Joseph Fletcher: 65 books

  Spizey came still nearer to his companion. He was one of those men who when disposed to confidential communication have a trick of getting as close as possible to their victims, and of poking and prodding them. Again he stuck his finger into Bunning's ribs.  ...

Excerpt: "This was the third week of Selwood’s secretaryship to Jacob Herapath. Herapath was a well-known man in London. He was a Member of Parliament, the owner of a sort of model estate of up-to-date flats, and something of a crank about such matters as ventilation, sanitation, and lighting....

Wer ist der Tote, den Richard Viner bei einem abendlichen Spaziergang auffindet? Welches Geheimnis steckt hinter seiner Vergangenheit, die der Unbekannte aus Australien nach London mitbrachte? Stück für Stück fügt sich das geheimnisvolle Rätsel zusammen, in dem auch der Adel eine Rolle zu spielen...

Der Archivar Middlebrook wird von Francis Raven, dem Schlossherrn auf Ravensdene Court, eingeladen, alte Dokumente und Bücher zu sichten und zu archivieren. Bereits bei der Wanderung zum Schloss trifft er auf einen seltsamen Seemann, der auf der Suche nach den Gräbern der Familie Netherfield ist....

Excerpt: "Every Monday morning, when the clock of the old parish church in Scarnham Market-Place struck eight, Wallington Neale asked himself why on earth he had chosen to be a bank clerk. On all the other mornings of the week this question never occurred to him: on Sunday he never allowed...

In the whole history of the English people there is no period so absolutely heroic, so full of enthralling interest, as that in which the might of England made itself apparent by land and sea—the period which saw good Queen Bess mistress of English hearts and Englishmen and sovereign of the great beginnings which have come to such a magnificent fruition under Victoria.

»Ist Mr. Richard Malvery zu Hause?« fragte er. Der alte Mann trat einen Schritt zurück und hob die Hand, als ob er die Augen beschatten wollte, während er zu dem Reiter aufschaute. »Mr. Richard?« erwiderte er dann kopfschüttelnd. »Fragten Sie nach Mr. Richard? Der ist in den letzten fünf...

When the great actor, Bassett Oliver, who was a martinet for punctuality, failed to turn up to a rehearsal which he himself had called, his business manager guessed that something had happened. It had. But it took more than one set of brains to discover the truth, and another set of very curious circumstances...

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. According to an entry in my book of engagements, I left London for Ravensdene Court on March 8th, 1912. Until about a fortnight earlier I had never heard of the place, but there was nothing remarkable in my ignorance...