Colonial Administrator Sanders is known for exploiting the people of Liberia. But when he encounters the one man three steps ahead of him, all that is about to change. Both a conma ...

Adapted into episode one of the TV mini-series, The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells – starring Ray Winstone and Michael Gambon – The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham is a short story ...

It is a golden rule: if you visit or move to a new area and the locals issue a chilling warning, abide by it.In books and films, the golden rule is to ignore it.Take ´American Were ...

The beautiful and ambitious Ivy got exactly what she wanted when she married Jervis Lexton for his money.At least, she thought she had.In fact, she got a whole lot less than she ba ...

Paris in the late 18th century was a place where it was wise to keep your head - or risk losing it.Countless people 'sneezed into the basket' that stood beneath the blade of the fe ...

In this tale of adventure, romance, treachery, intrigue, and vengeance, a young woman named Wanda is out riding her horse when she stumbles upon the dead body of Arthur Shandon. Th ...

Laying the foundations for Clint Eastwood’s nameless character in ‘The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly,’ ‘The Virginian’ is a landmark novel of the western genre. The eponymous hero is ...

‘Lady Audley's Secret’ by Mary Elizabeth Braddon is a Victorian sensation novel and her most famous and well-known work. In this story, which combines elements from detective novel ...

"Green Tea" tells the haunting story of a man plagued by a demonic monkey. The unnamed narrator, a trained surgeon who can’t practice because of the loss of two of his fingers, is ...

‘At Pinney's Ranch’ (1898) is a short story by the American author, Edward Bellamy, most famous for his socialist and utopian novel ‘Looking Backward: 2000-1887’ (1888).It was love ...

Three suspects. Three motives. One dead body. Emil Louba is a wealthy club-owning criminal with more enemies than friends. One night, three men with three different grudges decide ...

A man and his guide enter the vast, labyrinthine Mammoth Cave. However, this is not an advert for Visit Kentucky, so you can predict the next plot line.The man loses his guide. The ...

‘Greenmantle’ is the second of five John Buchan novels in which we follow the adventures and exploits of Brigadier-General Richard Hannay.In ‘Greenmantle’ we reunite with Richard H ...

Hilda Wade is a nurse working for the famous doctor Hubert Cumberledge. He admires Hilda and their friendship grows stronger with every passing day. Hilda’s past and her future goa ...

Jerry Stokes is a hangman in Kingston. One day, he refuses to hang a convicted murderer because he is not so convinced that the man is actually guilty. This is the first time in hi ...

Lois Cayley is an intelligent, young, attractive and independent woman who is forced to face the world on her own after the death of her stepfather. Since there is nothing left to ...

J. Arbuthnot Wilson is about to spend a memorable New Year’s Eve. He and the group he is travelling with were going to visit the sealed pyramid of Abu Yilla on the next day but Wil ...

"Twelve Tales" is a unique collection of short stories selected by Grant Allen himself. The stories are a vivid combination of horror, science fiction and detective tales. The intr ...

Doctor Nikola sets out on another adventure, which this time leads him to Venice. There he meets the old acquaintance – Richard Hatteras – whose fiancée Nikola had kidnapped, and t ...

‘Inside the Lines’ (1915) is a gripping novel by American writers Earl Derr Biggers and Robert Wells Ritchie.On the eve of the First World War as preparations for the conflict are ...

It is sometimes difficult to know who most deserves our judgement.Do we look down more upon a shop owner for inventing a royal backstory for one of his items - or is the customer w ...

Nätstrippan Ken hittas halvnaken och död vid Stadshusbron i Stockholm. Kommissarie Jörgen Bergh och hans utredningsgrupp tar sig an fallet. Genom många och långa förhör och undersö ...

Torbjörn Frisk, del 5. Ett våldtäktsförsök anmäls i en park i centrala Lund. Polisen är snabbt på plats men chocken blir stor när de genomsöker parken och finner ett lik. Ju mer po ...

Tänker ÖB förhandla om fred nu? Vi kan omöjligt fortsätta slåss när vår motståndare använder sig av strategiska kärnvapen mot våra städer. Kriget har brutit ut. Kinesiska och rysk ...

Del sju: Singöserien.En kall vintermorgon upptäcks en medtagen man som driver i en båt. Ett par som rastar hunden lyckas få honom iland. Mannen talar inte svenska och är knappt vid ...