The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

In this mystery from Baroness Orczy, a beautiful girl lies dead on the seat of an underground train. Polly Burton, an ambitious young woman who wants to become a crime reporter, takes a ride on the same train. But Polly must beware that all the murderer wants to do is shake hands.

A 500-carat diamond can blind a man to his responsibility and dazzle a man to theft, lust and murder. George Griffith’s Inspector Lipinsky must pursue the criminal and solve the crime in period South Africa.

The door shuts with a dull metal clang. Professor van Dusen is locked in the Condemned Cell – Cell 13. Between him and freedom are the cell walls, 7 locked steel doors, an 18-foot high wall, and 25 yards of clear ground lit by searchlights. He claims he will “think” his way out. Will he do it? Or, will be become a laughing stock?

Laxworthy, an elderly gentleman, conceives a plan of great international importance. With the aid of two ex-convicts, he secures the safety of the plans for the first torpedo to be used by the French Navy. In their service to the French government, they will, of course, stand to make a profit themselves.

Fraud, forgery and murder all play a part in this mystery in which Robert Barr’s Monsieur Valmont, France’s greatest amateur detective, must face, with the addition of a pretty lady and some exceedingly delicious cakes.

Lieutenant Holst, a quiet, unambitious but stubborn members of the Copenhagen police force, gets involved in an international situation. His orders are countermanded by his superiors, and as a result a tragic death occurs. Left to his own devices and instincts, could Holst have saved a man’s life?

When a beautiful young woman asks a London surgeon to cut off one of her perfectly healthy fingers, there must surely be an intriguing reason for this. Jacques Futrelle’s Prof. van Dusen is called upon to “think” his way to a solution.

Who is the author of the series of vile anonymous letters received by the Countess Nadja, the wife of the Archduke Othmar? Against the sparkling background of high-society Vienna at the turn of the century, Balduin Groller’s Dagobert Trostler must find the solution, even if it gives him little satisfaction.

London, 1912. Before the state visit of the Russian Grand Duke, there is an anarchist plot to assassinate him. A mysterious cipher could lead to the ring leaders of the conspiracy, but the subsequent event nearly costs R. Austin Freeman’s Dr. John Thorndyke his life.

William le Queux’s William Drew of the Foreign Office becomes involved in the most dangerous mission of his life when Count Krempelstein, the chief of German intelligence, arrives in England.

The R.M.S Oceanic is attempting the fastest-ever transatlantic crossing. In the ship’s specie room (the strong room at the bottom of the ship’s hold), there is a valuable consignment of gold bullion. When that disappears, not only is the transatlantic record in jeopardy, but so is the life of the purser, Mr. Horrocks.

Who murdered Mrs. Arryford? The answer is obvious to Det. Sgt. Grubber, but not to Hagar the gypsy. To her, feelings are more reliable than facts and it takes all of her gypsy intuition to arrive at the right solution.