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When our detective star Carlton Davies is called to the home of Ruth Darwin late at night, he once again can't help questioning what it was that forced her to marry Phillip Darwin, a powerful banker. Ruth and he and been engaged until suddenly she broke off the engagement. Hinting at some sort of extortion, Carlton once more takes up the search to find out what it was only to find Ruth with a (literally) smoking gun in her hand... An old fashioned mystery that will have the listener guessing from beginning to end! A classic whodunit filled with plot twists.

The story's hero, Clement, is a man with a past. Should he reveal to his newly found love his secrets? Will it be worth jeopardizing the happiness of the short time they will have together, since the young woman is, presumably, fatally ill? A romance set in a border mining town in Colorado, this novel is for those of us who are incorrigible romantics at heart.

A woman in distress, a handsome hero, a dangerous villain, psychological suspense and real scares all exist in this classic tale with a gothic feel: "Never, it seemed to me, had I seen a habitation so grim, so silently suggestive of haunting, evil things… The wind moaned through the trees like the wail of a lost soul." The story has its feet firmly planted in a mix of genres and manages to thrill and entertain in equal measure.

This is a humorous, fast paced, high octane pulpy adventure for diehard fans of the mystery genre! The listener is introduced to detective Quentin Locke (based on Houdini), who investigates a cartel protected by a robot called the Automaton and the members of which use a gaseous weapon called Madagascar Madness! The hero can get himself freed of some of the strangest and most dangerous situations...

Meticulously detailed, this classical courtroom drama has a story that flashes back and forth in time. As mostly science fiction writer Edgar Pangborn switches to the detective genre; we get this successful and suspenseful novel of a murder case against our female protagonist Callista Blake...

Two brothers and a female cousin live in a distant cabin in the wilderness. The oldest brother is hiding from the law because of murder, so the younger brother must do the trading in town (they are trapping for a living). One day, while Hugh (the convict) leaves the cabin, he meets a girl who is sun blind. He falls in love and uses her momentary blindness to his advantage. The only problem is that his younger brother, Pete, falls in love with her too...

The story, set mostly in the remote harshness of Canada and the lumberjack community, involves three main protagonists, two men and a woman; who get in to something of a triangle drama of the heart and the conscience… A great, classic combination of action, love, atmosphere and personal dilemmas of the characters make this Western something to really appreciate.

A lady at risk who appears to suffer from amnesia, a man trying to solve it all with her, wanting to prove her innocence of the murder charge pinned on her; who is she? What did she do? What really transpired, and why is her father in danger as well? Classic, adventurous and nail biting writing – that could be straight from a classic Hitchcock film!

A vivid and unforgettable portrayal of the hard lives of New England fishermen...The tough captain of a vessel is working his crew extremely hard. So hard that one member pays with his life. A close friend of the deceased fisherman decides to take his place on board the vessel.

David Carrigan, a Royal Northwest Canadian Mounty always gets the job done.

Bob Sumner is required to adapt to all kinds of challenges in the unfamiliar milieu of "the new moon" in this fascinating action and adventure story set mostly in northern British Columbia and the Rocky Mountains...

A fascinating and comprehensive study of an equally fascinating historical text (the Pinckney Draught) posing the penetrating question: what if Charles Pinckney was the author of the U.S. Constitution? And if so: why did nothing come of it? Was there foul play behind shut doors?

Welcome to the delightful warming humor and equally warming wisdom of these nine essay-like tales by Jessie Benton Frémont, all exemplifying the old adage of "Where there's a will, there's a way!" Contents: The Deck Hand, Kit Carson, A Picnic Near the Equator, Play and Work, A Long Horror, Missmillie, The Two Wills, The Hat of the Postmaster, The Good Samaritan

A classic Sci-Fi tale that chronicles the last catastrophic phases of our planet and its inhabitants. The true villain of this fascinating piece is excess carbon dioxide! The consequences on the earth, plant life, animals and humans are vividly imagined and described: giant insects, weird fungi, poisonous air and gases, fighting and conflict amongst humanity... How, or rather, how badly will all of this end?

A terrifying story of spiritual reincarnation and transference that grabs the listener from the start and never lets go. It plays out very much in the style of psychological horror master Edgar Alan Poe: a sinister atmosphere, a character in distress, scary and inexplicable things happening... The narrator as a troubled and slightly sadistic young man is forced to live with his grandmother. Resenting the situation, he takes it out on her blue eyed cat. Soon both grandmother and cat die. Seventeen years later our narrator meets a beautiful, young, intensely blue eyed woman that becomes his wife.

Welcome to the incredible world of Ambrose Bierce! A true master of the weird, eccentric, macabre and even grotesque horror story. The 24 tales in this collection are often deceptively simple, needing the reader to re-evaluate what has transpired and realizing that the pieces of the puzzle - often quite dreamlike - makes for something bigger and more sinister than just the finished work.

This is a gently self-deprecating, ironic and sadly humorous tale of a widower's last shot at happiness in love... John, a well to do and reasonably well preserved (according to himself) middle aged widower, falls for a much younger person. A person while delightful, not entirely unproblematic: she is the orphaned daughter of his very first love.

This fascinating story is all about the captivating topic of time travel and the possibility of there being many copies of oneself in doing the traveling! The present year is 2178 and time travel has been illegalized. One highly skilled time traveler, Tom Mallory; decides to steal the Holy Grail, so as to be able to see out the rest of his days in prosperity. Of course, things will prove to be not so easy.

In this warm and wonderful tale, we follow the humorous events surrounding the coastal community in Cape Cod... The amusing events focus on and around eccentric old "inventor" Willie Spence, his housekeeper Celestine and, most notably, a would-be couple by the name of Robert and Delight.

This suspenseful and adventurous story is set in North Canada. It centers around The Long Journey, which is an euphemism for an indirect order to kill a person who has become a liability to the company, in practice this meant sending out the offender alone and with almost no provisions on a long trek in the wilderness, to face an almost certain death. But the Hudson Bay trading company did not count on young and handsome offender Ned Trent being so resourceful and resilient!