A short story from British Library Crime Classic Deep Waters. James Pattinson was best known for his novels of adventure on the high seas and this short story follows his maritime...
Four Friends and Death
A short story from British Library Crime Classic Deep Waters. Four amateur yachtsman are toasting the completion of a trip from Falmouth to Spain in adverse weather conditions...
The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books
The main aim of detective stories is to entertain, but the best cast a light on human behaviour, and display both literary ambition and accomplishment. Even unpretentious...
More Murder in a Nunnery
In the fictional Harrington Convent, one of its more challenging inhabitants, Baroness Sliema, is found murdered. Chief Inspector Pearson of Scotland Yard is called to solve the...
A Bit of Wire-Pulling
A short story from British Library Crime Classic The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories. “It’s a very rare thing for a murder to be committed actually in the presence of a...
The Christmas Card Crime
A short story from British Library Crime Classic The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories. A locked-room mystery that will delight Agatha Christie fans. Dramatist Trevor Lowe...
Pattern of Revenge
A short story from British Library Crime Classic The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories. A brutal murder and a shocking deathbed confession—the love triangle of Karen...
As It Is Written A Strange Story
A story from The Prisoner’s Defence, a collection of First World War short stories. "As It Is Written" is set in a British munitions factory during a blackout. It explores the...
The Prisoner's Defence
A story from The Prisoner’s Defence, a collection of First World War short stories. When Captain John Fowler discovers his trusted lover is a spy, he must make the ultimate...
The Magic of Muhammed Din
A story from The Prisoner’s Defence, a collection of First World War short stories. This adventure story follows a German agent to India as he attempts to agitate the Muslim...
