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1Mystery of the Hidden Room

By Marion Harvey

A classic mystery/detective story in the Sherlock Holmes tradition, the hidden room suggested by the title of this book does not remain a mystery for very long as the book progresses. Written in the first person, the husband of his (Carlton Davies) former lover is found dead one night at the stroke of midnight, and Davies finds his ex-lover standing over the dead body immediately after the shot was fired, with a gun in her hand. It was no secret that she never truly loved her husband, who had blackmailed her into marrying him. The jury ships Ruth to prison, and the stage is set for Davies to locate the right detective for the case, and for a series of events with twists and turns and surprises that will keep the reader guessing who was responsible for this murder. (Summary by Roger Melin)

2Beast With Five Fingers

By W. F. Harvey

A well off English bachelor receives a legacy from his uncle. This includes the uncle's very large library and a box containing something that used to belong to his uncle. The box has air holes in it. It is not a rat or other small mammal for his collection, but it is something still alive; something very malevolent and something very evil. - Summary by Phil chenevert

F. W. Harvey was an English poet, broadcaster and solicitor. These poems, taken from his 1921 collection Farewell, embody his love of nature, his native Gloucestershire and his beloved. - Summary by Newgatenovelist

4Masterpieces of Mystery: Ghost Stories

By Algernon Blackwood, Ralph Adams Cram, W. F. Harvey, M. R. James, Guy de Maupassant, Pliny the Younger, Katherine Rickford, Wilbur Daniel Steele and Robert Louis Stevenson

'The Listener' First, it was a strange array of cats, then an increasingly mysterious, and then terrifying increase in...happenstances and...appearances... 'Number Thirteen' Unlucky for some this room is...on a visit to a Denmark with an ancient presence... 'The Horla' Yes, I believed, that an invisible being lived beneath my roof. How weak our head is, and how quickly it is terrified and goes astray, we immediately imagine terrible mysteries and supernatural powers. 'The Beast with Five Fingers' With murderous vengeance, the beast pursues the two friends. Will secrecy, intense surveillance and a marked attention to battening down save them? 'Sister Maddalena' Will a trapped and tragic woman finally find peace? 'Thrawn Janet' A lost soul wandering the Scottish moor. Is she misunderstood? Is she ill? Or is she in league with the devil himself? 'The Yellow Cat' A terrifying tale at sea! But what is it about the ship's cat? 'Letter to Sura' Who says ancient Rome can't have ghost stories? - Summary by The Reader