Download or read book A Gentleman s Gentleman Musaicum Vintage Mysteries written by Max Pemberton and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the rest of the world Nicolas Steele is a blackmailer, a burglar, a crook, linked with indefinite number of criminal deeds and actions, but for his valet, Steele is merely the master. After five years of service, Bigg offers his input in his master's endeavors and exploits, presenting his side of the truth, but not leaving out numerous astonishing facts and astounding details regarding Steel's criminal record. A Gentleman's Gentleman tell the is an action adventure mystery book assembled from certain pages from the life and strange adventures of Sir Nicolas Steele, as related by his valet Hildebrand Bigg.
Download or read book The Man in the Queue Musaicum Vintage Mysteries written by Josephine Tey and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A festive atmosphere envelops the line of people waiting for one of the last showings of a popular London musical comedy. Excitement is so big, and crowd is so large that people are being carried rather than walking. As the line eventually reaches the box office one man drops on his knees and slowly spreads on the floor. People jump to help, thinking he had fainted, but get horrified when they see a knife stuck in his back. There are so many witnesses, but nobody saw anything and nobody can tell when it happened as the man has been held upright for a while, carried by the moving crowd. Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard is summoned to investigate the case. Known for his wit and guile Inspector Grant will have to deal with a lot of false leads and clues, which will take him all the way to Scotland, in order to solve this mysterious murder case.
Download or read book The Clifford Affair Musaicum Vintage Mysteries written by Dorothy Fielding and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A headless corpse found in a flat becomes a source of tension for the police with his identity being linked to a Basque anarchist! Excerpt: "Look here, Pointer. Suppose you hand over the reins of that case you're on to Clark. He can carry on all right now. Superintendent Maybrick of Hampstead wants help. Or rather, I think he needs it. He's just been called in to a horrid mess, a murder, in one of the flats in his district. From certain things he thinks it's an anarchist plot gone wrong, 'biter bit' sort of thing," Major Pelham said vaguely; "he's got into touch with the Foreign Office already. So by this time there's sure to be some F.O. man sprinting along to have a first look."
Download or read book Whose Body Musaicum Vintage Mysteries written by Dorothy L. Sayers and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thipps, an architect, finds a dead body wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez in the bath of his London flat. Lord Peter Wimsey—a nobleman who has recently developed an interest in criminal investigation as a hobby—resolves to investigate the matter privately. Leading the official investigation is Inspector Sugg, who suggests that the body may be that of the famous financier Sir Reuben Levy, who disappeared from his bedroom in mysterious circumstances the night before. Sir Reuben's disappearance is in the hands of Inspector Charles Parker, a friend of Wimsey's. Although the body in the bath superficially resembles that of Sir Reuben, it quickly becomes clear that it is not him, and it appears that the cases may be unconnected! So whose body is it anyway? Read on!
Download or read book A Gentleman s Gentleman written by Max Pemberton and published by E-Artnow. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Charteris Mystery Musaicum Vintage Mysteries written by Dorothy Fielding and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rose Charteris' dead body at the bottom of a sand pit let the onlookers believe that probably she died due to a freak accident… But Chief Inspector Pointer is deeply suspicious as there are many people who will directly benefit from her murder! Excerpt: "Cockburn thought that the colonel looked vexed. An old scar on his forehead blazed a bar of crimson. A sign of anger. Yet he could hardly be annoyed with the girls for knowing where the professor was. But already the colonel had puzzled him on the courts. Generally a fine player—to-day! Cockburn eyed him as he cut a cigar unevenly, and decided that something was up. It was not Colonel Scarlett's habit to chip a Corona like that. Nor to hold it so tightly that it leaked. Nor to smoke it at a pace which would turn it into an overheated cabbage stalk."
