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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Holst

The Looting of the Specie Room

The Looting of the Specie Room

The R.M.S Oceanic is attempting the fastest-ever transatlantic crossing. In the ship’s specie room (the strong room at the bottom of the ship’s hold), there is a valuable consignment of gold bullion. When that disappears, not only is the transatlantic record in jeopardy, but so is

The Moabite Cipher

The Moabite Cipher

London, 1912. Before the state visit of the Russian Grand Duke, there is an anarchist plot to assassinate him. A mysterious cipher could lead to the ring leaders of the conspiracy, but the subsequent event nearly costs R. Austin Freeman’s Dr. John Thorndyke his life.

Anonymous Letters

Anonymous Letters

Who is the author of the series of vile anonymous letters received by the Countess Nadja, the wife of the Archduke Othmar? Against the sparkling background of high-society Vienna at the turn of the century, Balduin Groller’s Dagobert Trostler must find the solution, even if it gives him little

The Superfluous Finger

The Superfluous Finger

When a beautiful young woman asks a London surgeon to cut off one of her perfectly healthy fingers, there must surely be an intriguing reason for this. Jacques Futrelle’s Prof. van Dusen is called upon to “think” his way to a solution.

The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Holst

The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Holst

Lieutenant Holst, a quiet, unambitious but stubborn members of the Copenhagen police force, gets involved in an international situation. His orders are countermanded by his superiors, and as a result a tragic death occurs. Left to his own devices and instincts, could Holst have saved a man’s life?

The Secret of the Magnifique

The Secret of the Magnifique

Laxworthy, an elderly gentleman, conceives a plan of great international importance. With the aid of two ex-convicts, he secures the safety of the plans for the first torpedo to be used by the French Navy. In their service to the French government, they will, of course, stand to make a

Cell

Cell

The door shuts with a dull metal clang. Professor van Dusen is locked in the Condemned Cell – Cell 13. Between him and freedom are the cell walls, 7 locked steel doors, an 18-foot high wall, and 25 yards of clear ground lit by searchlights. He claims he will “think” his

The Looting of the Specie Room

The Looting of the Specie Room

The R.M.S Oceanic is attempting the fastest-ever transatlantic crossing. In the ship’s specie room (the strong room at the bottom of the ship’s hold), there is a valuable consignment of gold bullion. When that disappears, not only is the transatlantic record in jeopardy, but so is

The Moabite Cipher

The Moabite Cipher

London, 1912. Before the state visit of the Russian Grand Duke, there is an anarchist plot to assassinate him. A mysterious cipher could lead to the ring leaders of the conspiracy, but the subsequent event nearly costs R. Austin Freeman’s Dr. John Thorndyke his life.

Anonymous Letters

Anonymous Letters

Who is the author of the series of vile anonymous letters received by the Countess Nadja, the wife of the Archduke Othmar? Against the sparkling background of high-society Vienna at the turn of the century, Balduin Groller’s Dagobert Trostler must find the solution, even if it gives him little

The Superfluous Finger

The Superfluous Finger

When a beautiful young woman asks a London surgeon to cut off one of her perfectly healthy fingers, there must surely be an intriguing reason for this. Jacques Futrelle’s Prof. van Dusen is called upon to “think” his way to a solution.

The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Holst

The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Holst

Lieutenant Holst, a quiet, unambitious but stubborn members of the Copenhagen police force, gets involved in an international situation. His orders are countermanded by his superiors, and as a result a tragic death occurs. Left to his own devices and instincts, could Holst have saved a man’s life?

The Secret of the Magnifique

The Secret of the Magnifique

Laxworthy, an elderly gentleman, conceives a plan of great international importance. With the aid of two ex-convicts, he secures the safety of the plans for the first torpedo to be used by the French Navy. In their service to the French government, they will, of course, stand to make a

Cell

Cell

The door shuts with a dull metal clang. Professor van Dusen is locked in the Condemned Cell – Cell 13. Between him and freedom are the cell walls, 7 locked steel doors, an 18-foot high wall, and 25 yards of clear ground lit by searchlights. He claims he will “think” his