Classica Libris: 325 books

No one ever would have guessed that one of the richest men in town wanted to marry Miranda—or why she had turned him down. But Miranda was faithful to another. And she relied on that faithfulness for the strength to clear the name of her secret love… and for the endurance to survive the hardship...

A memorable cast of characters, ready for battle, duelling, or love in this last completed historical novel of the Nobel Prize winner.

The year is 1623, the place Haarlem in the Netherlands. Diogenes — the first Sir Percy Blakeney, the Scarlet Pimpernel’s ancestor — and his friends Pythagoras and Socrates defend justice and the royalist cause. The famous artist Frans Hals also makes an appearance in this historical adventure....

In the title story, a young matron from a convalescent home is found dead in a quiet Maida Vale street. The Daily Telegraph ran an article headed “Murder or Suicide” on the subject of the mysterious death. In “The Hocussing of Cigarette” an earl’s racehorse is the victim of attempted poisoning....

A nameless, eccentric old man, sitting in the corner of a cozy London tea shop, uses pure deduction to solve a series of baffling crimes — from gruesome murders and cases of deadly blackmail, to daring thefts and brilliant deceptions. For devotees of Sherlock Holmes —ingenious, well-crafted twelve...

Filmed three times, At the Villa Rose is Mason and his cunning detective Hanaud at their best. Missing jewels; high adventure some one hundred and fifty kilometres from Geneva; a casino and blind love are all factors in a difficult case for Hanaud, which ultimately involves a gang of frightened murderers.

Book in which we again join Ricardo and Hanaud, this time in an ambiguous situation. A young, wealthy vagabond English man, Calladine, whom Ricardo knew before, hastily comes to Ricardo’s London home in the morning, while Hanaud happens to be visiting. Calladine, very agitated, still dressed formally...

The scene is the south of France. An English lady has been murdered and a beautiful American girl has disappeared. Discovered is a body with a severed hand and an opal bracelet somehow connected to devil worship. Clearly a case for Inspector Hanaud or the Sûreté and his English friend Mr. Ricardo....

On avait ri en France quand le savant Fulber a offert le plan d’une machine infernale capable de détruire à distance Berlin et par conséquent de terrifier assez l’Allemagne pour qu’elle cesse la guerre déclenchée en 1914. La preuve, pourtant, que l’invention est digne d’intérêt c’est...

In Return to Jalna, the Whiteoak family reunites after a year of separation. Piers, Renny, and Wakefield return in 1943 during the Second World War. Finch has been off on a concert tour, and Maurice has come home from Ireland. Fifteen-year-old Adeline returns from school and is now the stunning reflection...

Whiteoak Harvest chronicles the 1930s saga of Renny Whiteoak and his wife, Alayne. Finch Whiteoak and wife, Sarah, return from their honeymoon to upset the Jalna household with Eden Whiteoak's love child. Meanwhile Wakefield Whiteoak is engaged to Pauline Lebraux but is tormented by religious doubts.

Centenary at Jalna brings us to 1953 when the Whiteoaks gather to mark the 100th anniversary of their estate. It has now been a century since Captain Philip and Adeline Whiteoak arrived in Canada and built their legacy. While this should be a time of festivity for the clan, tension and discontent...

Beau Brocade is a historical novel set in England during the reign of King George II that centers around the title character who is similar to Robin Hood. The novel centres on the eponymous Beau Brocade, who is a former member of the Royal Dragoons and has been dismissed from his position due to a...

Madame Storey, the famous woman detective created by Hulbert Footner, is a character unique in detective fiction. The present volume consists of five of her most outstanding cases, and in these she proves once again how feminine intuition allied to more than ordinary deductive powers may solve some...