Black Heath Editions: 118 books

Julian Edermont lives at the Red House with his ward, Dora Carew and his old friend, Lambert Joad. But things are amiss at the House. First, Edermont suffers a panic attack at church, during the section of the Litany that prays for deliverance from murder and sudden death. Then, he has a terrible...

A murder in the quiet English village of Chippingholt is only the first in a series of trials that will shape the lives of Brenda Scarse and her lover Harold Burton. Who is the mysterious stranger, so closely resembling Brenda's father, who was seen near the scene of the crime? And why does the dead...

The Rev. Sidney Challoner is a pious old-fashioned man who wants only the best for his children. But times are changing – and his children’s destinies belong to a modern age more daring than Challoner’s outlook can encompass. Michael is less interested in Greek iambics than in pursuing his gift...

A series of stories - some realistic, some whimsical, some fantastic - illustrative of life in late-Victorian Britain and its colonies. Originally published in the 1890s as part of John Lane's 'Keynotes' series of contemporary fiction.

Dr Ellis is enjoying a quiet evening with his journalist friend Cass, when their mysterious neighbour, Mrs Moxton, bursts in upon them with startling news - her husband has been murdered! Rushing to the scene, the two men discover Mr Moxton, stabbed in the back, the only clue to his assailant a mysterious...

Meet Octavius Rixton, a young Victorian gentleman who leads a double life as Octavius Fanks, detective. When a man is found dead of a morphine overdose in the village of Jarlchester, the jury decide upon a verdict of suicide. But Fanks isn't so sure. As he investigates he becomes increasingly suspicious...