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  Mosquitoes

  William Faulkner

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  One of Faulkner’s most controversial novels!      A lesser-known but compelling novel from the author of Absalom, Absalom! and The Sound and the Fury.      Have you ever wondered what speaks to the tortured soul of an artist? What would it be like to be stuck on a yacht with only the musings of the world and a group of artists as your company?      In the heat of the late Louisiana summer, Faulkner brings us a story of artistry that examines the thoughts and actions of Southern bohemians who have nothing to interrupt them but the hum and fire of the mosquitoes that surround them. “Faulkner’s message is clear: We are the mosquitoes, and the mosquitoes are us.”—Rein Fartel, “Twentieth Century Millennial: Revisiting Faulkner’s Mosquitoes.”       With a foreword by Carl Rollyson, a renowned biographer of Faulkner and other eminent authors, this fine new edition works to highlight the “Louisiana Faulkner,” the Faulkner before fame, and his thoughts on the lives of Southern artists.

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  The White Company

  Conan Doyle

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  A historical adventure set during the Hundred Years' War in England, France, and Spain, in the years 1366 and 1367, against the background of the campaign of Edward, the Black Prince to restore Peter of Castile to the throne of the Kingdom of Castile. Doyle regarded this historical novel more highly than the Sherlock Holmes adventures for which he gained worldwide popularity.

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  The Agatha Christie Collection -...

  Agatha Christie, Reading Time

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  This ebook collection contains the following works of Agatha Christie:
  
  The Mysterious Affair At Styles
  The Secret Adversary
  The Murder On The Links
  The Man in the Brown Suit
  The Secret of Chimneys
  The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
  The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
  The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim
  The Adventure of the "Western Star"
  The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor
  The Million Dollar Bond Robbery
  The Adventure of the Cheap Flat
  The Mystery of the Hunter's Lodge
  The Kidnapped Prime Minister
  The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
  The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman
  The Case of the Missing Will
  The Chocolate Box
  The Veiled Lady
  The Lost Mine
  The Affair at the Victory Ball
  The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
  The Cornish Mystery
  The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly
  The Double Clue
  The King of Clubs
  The Lemesurier Inheritance
  The Plymouth Express
  The Submarine Plans
  The Market Basing Mystery

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  Household Gods

  Aleister Crowley

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  This is an odd one. A very short play about a man and his servant girl, who is of course more than she appears. It opens on an altar, where he is bemoaning his situation... his wife has run off into the woods to be with who-knows-who...Ye household gods! By these male tears I  wear That ye shall grant this prayer. All things at odds Shall be put straight-- Harmonized, reconciled By some appointed child Of some far Fate! Which makes me wonder if Nick Cave was invoking this story in the song Do You Love Me?.... "She was given to me to put things right..." The servant girl appears, and maybe you can guess where it goes from there.

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  His Last Bow: The Adventures of...

  Conan Doyle

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  Original Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle which brought him international fame as one of the greatest crime fiction writers. Conan Doyle  wrote several volumes of stories featuring detective Holmes and Dr. Watson but, in 1893, hoping to concentrate on more serious writing, he attempted to kill off Holmes. This attempt resulted in a public outcry and later made him resurrect Holmes.

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  The Secret Adversary

  Agatha Christie

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  The Secret Adversary is the second published detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in 1922 in the United Kingdom. The book introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence who feature in three other Christie novels and one collection of short stories; the five Tommy and Tuppence books span Agatha Christie's writing career. The Great War is over, and jobs are scarce. Childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley meet and agree to start their own business as The Young Adventurers. They are hired for a job that leads them both to many dangerous situations, meeting allies as well, including an American millionaire in search of his cousin.
  
  In 1919 London, demobilised soldier Tommy Beresford meets war volunteer Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley. They are both out of work and money. They form "The Young Adventurers, Ltd". Mr Whittington follows Tuppence to offer her work. She uses the alias "Jane Finn", which shocks Whittington. He gives her £50 and then disappears. Curious, they advertise for information regarding Jane Finn.
  
  The advertisement yields two replies. The first is from Mr Carter, whom Tommy recognises as a British intelligence leader from his war service; he tells them of Jane Finn aboard the Lusitania when it sank. She received a secret treaty to deliver to the American embassy in London. She survived but no trace has since been found of her or the treaty, the publication of which now would compromise the British government. They agree to work for him, despite his warnings of the dangerous Mr Brown. The second reply is from Julius Hersheimmer, an American multimillionaire and first cousin of Jane Finn, staying at the Ritz Hotel. Intent on finding her, he has already contacted Scotland Yard; Inspector Brown took his only photo of Jane, before a real inspector contacted him. They join forces with Julius, too.

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