New Cases for Dr. Morelle


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Cynthia Mason, a young heiress, lives with her violent stepfather, Samuel Kimber, who only holds control of her fortune while she remains unmarried. On announcing her engagement to Peter Lorrimer, a local writer, who is calling to take her away that same evening, she fears Kimber's reaction. Lorrimer arrives and goes to talk with Kimber in his study. Cynthia, meanwhile, carrying a suitcase, tiptoes out the front door--and vanishes! Meanwhile, Miss Frayle, Dr. Morelle's secretary, decides to investigate her friend's disappearance--and soon finds herself being stalked by a ruthless killer! Four traditional British crime stories republished for a brand new audience!




Enter Jimmy Strange


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"What type of skulduggery is the Master Mind contemplating this time?" That is the question put to Jimmy Strange by his long-suffering girlfriend, Sandra. But the answer always depends on which type of criminals Jimmy is pitting his wits against. Whether they are poisoners, gunmen, murderers, drug dealers, or jewel thieves, they are all operating, untouched, outside the law -- until Jimmy enters the scene. And he is not averse to using their own methods against them...




Meet Jimmy Strange


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Jimmy Strange is a mysterious young man who turns up when he is least expected. Whenever and wherever there is trouble, he appears from behind some dark corner. No one knows much about him, though he is always a gentleman. He is never short of money, but its source is unknown. One thing is certain -- he isn't a crook. Yet they say he can break into a house with the best of them...but always in a good cause...




More Cases of a Private Eye: Classic Crime Stories


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This second book of Ernest Dudley’s stories about his London-based private eye, Nat Craig, and his lovely French secretary, Simone, features a varied collection of the detective's eccentric clients: young, wealthy women getting themselves blackmailed; upper-class men or women who have the jitters over the safety of their precious family heirlooms; and, occasionally, even members of the criminal class, appealing to their former nemesis for help in clearing their names of false accusations. And not infrequently, Craig finds himself confronted with grisly murders, testing both his tough resourcefulness and his considerable powers of deduction. Here are fourteen classic British crime stories displaying an intriguing psychological slant on characters from every walk of life! Great entertainment, great reading!




The Second Cat Megapack


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Cats have beguiled writers for as long as fiction has existed. Our second anthology of cat stories includes feline fantasies, science fiction, mysteries, mythology, westerns, romances, memoirs, horror, and some pieces that just defy description—27 stories, 2 poems, and a play! Included are: INTRODUCTION: ALL CATS ARE GRAY..., by Robert Reginald THE CATS OF ULTHAR, by H. P. Lovecraft THE CAT WITH THE TULIP FACE, by A. R. Morlan THE STORY OF THE FAITHFUL CAT, by Lord Redesdale ZUT, by Guy Wetmore Carryl THE MOUNTAIN CAGE, by Pamela Sargent MADAME JOLICŒUR'S CAT, by Thomas A. Janvier THE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF, by Rudyard Kipling THE WOMAN WHO HATED CATS, by Margaret St. John Bathe GIPSY, by Booth Tarkington THE CAT WHO CHANGED INTO A WOMAN, by Eugène Scribe, Translated by Frank J. Morlock (play) A CARGO OF CAT, by Ambrose Bierce THE HUNTER CATS OF CONNORLOA, by Helen Hunt Jackson WHITE COMMA, by A. R. Morlan (poem) NINE LIVES, by E. Nesbit THE BLACK CAT OF THE OLD MANOR HOUSE, by Elliott O’Donnell MONCRIF’S CATS: FIRST LETTER, by François-Augustin Paradis de Moncrif, Translated by Reginald Bretnor CAT, by Reginald Bretnor EPITAPH OF A CAT, by Joachim du Bellay, Translated by R. N. Curry (poem) TRAPS, by Jack Dann and George Zebrowski THE BLACK CAT’S EYES, by Benjamin F. Ferrill TO A CAT, by Algernon Charles Swinburne (poem) SHIREEN AND HER FRIENDS: PAGES FROM THE LIFE OF A PERSIAN CAT, by Gordon Stables CAT ON A HOT TAR ROOF, by Gary Lovisi CATS AND CANDY, by Mark Twain CRY FROM A FAR PLANET, by Tom Godwin CAT THIEF, by Ernest Dudley LEGEND OF THE CAT, by Mary Rocker-Gramlich and Charles Allen Gramlich CAT BURGLAR, by Robert Reginald CALVIN, by Charles Dudley Warner And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see all the entries in the series, covering fantasy, science fiction, mysteries, westerns, author collections...and much, much more!




