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S Fowler Wright
British Doctor Enrico Dalston travels to Central America, where he finds himself entangled in the longstanding political quarrel between the republics of Barata and Bioli. On the voyage to Bioli…
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When an inquisitive angel named Elya comes to Earth, she assumes the form of an extraordinarily beautiful young woman, and promptly proceeds to poke holes in the foundation of human…
S. Fowler Wright
Marguerite travels through time to become Rita, a simian-woman of the Tree People tens of thousands of years ago. Together with Stele, Elysa, Prince Thelmo, and Princess Tekla, she must…
Inspector Cleveland of New Scotland has a murder, a suspect, a written confession, and an open-and-shut case – and a major problem. The woman who confessed to the killing –…
This beautifully rendered sequence of traditional poetry tells the story of King Solomon of Israel and the Shulamite girl. Also included are Some Songs of Bilitis and Songs of Balochistan.
The Nazis attack the West–in 1938! First their Blitzkrieg attacks and subdues Czechslovakia. Now it’s England’s turn, as wave after wave of German bombers devastate London and the other big…
Stanley Maitland, a young British politician, suddenly finds himself owning a super-weapon that makes him temporary Dictator of England. He wants to reform government and abolish all the unnecessary rules…
THEY GOT THE WRONG MAN! Fugitive Francis Hammerton walks away from the courthouse where he’s been convicted of a petty crime – after all, no one’s paying much attention –…
Cornelius Mildew is dead, but his drug-trafficking gang lives on! The Hon. Peter Boyle has taken administrative control of the organization, and appears to be as ruthless as his former…
When an American gangster is found murdered in London under suspicious circumstances, Sir Reginald Crowe, British banker and friend of Mr. Jellipot, is accused of the crime. Brought before a…
King Bwene of the Baradi faces a stark dilemma. A plague is devastating his people, and the only possibility of salvation is relocating his kingdom from the lowlands to a…
A fascinating examination of the British Justice System between the two World Wars, with a particular focus on the notorious Savidge murder case.
Two women captured by the ruler of a lost race in the Sahara Desert find themselves faced with a fate worse than death! Only an intrepid British soldier can save…
Devereux and Juanita travel deep into the Amazon jungle looking for Incan gold. What they find is an ancient city forgotten by time, located on the shores of The Screaming…
Deep within the Antarctic ice, three British travelers discover a lost civilization descended from 17th-century religious fanatics, and must fight to save themselves from being burned as heretics.
Isabel Houghton has been shot dead, and her fugitive husband James is the chief suspect. Scotland Yard’s Inspector Cauldron must unravel the mystery, and discover the connection between James and…
Cornelius Mildew, the notorious international drug dealer introduced in The Mildew Gang, returns for another bout with Scotland Yard. The King of Crime is alive and well, and vowing to…
Basil stumbles across a briefcase full of money on a London street. He changes his name and tries to stay one step ahead of the real owners of the cash–a…
Wilfrid Ralston’s new invention will revolutionalize the film industry. But the big potential payoff results in his brutal murder, and his girlfriend, Evelyn Merivale, becomes the prime suspect. Only Scotland…
Princess Elfwin of Wessex is betrothed to her cousin, Prince Athelstan, but she actually loves Prince Sithric of the enemy Danes. She renounces her heritage and goes to her beau…
When Bulfwin is found murdered in his office, the prime suspect becomes his American partner, Kingsley Starr, who admits having visited the man on the night of his death. But…
Constance Hillier and her boyfriend, Thomas Mogson, are convicted of the murder of her aunt, and both are hanged. Before his death, Thomas unsuccessfully tries to save himself by accusing…
When London solicitor Mr. Jellipot discovers a nude body draped over a fence, its blood drained dry, he immediately consults his friend, Inspector Combridge. The Scotland Yard detective arrests the…
When Arabella Hackett is found poisoned, her sister and heir, Anne Bickerton, is accused of the crime. She’s arrested and brought to trial, but the only defense she can make…
