Miss Cornelia Van Gorder wants some adventure in her life, so she rents a large mansion to see what she can stir up. There, she is confronted by an embezzlement problem and a murderous masked...
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Author: Rinehart, Mary RobertsSummary: -
Author: DunsanySummary:
When his people tell him that they want a magic lord to rule them, the Lord of Erl sends his son Alveric to retrieve Lirazel, daughter of the King of Elfland, to be his wife. At first, the King...
Genre: Fantasy fiction, Young adult fiction -
Author: Rayburn, JohnSummary:
Travel is one thing, but really going somewhere is something else. Here are first-hand tales of exciting places to see in the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and the United Kingdom.
Genre: Guidebooks, Travel writing -
Author: Van Dine, S. S.Summary:
In 1920s New York a playboy stockbroker, Alvin Benson, is found murdered in his brownstone mansion. Amateur detective Philo Vance arrives first on the scene. He is at once intrigued by the absence...
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Author: Poe, Edgar AllanSummary:
This audiobook features two of Poe's horror variety tales, "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Tell-Tale Heart," as well as two of his more famous poems, "The...
Genre: Horror fiction, Short stories -
Author: Christie, AgathaSummary:
Hercule Poirot sets off to northern France to visit a friend, only to find the same friend stabbed to death and left in a fresh grave near the golf course. Now he must put his little grey cells to...
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Author: Christie, AgathaSummary:
Captain Arthur Hastings was an ongoing friend and adventure companion of the often exuberant Belgian investigator. In the tales related by Hastings, we soon discover the supremely confident little...
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The materials of the following collection have been carefully chosen from more than a hundred volumes of the fairy lore of all nations; and none of them, so far as the Editor was aware, had been...
Genre: Classic fiction, Essays