The Mind of Dr. Morelle


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On the plane from New York to London, Dr. Morelle chances to meet Edwin Gale, a smooth-tongued swindler. Inexplicably, Gale finds himself drawn to the famous psychiatrist-detective, and so begins one of Dr. Morelle's most intriguing cases. Back in London, the Doctor encounters Edwin Gale again, and, as a result, finds himself involved in the dark machinations of Dolores del Robia, who's as evil as she is lovely. When Dolores is found strangled to death, Dr. Morelle must investigate a maelstrom of violence to unmask the murderer... Another classic crime tale in this popular and long-running series!




Meet Dr. Morelle


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Here is a collection of the strange adventures of Doctor Morelle, that most sardonic of characters, and his gentle, timorous assistant Miss Frayle, in a sequence of fifteen gripping episodes-fifteen dynamically hair-raising chapters from the Doctor's case-book. Meet Doctor Morelle throws some interesting sidelights on what is probably the most sensational partnership ever conceived in the field of crime. "Ernest Dudley's creations appear to be doing not a little to fill the blank caused by the extinction of Gonan Doyle's famous medical partners." -Western Mail




Dr. Morelle Meets Murder


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Here is another collection of the strange adventures of Doctor Morelle, that most sardonic of detectives, in a sequence of eight intriguing episodes from the Doctor’s casebook. The Doctor meets both brutal and cunning murders and murderers, ranging from a man battered to death with a heavy brass object to a woman poisoned with cyanide. Morelle investigates in his inimitable, cerebral, and biting style. He is aided--or sometimes handicapped--by his gentle, timorous assistant, Miss Frayle--who in this volume finally tells gets her backbone up and tells her employer that ?enough is enough!? Finding a new secretary--or keeping the old one--proves to be one of the most difficult mysteries that Dr. Morelle has ever had to solve! Great classic British crime stories.




Dr. Morelle and the Drummer Girl


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ERNEST DUDLEY is an English author known to millions of crime fiction addicts for his weekly Armchair Detective radio broadcasts, and also for the Doctor Morelle series of stories (and radio plays) in which the shrewd detective-psychiatrist solved countless mysteries with the aid of his assistant, Miss Frayle. Dudley has revealed that Dr. Morelle has his genesis in a coal cellar in Bristol in 1940, where the author (who already worked for the BBC Variety Department) sat out German air-raids. "The character of Dr. Morelle," Mr Dudley has remarked, "was finally evolved from my memories of the silent film star Erich von Stroheim - who incidentally nearly played the part years later in a film version - and whom Hollywood used to bill as 'The Man You Love to Hate.' In order to point up the self-opinionated biting sarcasm of Dr Morelle, I gave him as a foil a pretty feather brained secretary, Miss Frayle. And so, Dr Morelle was let loose on millions of unsuspecting listeners, the first fictional character, I think, whom people hated so much they simply had to tune in and listen to him."




Menace for Dr. Morelle


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ERNEST DUDLEY who is known to millions of crime fiction addicts for his weekly 'Armchair Detective' broadcasts, is also author of the famous Doctor Morelle radio series and stories. Doctor Morelle (accompanied inevitably by his assistant, Miss Frayle) has solved scores of strange mysteries and curious crimes during his bizarre and sensational career, but none more intriguing or sinister than his latest adventure. This is Ernest Dudley's first full-length mystery novel featuring the saturnine and sardonic Doctor and the timorous, fluttering Miss Frayle. As followers of this oddly-assorted couple's investigations of murder and mayhem will expect, the shocks and thrills will be adroitly mingled with plenty of comedy and amusing situations. In Menace for Doctor Morelle Ernest Dudley has written a fast-moving whodunit, rushing the reader along with chills following laughs right up to the smashing surprise climax with the identity of the murderer revealed. Fans of Ernest Dudley and his unique sleuth, Doctor Morelle (not forgetting the inimitable Miss Frayle ) will once again delight in a mystery murder, plus comedy entertainment. "Ernest Dudley's creations appear to be doing not a little to fill the blank caused by the extinction of Conan Doyle's famous medical partners." --Western Mail