Annotated Edition

Every pathway leads to a dead end … except one.Love country estates? Do you like mysteries with unexpected twists and turns? Do you enjoy walking through a maze without knowing where each turn may lead? This long-buried classic masterpiece of secrets and murder by J.J. Connington is for you!When a suspicious death disturbs a quiet country estate, secrets unravel, suspicions flare, and alibis crack. Sir Clinton Driffield, with his sharp, relentless, and cunning detective abilities, follows the smallest clue and inconsistency to uncover the truth.This edition features a foreword by award-winning author and critic Paul Di Filippo, who draws compelling comparisons between this classic country-house mystery and Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles, offering a fresh perspective on a Golden Age classic.Come, enter the maze of mystery and intrigue!

Before Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs created an unforgettable heroine in an entirely different kind of jungle…A hidden gem of grit and heart from the creator of some of the most iconic adventure heroes of the twentieth century.When a young woman escapes the infamous Farris's, Chicago's most notorious house of ill repute, she dares to build a new life for herself. But starting over means nothing in a city where corruption, blackmail, and self-righteous hypocrisy conspire to drag her back down.First serialized in 1916, The Girl from Farris's is a story of ruin and redemption, as the fates of a ruined man and a softhearted woman collide. This fine new edition brings a lost classic back to life, featuring a foreword by bestselling fantasy author Mercedes Lackey.

Patricia Wentworth's first mystery novel!Wentworth's blend of mystery and adventure is perfect for fans of Agatha Christie.What would you be willing to do if you had only pennies to your name? Would you take on someone else's identity? Would you willingly spy on secret agents who are involved in a nefarious espionage scheme? And would you be brave enough to try to put an end to it?Jane does exactly that. In England at the turn of the 20th century, Jane defies gender stereotypes of the era as she slips through hidden passages, hides key evidence, and communicates with authorities through secret messages.In this fine new edition, with a special foreword by cozy mystery author Josi S. Kilpack, you'll find that being bold and daring have their consequences. But will they be worth it?

A hotel murder mystery classic.Luxury, laughter, and lethal secrets fill the corridors when an American millionaire buys London's grandest hotel. He bought a hotel for dinner… and uncovered a conspiracy the staff would kill to keep quiet.Decades before the cozy mystery had a name, Arnold Bennett set murder, monarchy, and razor-sharp wit loose inside London's grandest hotel in this 1902 classic.Arnold Bennett's classic murder mystery in a new edition with a special foreword from Coronation Street actress Deborah McAndrew.