A strange creature haunts the fishermen and pearl divers of the La Plata Bay. The superstitious local villagers call it the Sea Devil. When a pearl merchant decides to capture the strange being at all costs, the truth turns out to be far more tragic and complex than anyone had imagined.
Adventures of English woman disguised in male attire and joined French Foreign Legion. Very interesting book but too much of "officers club verbal banter". Lots of different foreign accents.
This lesser-known, 1920 novella from the author of "The Phantom of the Opera." The story, you'll find, has similar elements, but is clearly unique with shades of both The Phantom, as well as Dorian Grey.
short crime story
Second part of Prisoner of Zenda. Adventures.
Francis Morgan, a wealthy heir of industrialist and Wall Street maven Richard Henry Morgan, is a jaded young New Yorker. When his father's business partner Thomas Regan suggests that Francis take a holiday in Central America, ostensibly to search for the treasure of the Morgans' legendary...
Russian officers Zhilin and Kostilin captured by the mountain tribe during Caucasus War. This is a classical short story made very modern by the situations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Chechnya.
Loveday Brooke - the earliest female detective
In this follow-up to the original Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom undertakes the task of solving a mysterious murder. Based on a true story.
Chinese adventures. Gentle parody of Chinese writing, philosophy, tradition ant proverbs. Intellectual pleasure.