When the blackmailer Henry Coldwater is murdered, Basil Forbes becomes the prime suspect, since he admits having thrashed Coldwater an hour before his death. But solicitor Mr. Jellipot has no…
When Mrs. Hamilton dies, Inspector Combridge receives an anonymous letter stating that she was poisoned. Post-mortem evidence finds traces of a rare dental anesthetic in her body, and her stepdaughter…
In The Bell Street Murders, Evelyn Merivale had helped the police solve the murder of her friend, Wilfrid Ralston, who’d invented a process to revolutionize the motion picture industry. But…
Roger Truscott and brother Cyril inherit a controlling interest in their late father’s firm. Rowton, the company manager, urges them to sell out before the business fails. The brothers argue…
When Phillip Briggs is murdered in his bed, the prime suspects are Robert Ames, his partner, Henry Gilson, a major investor in the firm, Reggie Tudor, Mr. Jellipot’s clerk, and…
Crime writer Alfred Culbertson concocts a scheme to increase his royalties: he’ll fake the murder of his cousin, Thomas Birchell (who’s also hard-up for cash), and together they’ll reap a…
Prof. Blinkwell, the suave, unscrupulous scientist and criminal mastermind, is back, this time visiting Paris. When Henri Reynard, the official investigating Blinkwell, is murdered in the hotel suite of the…
Jane Kanwhistle leaves ten thousand pounds from her estate to her nephew, Frederick Corder–provided that he commit a different crime each and every day for a year, and avoid prosecution…
In early 1939 writer S. Fowler Wright penned a passionate polemic against the policy of appeasement then being practised by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. Already, both Austria and Czechoslovakia…
In medieval France, Count Gismond becomes locked in an escalating war of nerves between himself, the nearby town of Faucon-bas, and a mercenary captain named Halt Redwood. Gismond needs money…
The aim of this book has been no more than to give an imaginative construction of David’s life from when he was a petty king in Hebron to the birth…
In late 1920s England, on the verge of the Great Depression, John Oakley owns a small manufacturing plant that has fallen on hard times. Taxes are rising, orders are dropping…
In 1518, a Spanish conquistador named Hernando Cortez set out with a handful of men to conquer the hitherto-unknown Aztec Empire. Facing armies that numbered, at times, 10 or 20…
A great cataclysm shakes the world, and much of Great Britain sinks beneath the ocean during a terrifying windstorm that has already flattened most of mankind’s dwellings. Martin Webster and…
In this alternate history of 1990, the world is dominated by three great nation-states. When the United States of Europe declares limited war on The Commonwealth of English-Speaking Nations, Lord…
Three women of very different characters and social backgrounds have been betrayed by the same man, Bruce Nolan, who married them for their money – without bothering with messy divorces…
Francis Hammerton is arrested and convicted of involvement with a gang of confidence men–a charge of which he is entirely innocent–but escapes police custody when a cell door is left…
RAZOR STREET Abel Marks was not a nice man, and when he’s found murdered in his Razor Street flat, suspicion falls on Carol Marks, the young women he’d married just…
When Adrian Rissole is murdered in his London flat, leaving all of his money to his beautiful neighbor, Jane Lovejoy, Scotland Yard Inspector Combridge immediately suspects her and her husband…
In 1935 S. Fowler Wright penned the first volume of an SF trilogy based on the notion–then considered absurd–that Adolf Hitler was an evil, empire-seeking megalomaniac bent on conquering the…
In 1938 the Nazis launch a sudden attack on Czechoslovakia, which they quickly subdue, and also on England, which proves to be a much harder morsel to digest. As the…
In the far future, a woman must fight for her life and honor against two foes: the men who control society, and the giant spiders that inhabit a neighboring land…
When Inspector Pinkey investigates the murder of Sir Daniel Denton in his country home, he’s confronted with three prime suspects: the man’s widow, his brother, and a recently-fired servant. But…
Stranded on an unknown island in the Pacific, Charlton Foyle must fight goat-like hominids, giant, semi-intelligent birds, degenerate pirate settlers, and the remnants of an ancient race of men with…
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