Download or read book The Cask Musaicum Vintage Mysteries written by Freeman Wills Crofts and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A suspicious cask arrives in London dock which when unloading slips and cracks open to reveal gold sovereigns. While the bystanders scramble to pick up the gold, the dock inspector finds a hand of a dead woman buried underneath. To his absolute bewilderment, the next day, the cask has disappeared! Now it is up to Inspector Burnley of Scotland Yard to solve the mystery of the cask as well as the murder of the woman.
Download or read book Malcolm Sage Detective Musaicum Vintage Mysteries written by Herbert George Jenkins and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detective Malcolm Sage has been compared to both HerculePoirot and Sherlock Holmes in his style of detective work. Contents: Sir John Dene Receives His Orders The Strange Case of Mr.Challoner Malcolm Sage's Mysterious Movements The Surrey Cattle-Maiming Mystery Inspector Wensdale is Surprised The Stolen Admiralty Memorandum The Outrage at the Garage Gladys Norman Dines with Thompson The Holding Up of Lady Glanedale A Lesson in Deduction The Mcmurray Mystery The Marmalade Clue The Gylston Slander Malcolm Sage Plays Patience The Missing Heavyweight The Great Fight at the Olympia Lady Dene Calls on Malcolm Sage
Download or read book The Eames Erskine Case Musaicum Vintage Mysteries written by Dorothy Fielding and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dead body is found in a hotel's wardrobe and points towards an unfortunate case of drug-overdose. But Inspector Pointer is not convinced and treats it as a murder mystery. Is he right in his presumption? Or, is it indeed a drug-overdose case? Excerpt: "The door opened noiselessly, and four men came in. They were in plain clothes, and one carried a large box. "Evening," said the first. "I am Chief Inspector Pointer from New Scotland Yard. These are detectives Watts, Miller and Lester. What's wrong?" "I 'phoned," a tall young man answered crisply. "I am the manager of the hotel. This is Mr. Beale, an American gentleman to whom this room was let a couple of hours ago. It really belongs to a young fellow who is away for the week-end, but as there was no other room available we assigned it to this gentleman for the one night. Mr. Beale has just told me that there is something wrong about the wardrobe you see there. Kindly investigate that large knot-hole in the back for yourself, Inspector."
Download or read book Murder in the Night Musaicum Vintage Mysteries written by Arthur Gask and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Wacks was an unimpressive and weak man until he came across a mysterious "red paste." Suddenly, from a harmless being, he turned into a ruthless and cold-blooded killer! Like Jekyll and Hyde, he goes on a murder rampage in the night and during daytime becomes a detective to find the so-called murderer. Will Peter be able to outwit himself and stop his descent into chaos and madness? Or will he succumb under his negative self? Excerpt: "I shall never know what dreadful impulse compels me to write it all down. My life is so many, many times forfeit to the State that were my hideous secret to become known, even now, after all these years, within an hour infuriated crowds would gather at my gate and I should be torn limb from limb without the slightest hope of mercy or reprieve. I shall never be forgiven. My crimes were too brutal. I spared neither young nor old, and every deed of violence that could bring pain and horror it was fiendish joy to do..."
Download or read book The Red Paste Murders Musaicum Vintage Mysteries written by Arthur Gask and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will you forgive yourself if under an influence of a weird substance you turn into a ruthless murderer? What if you are a detective yourself and in-charge of the murder investigations? Will you surrender yourself or will you hide yourself from the law? Peter Wacks will soon learn it the hard way… Excerpt: "I shall never know what dreadful impulse compels me to write it all down. My life is so many, many times forfeit to the State that were my hideous secret to become known, even now, after all these years, within an hour infuriated crowds would gather at my gate and I should be torn limb from limb without the slightest hope of mercy or reprieve. I shall never be forgiven. My crimes were too brutal. I spared neither young nor old, and every deed of violence that could bring pain and horror it was fiendish joy to do..."
