Twelve Mystery Stories

Twelve Mystery Stories

by Jack Adrian

1998

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The twelve mystery stories in this collection relate episodes of madness and revenge, terror and obsession, sensation and delusion - hinting at dark and tantalizing secrets. Set mainly in the Victorian era, they evoke a world of flickering candle flames and treacherous fogs, leaving the reader with a lurking sense of unease. Includes stories by: G. P. R. James Charles Reade Stanley J. Weyman Roy Horniman & C. E. Morland Frank Aubrey Ward Muir J. Sheridan Le Fanu Hugh Conway Mabel E. Wotton Arthur Conan Doyle J. B. Harris-Burland Guy Thorne