Black Heath Editions: 118 books

When Rudolph Carrant falls to his death near his home on the Kent coastline, very few mourn his loss. But was his death accidental? Or was he pushed? Carrant’s cousin is convinced the young man was murdered, and when Inspector Dillock of the Yard is called in to investigate, he discovers that there is no shortage of suspects…

One summer evening, Rupert Hendle, Squire of the English village of Barship, is visited by the Vicar, the Reverend Leigh. The clergyman has some terrible news to impart - during his researches into local history, he has uncovered an old will that disinherits the present Squire in favour of Rupert's...

A man is found poisoned at the foot of Cleopatra's Needle on London's Embankment, apparently having taken his own life. His identity is a mystery that Octavius Rixton (alias Octavius Fanks, detective) is determined to solve. A mysterious cryptogram leads Fanks to believe that oriental antiquities...

On a snowy December night, shortly after Christmas, the inhabitants of Chadston village are gathered in the Hall to enjoy a display of animated pictures. All, that is, except Alice Marvel, who is startled by an unexpected visitor - her old friend the dwarf Evan Berrow, who has come to renew his proposal...

During the long walk to visit an old friend in the cathedral town of Moncaster, Eric Baker passes through the deserted village of Old Dexleigh. Investigating the abandoned church, he overhears a plot to kidnap a man named Harding. Baker is determined to foil this villainous enterprise - but in doing...

Fergus Hume's Gothic mystery begins one evening in late-nineteenth-century Verona, when a young Englishman loses his way and finds himself lost in an eerie graveyard. Seeing a mysterious woman emerge from one of the tombs, he follows her to a deserted mansion, where he witnesses a murder worthy of...

When Denham decides to stay the night at the creepy Fen Inn, he is surprised to find his old friend Francis Briarfield a fellow-guest. He is even more surprised, upon waking the following day, to find the inn deserted and Briarfield murdered. The mystery deepens when Denham rushes to inform Briarfield's...

John Plowden is a young solicitor with a modest dream - a house of his own in quiet suburbia, where he can engage in undisturbed study of his beloved Classics. A gamble on the stock market enables him to purchase No. 20 Walden Road. But all is not well and soon, Plowden becomes convinced that his...

A man is plagues by a faceless apparition... A mysterious creature stalks the old Roman road at dusk... A child's ghost haunts a country house at Christmas... G.M. Robins, who also wrote as 'Mrs Baillie Reynolds', was a successful author of bestselling romances. She reveals...

A travelling hypnotist with a passion for stories places chance acquaintances in a trance and records the tales they have to tell. This is the conceit linking this set of fantastical stories, in which hidden treasure, the legendary deeds of Robin Hood, terrible spectres, haunted hilltops, a conversation...

Marie Corelli was one of the most popular writers of the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Her bestselling novels of the occult thrilled millions of readers with their tales of romance and the spirit world. Corelli also wrote a number of supernatural short stories, all of which are published together...

As the title suggests, H.D. Lowry's short stories present a series of episodes that illustrate some of the particular tragedies besetting all kinds of Victorian women. The tales are varied in theme and tone, including stories of disenchanted children, jealous lovers, abandoned wives, vengeful witches,...

One of R.H. Benson's most beautiful books, "The Light Invisible" is a series of stories told by an elderly English priest. In it, Benson uses the supernatural to ruminate on the theme of faith and the role played by God and the Devil in earthly affairs. The effect is by turns comforting...

A prolific contributor to the popular periodicals of her day, Bithia Mary Croker was an Irish novelist whose work memorably portrays everyday life in colonial India. Today, she is perhaps best remembered for her ghost stories, twenty of which are presented in this comprehensive collection of Croker's...