Selected from the works of American, British, and French writers, 21 rare and seldom-anthologized stories include "A Bottomless Grave" by Ambrose Bierce, "The Ship that Saw a Ghost" by Frank Norris, Guy de Maupassant's "The Tomb," Richard Marsh's "The Hau
This work contains the following stories:Max Pemberton: 'The Ripening Rubies'Arthur Morrison: 'The Case of Laker, Absconded'Guy Boothby: 'The Dutchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds'Arthur Morrison: 'The Affair of the "Avalanche Bicycle and Tyre Co. Ltd"'Cliffor
The Victorian era saw the first great flowering of the detective story. Edgar Allen Poe, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, J.S. LeFanu, and a host of others pioneered a genre of fiction that remains among the most popular today. Now, in
Read Michael Sims's posts on the Penguin BlogAn exclusive collection-the first- ever gathering of rogues from the gaslight era collected here for the first time: the best crime fiction from the gaslight era. All the legendary thieves are present-Arsène L
