author: e phillips oppenheim

... smile . " There will be half a million francs for you , and you must be getting short of money . Furthermore , by a ... camp fire blowing strange and lurid lights into the black gulf below , and my little corps of guides in their ...

E-artnow presents to you this unique collection of the greatest classics of thriller and mystery every fan of the genre should experience at least once in their life: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie) The Mysterious Affair at ...

... Sax Rohmer, Alexandre Dumas, Washington Irving, Maurice Leblanc, Erskine Childers, Gaston Leroux, Wilkie Collins, Earl Derr ... dummies. Like tailors' dummies they were headless; and like tailors' dummies they had a handsome unnecessary ...

... little mug, sir," I answered. "We all pinch his little nose for him, but unless he alters he won't be what I call dazzlin' 'andsome." "I mean a silver christening mug," explained Mr. Kershaw. "If not, you must let me present him with ...

... Sax Rohmer, Alexandre Dumas, Washington Irving, Maurice Leblanc, Erskine ... Hello, Mr. Winterslip," he said. "What do you think of our police force now ... Hello, Jennison," Greene said. "I'm mighty sorry about this—" "You ought to be ...

... Sax Rohmer, Alexandre Dumas, Washington Irving, Maurice Leblanc, Erskine ... Mr. Saladine?" "I've been thinking about Mr. Saladine. But I can't get ... Hello, Mr. Saladine," she said. "This is Mr. Winterslip, of Boston." "Ah, yeth ...

... ask silly questions , " he replied , patting Podmore upon the shoulder in a patronizing fashion . " I must get her to tell me all about it when I take her out this time . " Podmore was silent because he had no words . A new terror ...

... fetish words of the dead priest, the reverence which an all-powerful and ... smoke stole straight up in the breathless air. Amazed, the people stood and saw the ... smoking fiercely and felt himself a civiliser. But the boy seemed to feel ...

... tome, then. Wewillspeakof war, the war thatisto come, thewar that is closer at hand than even you might imagine." "War with England?" Norgate exclaimed. Selingman struck his hands together. "No!" he declared. "You may take it as a ...

... tome.” “Do you mind?” he asked earnestly. She became suddenly grave. “Not yet,” she begged. “Let us talk and live nonsense for a few more weeks. You see, I really have not known you very long, have I, and this is a very dangerous city ...

... dummies. Like tailors' dummies they were headless; and like tailors' dummies they had a handsome unnecessary humpiness in the shoulders, and a pigeon- breasted protuberance of chest; but barring this, they were not much more like a ...

... music and the sound of the different voices beyond the palms caught him up ... disturbed a silence beautiful even to fantasy . The sea , as he turned downwards again towards the villa , lay like a sheet ... silence . “Come on, Johnson! After ...

... earthly reason he could think of, Cissy's friendship with Drexley irritated him. He did not understand it. He had looked upon Drexley as a man whose emancipation was an impossibility, for whom there was no hope of any further social ...

The US edition retailed at $2.00 and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence.

the moving finger From Edward Phillips Oppenheim

We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public.

... , S. S. Van Dine. Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) Table of Contents Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her; The Great Gatsby (F Scott ...

... trapped rabbit . The gipsy smiled . " You had better go , " he enjoined ... dawn , the lonely caravaner was up and about . He washed in the stream and ... grim silence . The head keeper from the Hall paid him a visit of suspicion . The ...

... Fata Morgana exhibits her juggleries, but we are accustomed to it now, and nobody is deceived thereby. She inundates the distant landscape with an undulous sea, but nobody wishes to bathe in it. She shows us umbrageous woods, but nobody ...