Black Editions: 227 books

Gilbert Tresham is at a low ebb. Alone in the world, with his hopes of becoming a professional author dashed by countless refusals, he accepts a post as tutor at The Priory - the grand country seat of the Harley family, which is said to be haunted by the ghost of a former Prior. But when he gets there...

When Sir Piers Lametry is found murdered in the library of Landy Court, all the evidence points towards an opportunistic attempt to steal the family heirloom, the precious 'Sacred Ring'. But things are not so simple as they first appear. Burglar-turned-detective, Mr. Drage, soon discovers that every...

Douglas Fairfax has always yearned for adventure, which is why he relishes the opportunity to be taken on as ship’s doctor aboard the Seeker. But Doctor Fairfax is in for a more macabre voyage than he bargained for, as he discovers when a small pleasure craft, the ’Liza Jane is found adrift –...

Spencer Tait is looking forward to reading 'A Whim of Fate', the latest mystery story from the pen of John Parver. Meanwhile, his friend Claude is disturbed by the discovery of a terrible tragedy in his family's past. But when Claude tells Tait of his recent discoveries, his friend is astonished -...

Mona Caird's powerful novella tells the story of three young people, and the love triangle that leads them to challenge the prejudices of their rural community. Originally published in 1891, Caird's study of the conflict between social expectations and individual choice is at once a moving character...

When Lizzie Melladew is murdered, a friend of the family turns detective. A tip off from a former servant leads the amateur investigator to Devlin - a mysterious barber with extraordinary and uncanny abilities. Devlin agrees to use these to help discover the killer. But is Devlin well-named? Is there,...

When the barrister Ashley Tempest is called in to assist the trustees of the late Sir John Rellingham, he finds himself faced with a tantalising mystery: why has Sir John established a trust to safeguard £20,000 of his inheritance, without telling the trustess for whom, or for what reason the...

Griffin Scott is an advertising executive with a passion for detection - and Gillmore, the journalist and author, is thrilled to be allowed to accompany Scott as he assists the police in solving a baffling murder. Helen Brill Kent, famed society beauty, has been shot in her New York apartment. Having...

When Bertrand Newhall shoots himself, journalist John Ashley is determined to make the most of the scandal. But when the suicide is revealed to be a case of murder, and when Ashley falls in love with the sister of prime suspect Walter Thorpe, his position becomes a difficult one as he struggles to...

Why did Reginald Granby die? Was it murder? And if so, who killed him? The chief suspect is George Granby, the deceased’s half-brother and heir to the family estate. There couldn’t possibly be any other suspects with sufficient motive… could there? So the authorities come to believe. But the...

When three American archaeologists open an ancient Egyptian tomb, they discover the impossibly preserved body of a long-dead queen. But is the queen really as dead as she appears? When members of the expedition start to go missing, it appears that terrifying unearthly forces may be at work... ...

A distraught woman is haunted by the ghost of her dead husband on a voyage to England... or is she? A billiard-room echoes to the sounds of a spectral game... A haunted tower reveals its terrifying secret on Christmas Eve... A family dog appears to foretell a terrible danger......

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...

Robert Driver is temporarily fulfilling the post of parson at Long Wilton, a position he finds tedious in the extreme. But the monotony is relieved in terrible fashion when, one snowy evening, his friend Peters is found murdered at his country house, Grenvile Comb. Driver takes an interest in the...