Espionage
The Riddle of the Sands
Containing many realistic details based on Childers' own sailing trips along the German North Sea coast, the book is the retelling of a yach…
The Trevor Case
The nation's capital was astir at the untimely and curious death of the young wife of the Attorney General, Edmund Trevor. She had obviously…
The Return of Clubfoot
Whilst spending a holiday in a small Central American Republic, Desmond Okewood, of the Secret Service, learns from a dying beachcomber of a…
The Zeppelin's Passenger
The Zeppelin’s Passenger is a tale of German espionage in England during World War I. Dreymarsh is a fictional “backwater” area in England w…
John Dene of Toronto
John Dene comes to England with a great invention, and the intention of gingering-up the Admiralty. His directness and unconventional method…
Phineas Redux
Phineas Finn is the fourth in Trollope's series of six Palliser novels. At the end of Phineas Finn, the second novel in the series, Phineas…
The Masquerader
In the London fog, two men bump into each other one night. They are immediately unnerved by their exact resemblance to each other. Jack Chil…
The Devil's Paw
In a world teetering on the brink of chaos, The Devil's Paw weaves a complex tale of loyalty and deception. At its heart is a beautiful and …
The Moneychangers
A story of white collar crime and intrigue told from the point of view of Montague, a member of the privileged class of New York. Montague w…
The Spy
James Fenimore Cooper's second novel, The Spy (1821), is based on Sir Walter Scott's Waverly series, and tells an adventure tale about the A…
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories
In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious s…
The Vanished Messenger
A conference of European nations is being held in the Hague. England has not been invited to attend. Some think war is about to break out. M…
The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent tells the story of Adolf and Winnie Verloc. He is a phony anarchist and agent provocateur of the title, and the plot centre…
Greenmantle
Greenmantle is the second of five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan, first published in 1916 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one…
Havoc
Havoc occurs when European countries are discussing covert alliances. The story revolves around the creation of a secret alliance between …
The Marie Antoinette Romances
This is the first volume of Dumas' Marie Antoinette Romances (also called "The Memoirs of a Physician"). This historical fiction c…
Greenmantle
Greenmantle by John Buchan, dramatised by Patricia Hannah, is a thrilling tale set during the Great War. The story follows the reckless Rich…
The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later
Volume 3 of The d'Artagnan Romances is divided into three parts. The first begins in 1660, ten years after Volume 2, with d’Artagnan as Lieu…
Uncle Silas
Uncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery that immerses listeners in a world of suspense and intrigue. The story follows the young heiress, …
The Four Faces
Michael Berrington is a bachelor leading a quiet life in London. Overhearing a conversation at his club one day, he becomes interested in a …