M Mcdonnell Bodkin: 6 books

The theme of this Megapack is classic mystery and crime fiction from the Victorian era. We have taken the liberty of extending the qualifying publication dates to the end of World War I, since that event marked more of a turning point in world literature than the advent of the Edwardian Age. Certainly...

Paul Beck is the greatest detective in England, though he would never admit it. Modest and unassuming, Beck attributes his success to luck and common sense, insisting that the solution to most mysteries can be gained by the application of a 'rule of thumb'. But his clients know better and Beck is...

In Paul Beck, the barrister Matthias McDonnell Bodkin created a sleuth to rival Sherlock Holmes himself. A modest and unassuming detective, Beck attributes his successes to common sense and luck. His clients know better, however, and his fierce intellect is exemplified at every turn in this second...

Dora Myrl is a modern young woman of astonishing accomplishments, having been educated at Cambridge and trained as a medical doctor. Her profession, however, is that of private investigator - a lady detective whom men underestimate at their peril! In these twelve tales Dora pits her wits against villainous...

Launcelot William Henry Trevor, seventh Earl Tresham, has made his fortune on the back of an incredible process for manufacturing rubies of a delicious pigeon-blood red. The formula is a closely guarded secret, passed down to each subsequent Earl on his twenty-first birthday. When the Earl...

“Mr. Beck, I presume. I am Miss Dora Myrl. I can hardly flatter myself you have heard of me before?” Phil Armitage is hopelessly in love with Norma Lee - and she with him. Unfortunately, the course of true love does not run smooth as Norma's father is reluctant to allow his daughter to...