As wealthy financier, Hugh Mainwaring dictates his last will and testament to his private secretary, it would be impossible for him to imagine the sho...
One of the so-called "Chronicles of Carlingford", of which there were two short stories and five novels written from 1861 to 1876 by Margaret Oliphant...
Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories is a collection of four delightful stories by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The title story is about a young girl...
Jill the Reckless follows the journey of Jill Mariner, a young woman from a privileged background who finds herself suddenly penniless and disengaged....
The discovery of a body in a creek near the imposing 'House by the Lock' sets Noel Stanton on a quest to unravel a perplexing mystery. He suspects Car...
In 1840s New York City, a series of mysterious drownings plagues the wealthy elite. Detective Ebenezer Gryce, at the start of his career, takes on the...
The story follows Hunter, a wealthy and embittered man who returns to Berlin after many years. He soon learns that his ex-wife may have killed their t...
In Carolyn Wells's 'Deep Lake Mystery,' the reader is thrust into a perplexing puzzle when a well-liked and seemingly harmless wealthy man is found mu...