Download or read book The Ponson Case Musaicum Vintage Mysteries written by Freeman Wills Crofts and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the dead body of Sir William Ponson is found in a nearby river, he is presumed to have died due to drowning. But then the clues start pointing towards a gruesome murder. Now it is up to Inspector Tanner to find the owner of the mysterious footprints and prevent the estate from falling into the hands of Sir William's murderers.
Download or read book Jewel Mysteries from a Dealer s Note Musaicum Vintage Mysteries written by Max Pemberton and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jewel Mysteries, from a Dealer's Note is a collection of mystery stories featuring jewel dealer Bernard Sutton. Sutton is a smart, hard-headed Victorian gentleman and a client's money buys his jewels, but not his companionship or respect. His profession leads him down some captivating trails and he often finds it necessary to solve a puzzle or a crime in order to protect his business or a valuable client. Table of Contents: The Opal of Carmalovitch The Necklace of Green Diamonds The Comedy of the Jewelled Links Treasure of White Creek The Accursed Gems The Watch and the Scimitar The Seven Emeralds The Pursuit of the Topaz The Ripening Rubies My Lady of the Sapphires
Download or read book Oliver Twist Musaicum Children s Classics written by Charles Dickens and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musaicum Books presents the Musaicum Christmas Specials. We have selected the greatest classics of world literature for this joyful and charming holiday season, for all those who want to keep the spirit of Christmas alive with a heartwarming classic. Oliver Twist, subtitled The Parish Boy's Progress, is the story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Naïvely unaware of their unlawful activities, Oliver is led to the lair of their elderly criminal trainer Fagin.
Download or read book The Blue Carbuncle Musaicum Christmas Specials written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 1507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Christmas, Musaicum Books presents to you the Christmas case for the world's most famous detective. As London prepares for Christmas, newspapers report the theft of the near-priceless gemstone, the "Blue Carbuncle", from the hotel suite of the Countess of Morcar. John Horner, a plumber and a previously convicted felon, is soon arrested for the theft. Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Watson set out across the city to determine how the jewel travelled from the Countess of Morcar's hotel room to the goose's crop. Contents: Sherlock's Christmas Case: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Hound of the Baskervilles The Valley of Fear A Scandal in Bohemia The Red-Headed League A Case of Identity The Boscombe Valley Mystery The Five Orange Pips The Man with the Twisted Lip The Speckled Band The Engineer's Thumb The Noble Bachelor The Beryl Coronet The Copper Beeches Silver Blaze The Yellow Face The Stock-Broker's Clerk The "Gloria Scott" The Musgrave Ritual The Reigate Puzzle The Crooked Man The Resident Patient The Greek Interpreter The Naval Treaty The Final Problem The Empty House The Norwood Builder The Dancing Men The Solitary Cyclist The Priory School The Black Peter The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton The Six Napoleons The Three Students The Golden Pince-Nez The Missing Three-Quarter The Abbey Grange The Second Stain The Wisteria Lodge The Red Circle The Cardboard Box The Bruce-Partington Plans The Dying Detective The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax The Devil's Foot His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes The Field Bazaar How Watson Learned the Trick Sherlock Holmes: A Drama in Four Act The Crown Diamond: An Evening with Sherlock Holmes An Intimate Study of Sherlock Holmes
Download or read book The Man in the Queue Musaicum Vintage Mysteries written by Josephine Tey and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A festive atmosphere envelops the line of people waiting for one of the last showings of a popular London musical comedy. Excitement is so big, and crowd is so large that people are being carried rather than walking. As the line eventually reaches the box office one man drops on his knees and slowly spreads on the floor. People jump to help, thinking he had fainted, but get horrified when they see a knife stuck in his back. There are so many witnesses, but nobody saw anything and nobody can tell when it happened as the man has been held upright for a while, carried by the moving crowd. Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard is summoned to investigate the case. Known for his wit and guile Inspector Grant will have to deal with a lot of false leads and clues, which will take him all the way to Scotland, in order to solve this mysterious murder case.
Download or read book A Gentleman Called written by Dorothy Salisbury Davis and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
