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She Faded into Air – ebook
Ethel Lina White
Ethel Lina White tried to confuse us again. In the story „She Faded into Air” a lot of thinking is needed, there is some logical chain. The main character, Evelyn Cross, disappears in a tannic manner when she enters a London apartment. Detectives get down to business, but not so simple.Data dostępności:
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Anna the Adventuress – ebook
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Annabelle Pelissier, for his own reasons, allows Sir John Ferringhall to believe that she is his sister Hannah. Anna continues to cheat and bear the burden of her sister’s reputation, which in any case in Paris is a coquette. Infinite complications occur when both sisters return to London. This is one of the most intriguing stories of E. Philips Oppenheim.Data dostępności:
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A Pulpit in the Grill Room – ebook
E. Phillips Oppenheim
In 1914, after seven years of service in the most famous room in the Grill Room in London, he dropped his very favorable position and went to France. In 1919, he came from a war with two crutches and many medals. He came to Paris and looked enviously at the funny scenes in the cafe, and thought that it was all over for him.Data dostępności:
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Devil’s Dice – ebook
William Le Queux
Let me gaze down the vista of the tristful past. Ah! there are things that cannot be uttered; there are scenes that still entrance me, and incidents so unexpected and terrible that they cause me even now to hold my breath in horror. The prologue of this extraordinary drama of London life was enacted three years ago; its astounding dénouement occurred quite recently.Data dostępności:
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The Bomb-Makers – ebook
William Le Queux
Being some Curious Records concerning the Craft and Cunning of Theodore Drost, an enemy alien in London, together with certain Revelations regarding his daughter Ella The pair had been discussing certain schemes to the detriment of the English: schemes which, in the main, depended upon the crafty old Drost’s expert knowledge of high-explosives.Data dostępności:
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Der Derbysieger – ebook
Edgar Wallace
John Pentridge verliert im Spielkasino von Monte Carlo große Summen und wird danach diskret aus dem Haus gewiesen. „Heute abend habt ihr mich geschröpft, aber morgen bin ich wieder da und bringe genug Geld mit für große Einsätze! „ Tatsächlich gelingen ihm riesige Gewinne. Am selben Abend geschieht in Monte Carlo ein Mord. John Pentridge eilt nach London zum Pferde-Derby in Epsom...Data dostępności:
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Real Dramas – ebook
Fred M. White
Frederick Merrick White (1859–1935) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name „Fred M. White” including the six „Doom of London” science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include „The Four Days’ Night”, in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; „The Dust of Death”, in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers;...Data dostępności:
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The Lust of Hate – ebook
Guy Boothby
Each person at some point in his life begins an adventure, after which he is destined to look back with a sensation very close to surprise. Someone said that adventure is for adventure. The vocation of a sailor in these times of giant steamboats is so much different from what it was in the old days of sailing ships and long voyages, that with the most ordinary luck, a person could easily climb along...Data dostępności:
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The Cloven Foot – ebook
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The novel has two stories that at first glance seem unconnected, but most readers will be able to find out the connection. The first is about the situation of artificial inheritance. John Treverton must marry Laura Malcolm within a year or lose his inheritance. In another story, French ballerina Zaire Chico lives an absent-minded life in Parisian and London theaters. In the end, the mystery of the...Data dostępności:
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The Golden Bat – ebook
Fred M. White
Fred M. White’s hobby is to confuse the reader from the very first pages. The same happens in The Golden Bat, from the very first phrases we learn about a real confident man, Lytton Barle. He was the head of the Secret Squad at New Scotland. His friend, Ray, came to London to find a man who stole $ 40,000 from him. Ray joins the Secret Squad. Together, two comrades are going to make noise and punish...Data dostępności:
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