Classic thrillers

A collection of short works includes "So Help Me God," in which a young wife wonders about the identity of a flirtatious caller, and "Madison at Guignol," in which an unhappy fashionista discovers a horrendous secret at a clothing store.

The seventh novel in the Chandos thriller series, set in France after the war, amongst the beautiful landscapes of Biarritz, Pau and the Pyrenees

Originally published in December, 1914 issue of The People's Magazine, here is a classic tale from H. Bedford-Jones, known at the time as the "King of the Pulps."The original editorial description: "Had the king lived, there had been no murder of womenfolk; but Bedfort had shot down the king from behind and fled to Mackinac, untouched of the law, and the kingdom had fallen into hands weaker and more cruel. Therefore had come voyageur, lumberjack, fisherman, bearing with them retribution." Here in two sentences is the setting of this, the latest of H. Bedford-Jones' remarkable romances, which is also his best. The proof of the story is in the reading.Published as part of the Wildside Pulp Classics series.

The three heroes of "Blind Corner" (Chandos, Hanbury & Mansel) battle their old foe, "Rose Noble" who has kidnapped a relative of Mansel (Adele Pleydell) in an attempt to recover the treasure (now converted into money) that he failed to win in their earlier encounter. Noble ultimately fails and is killed and Mansel nearly loses his life also.

Book #3 in the Bulldog Drummond's "His four rounds with Carl Peterson" series.

Ben Sterndale prides himself on being a good fact-finding journalist, and in his book that means a thorough researcher and, most important of all, honest. When he is recruited by a top advertising agency to investigate the theft of a sheet of figures for a bit of pin money, he scans the local newspapers for clues. In one he discovers that a London stamp dealer has been knocked down in a hitand-run accident and when he visits the man in hospital there seem to be rather too many strangers paying courtesy calls. Then the stamp dealer whispers the mysterious phrase 'the shapes of sleep', and Sterndale suspects that at last he is on to a scoop. Following a trail that takes him through nightclubs, smart hotels and eventually to the pretty university town of Göttingen on the German frontier, Sterndale encounters some intriguing characters — including a fresh-face American girl with a fine left hook — and uncovers a disturbing story of espionage, bluff and double-bluff that leads him into increasingly dangerous territory.

In Prohibition-era New York, criminals rule the city: the gangsters do what they like, and pay the judges for the privilege; the few honest cops are helpless; and above them all the Big Fellow pulls the strings. With that many sinners, cleaning up the town will take a Saint...Simon Templar is a long way from home, and facing great danger from directions both expected and entirely unforeseen. But he promised to do the job; and a saint never goes back on his word.

A (mis)adventure, which combines an old Scotsman, a British MP and others in a youth-led royalist revolution in Mittle Europe. Complete with a circus elephant, this is a fun read, but definitely inferior to Buchan's more famous works. The main characters are a sequel from Huntingtower and Castle Gay.

"When Archie and Janet Roylance decide to travel to the Gran Seco to see its copper mines they find themselves caught up in dreadful danger ; rebels have seized the city. Janet is taken hostage in the middle of the night and it is up to the dashing Don Luis de Marzaniga to aid her rescue"--Cover.

Campion has amnesia.He has an important job to do, but can't remember what. Escaping from hospital he chases shadows, - who can he trust?

The First World War is over, but it seems that the hostilities are not. When Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond and his pals discover that foreigners are infiltrating all levels of English society - bribing, blackmailing, and undermining England's democratic tradition - their course is clear. The Black Gang is formed, bent on tracking down the perpetrators of such Bolshevik plots and rescuing their victims. Convinced that these subversive attacks are not isolated incidents, the Black Gang sets a trap to lure the criminal mastermind behind them to England. All is going according to plan until Bulldog Drummond accepts an invitation to tea at the Ritz with a charming American clergyman and his dowdy daughter... Bulldog Drummond #2 "His four rounds with Carl Peterson"

Book #4 in the Bulldog Drummond "His four round with Carl Peterson" series.

First of the Chandos thrillers, set in central Europe

1930s thriller set in the Pyrenees. Richard Chandos rescues a kidnapped girl.