Halcyon Classics - The Collected Master Criminal Stories

Fred M. White

• 27 oktober 2016
• 1230001402087

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THE COLLECTED MASTER CRIMINAL STORIES is a collection of a dozen stories following the exploits of master criminal Felix Gryde, "the Sherlock Holmes of malefactors."

• The Head of the Caesars
• At Windsor
• The Silverpool Cup
• The Morrison Raid Indemnity
• Cleopatra’s Robe
• The Rosy Cross
• The Death of the President
• The Cradlestone Oil Mills
• Redburn Castle
• Crysoline Limited
• The Loss of the Eastern Empress
• General Marcos

Fred M. White (1859-1935) was a prolific British writer of detective, crime, and early science fiction. White worked briefly as a solicitor's clerk before becoming a journalist and writer by age 31. He enjoyed a long career, producing hundreds of short stories and novels. Among his better-known works are the six innovative 'Doom of London' science fiction apocalypse novels and several highly-regarded detective stories.