Crime / Thriller

Die Réfugiés: Historische intrigue von Arthur Conan Doyle. Der Roman spielt am Hofe Ludwigs XIV. Onkel Bernac: Historischer Abenteuerroman aus der Zeit Napoleons. Louis de Laval erhält einen Brief der eine Bitte an Louis enthält. Louis ahnt das er auf der Spur eines Geheimnisses ist...Micah Clarke: Historischer Roman aus dem 18. Jahrhundert. Es ist die Geschichte eines Jungen, der während seiner Suche nach Abenteuern in den Einfluß eines Ritters gerät...Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) war ein britischer Arzt und Schriftsteller. Er veröffentlichte die Abenteuer von Sherlock Holmes und dessen Freund Dr. Watson. Bekannt ist auch die Figur Professor Challenger aus seinem Roman Die vergessene Welt, die als Vorlage für zahlreiche Filme und eine mehrteilige Fernsehserie diente.
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Tales of Terror and Mystery

Tales of Terror and Mystery

Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction / Crime / Thriller

Tales of Terror 1. The Horror of the Heights 2. The Leather Funnel 3. The New Catacomb 4. The Case of Lady Sannox 5. The Terror of Blue John Gap 6. The Brazilian Cat Tales of Mystery 1. The Lost Special 2. The Beetle-hunter 3. The Man With the Watches 4. The Japanned Box 5. The Black Doctor 6. The Jew\'s Breastplate
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Round the Fire Stories

Round the Fire Stories

Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction / Crime / Thriller

Round the Fire Stories shows Arthur Conan Doyle at his finest. These seventeen tales of suspense, murder, ghosts, unsolved crimes and inexplicable happenings were written to be read 'round the fire' on a winter's night. With intriguing titles such as 'The Pot of Caviare', 'The Brazilian Cat' and 'The Brown Hand', the stories are utterly compelling and are guaranteed to entertain and exhilarate.
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The Parasite: A Story

The Parasite: A Story

Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction / Crime / Thriller

Let me try to reason it out. This woman, by her own explanation, can dominate my nervous organism. She can project herself into my body and take command of it. She has a parasite soul; yes, she is a parasite, a monstrous parasite. She creeps into my frame as the hermit crab does into the whelk\'s shell. I am powerless! What can I do? I am dealing with forces of which I know nothing. And I can tell no one of my trouble. They would set me down as a madman. Certainly, if it got noised abroad, the university would say that they had no need of a devil-ridden professor. And Agatha! No, no, I must face it alone.
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Sixty-Four Days, A Sea Story

Sixty-Four Days, A Sea Story

Malcolm Torres

Thriller / Mystery / Contemporary

In sixty-four days, Senior Chief Brendan O'Reilly will retire after 30-years in the Navy, but today he's working on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Today, he has to stop daydreaming about visiting National Parks with his lovely wife, Diane, in their new motorhome. Today, Brendan O'Reilly has to keep himself and his shipmates alive.Sixty-four days from now, Senior Chief Brendan O'Reilly will retire after 30-years in the US Navy, but today he's working on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier—the most dangerous 4.5 acres on the planet. Today, he has to stop daydreaming about visiting National Parks with his lovely wife, Diane, in their new motorhome. Today, Brendan O'Reilly has to focus on keeping himself and his shipmates alive.
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The Pirate, Part I: The Traitor

The Pirate, Part I: The Traitor

Malcolm Torres

Thriller / Mystery / Contemporary

When Jack Turner was arrested for stealing a car in LA, the judge gave him a choice: Two-years on probation or join the military. Now Jack is aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter Almayer, 45-nautical miles south of Key West, Florida, standing watch as a lookout, searching for illegal aliens and drug runners.Young deckhand Jack Turner is 45-nautical miles south of Key West, Florida, aboard a Coast Guard Cutter. He's standing watch as a lookout, searching the open ocean for illegal aliens and drug smugglers. When he spots a speedboat that is trying to avoid detection, the chase begins. And so begins The Pirate, Part I: Treason a novel of adventure, thrills and crime that takes you from Los Angeles, to Miami, Key West and Puerto Rico, along with Drug Enforcement Agents, Coast Guard officers and ruthless drug King Pins. We ride along with Jack Turner as he goes on secret missions, gets involved on the wrong side of the law, connects with an old girlfriend who has a secret she's not sure Jack wants to hear.
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Bewitching Kisses (Bewitching Kisses Series)

Bewitching Kisses (Bewitching Kisses Series)

Rainy Kirkland

Mystery / Thriller

Betrayed by a greedy half-brother who coveted her inheritance, then accused by her superstitious Salem neighbors of practicing witchcraft, Sarah Townsend found herself kidnapped, sold into bondage, and thrown into the hold of a ship bound for Williamsburg Virginia. A Puritan who believes to show one's bare arm is a sin, now finds herself in Williamsburg.Betrayed by a greedy half-brother who coveted her inheritance, then accused by her superstitious Salem neighbors of practicing witchcraft, Sarah Townsend found herself kidnapped, sold into bondage, and thrown into the hold of a ship bound for Williamsburg Virginia. A Puritan who believes to show one's bare arm is a sin, now finds herself in Williamsburg where the residents strive to follow the latest fashions in London.REVIEWSA poignant, heartwarming story of a love that transcends religious, political, and cultural differences. This is an author to watch...Romantic Times MagazineRainy weaves an endearing tale of romance that will bring tears to your eyes and laughter that will capture your heart, Make room on your shelf - this one is a keeperJudy SpagnolaBook TrendsBewitchingly funny, tender and emotional... another winner from Kirkland's lyrical pen.Elaine BarbieriAuthorAUTHOR INFORMATIONA national award winning author - Rainy Kirkland has written several historical romances. A graduate from Maryland University, she spent time in the Peace Corp, then taught elementary school in New Jersey. Now living in Florida Ms. Kirkland has returned to her writing career. Look for the continuation of Bewitching Kisses in the second book of the series - Silver Flame coming soon.
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A Modern Love

A Modern Love

M. Glenn Aldridge

Thriller / Mystery / Fiction

Bonds will be made and misunderstandings abound at The Villa; a quaint apartment building in Northern Kentucky. David Kerr moves in to find a new life; while long-time resident, Miss Donna discovers new as well, only right outside her front door.A literary fiction novel based on the unknowing search for love and connection with another; at a time when it is needed most.There is no doubt that Magento currently is one of the most powerful and fast-growing ecommerce platforms. Over the past few years, not only the number of websites using Magento, but also the number of developers specialized in this platform have increased dramatically.In 2012, Magento started Magento Certification Exams which are geared toward professionals who want to differentiate themselves from the competition with the ultimate Magento credential. Store-owners also benefit from this since they can easily find a qualified developer to make sure their website is handled by trusted hands. Magento Certificate becomes valuable and indispensable to developers from all over the world who want to make money in Magento field. “How to pass Magento Certification Exam in 30 days” is written based on the 10 topics announced in the Study Guide of Magento. This book presents full knowledge of each topic as well as provides useful tips for developers to work with Magento. At the end of some topics, you can find questions that are designed to help revise what you have learned.
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