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The latest in a new series of classic detective stories from the vaults of HarperCollins involves the murder of a notorious criminal in the home of a famous millionaire. But there are no clues, no evidence. The police are convinced that someone may have just committed the perfect crime.“The Detective Story Club”, launched by Collins in 1929, was a clearing house for the best and most ingenious crime stories of the age, chosen by a select committee of experts. Now, almost 90 years later, these books are the classics of the Golden Age, republished at last with the same popular cover designs that appealed to their original readers.The Grell Mystery was first published in 1913 and selected as one of the launch titles for the Detective Club in 1929. It was written by former Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Frank Froest, who had turned in retirement to writing successful and authentic crime novels.“If you like a thriller with plenty of exciting incident and a clever plot you will like this first-rate detective novel by Frank Froest. Chief Inspector Foyle was confronted with the most bewildering case of his career when Goldenburg, the crook, was found foully murdered in the flat of Robert Grell, millionaire. Here was what appeared to be a perfect crime without a clue that led anywhere. But Foyle was more than a match for the arch-criminal and his masterly deduction and determination brought him a splendid triumph.”

The Detective Story Club’s first short story anthology is based around a London detective club and includes three newly discovered tales unpublished for 100 years, plus a story bearing an uncanny resemblance to a Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes story but written some seven years earlier.‘You will seek in vain in any book of reference for the name of The Crime Club. Its watchword is secrecy. Its members wear the mask of mystery, but they form the most powerful organisation against master criminals ever known. The Crime Club is an international club composed of men, but they spend their lives studying crime and criminals. In its headquarters are to be found men from Scotland Yard and many foreign detectives and secret service agents. This book tells of their greatest victories over crime and is written, in association with George Dilnot, by a former member of the criminal investigation department of Scotland Yard.’ With its highly evocative title, The Crime Club was the first collection of short stories published by the Detective Story Club. Co-authored by CID Superintendent Frank Froëst and police historian George Dilnot, these entertaining mysteries left readers guessing how many were based on true cases.This Detective Story Club classic is introduced by David Brawn, who looks at how the The Crime Club inspired a turning point in British book publishing, and includes three newly discovered stories by Froëst and Dilnot.

This exciting thriller by the late Frank Froest, himself a detective of international fame, will satisfy the most exacting of detective story connoisseurs. Against a familiar London background we have here a tale of breath-taking adventure – knifing, arson, racing-taxicabs, and shooting-to-kill.Lost in a London fog, young Jimmie Hallett is accosted by a frightened woman who hands him a package and flees. Within hours, he is being questioned about the murder of the girl’s father and a dangerous international conspiracy. Can genial detective Weir Menzies, even with all the resources of Scotland Yard behind him, succeed in outwitting a faceless gang of organised thieves and killers?Frank Froëst, the highly decorated Superintendent of Scotland Yard’s C.I.D., began his retirement from the Metropolitan Police by writing The Grell Mystery, acclaimed as the first crime novel to incorporate authentic police procedures. With George Dilnot, co-author of the story collection The Crime Club, Froëst wrote one more novel, the ambitious and thrilling The Rogues’ Syndicate, published in 1916 and also released as a silent movie, Millionaire Hallet’s Adventure. The book was republished in April 1930 by the Detective Story Club, but was inadvertently sourced from an abridged, Americanised version called The Maelstrom.This Detective Club classic restores the full text of the British first edition, and includes an introduction by the Detective Story Club’s original series editor, F. T. Smith.(This book is COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED, despite what some retailers have put in their listings.)

This exciting thriller by the late Frank Froest, himself a detective of international fame, will satisfy the most exacting of detective story connoisseurs. Against a familiar London background we have here a tale of breath-taking adventure – knifing, arson, racing-taxicabs, and shooting-to-kill.Lost in a London fog, young Jimmie Hallett is accosted by a frightened woman who hands him a package and flees. Within hours, he is being questioned about the murder of the girl’s father and a dangerous international conspiracy. Can genial detective Weir Menzies, even with all the resources of Scotland Yard behind him, succeed in outwitting a faceless gang of organised thieves and killers?Frank Froëst, the highly decorated Superintendent of Scotland Yard’s C.I.D., began his retirement from the Metropolitan Police by writing The Grell Mystery, acclaimed as the first crime novel to incorporate authentic police procedures. With George Dilnot, co-author of the story collection The Crime Club, Froëst wrote one more novel, the ambitious and thrilling The Rogues’ Syndicate, published in 1916 and also released as a silent movie, Millionaire Hallet’s Adventure. The book was republished in April 1930 by the Detective Story Club, but was inadvertently sourced from an abridged, Americanised version called The Maelstrom.This Detective Club classic restores the full text of the British first edition, and includes an introduction by the Detective Story Club’s original series editor, F. T. Smith.

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE MAELSTROM & THE GRELL MYSTERY – Two Thriller Classics in One Volume" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Maelstrom – Asked by a strange girl to deliver her package at an address, an innocent man is entangled in a murder case. What will become of him? Will he be saved or damned?The Grell Mystery – A groom-to-be is murdered just before his wedding and the Scotland Yard police is at large to find a mysterious woman who was seen with him last. But things are not so simple as they seem.Frank Castle Froest (1858-1930) was a British detective and crime writer. Frank Froest joined the Metropolitan Police as a police constable in 1879 and worked his way up to Superintendent of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Metropolitan Police from 1906 to his retirement in 1912. As one of the country''s top detectives, he was involved in famous cases like Jameson Raid, arresting the jewel-thief ''Harry the Valet'' and Dr. Crippen.

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE WHODUNIT COLLECTION - 15 British Mystery Novels in One Volume" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:Frank Froest:The MaelstromThe Grell MysteryC. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson:The Motor MaidThe Girl Who Had NothingThe Second LatchkeyThe Castle of ShadowsThe House by the LockThe Guests of HerculesThe Port of AdventureThe BrightenerThe Lion''s MouseThe Powers and MaxineIsabel Ostander:One ThirtyThe CreviceIsland of IntrigueSuperintendent Frank Castle Froest (1858-1930) was a British detective and crime writer. As one of the country''s top detectives, he was involved in famous cases like Jameson Raid, arresting the jewel-thief ''Harry the Valet'' and Dr. Crippen.Charles Norris Williamson (1859–1920) and Alice Muriel Williamson (1869-1933) were British novelists who jointly wrote a number of novels which cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.Isabel Egenton Ostrander (1883–1924) was a British mystery writer of the early twentieth century who used, besides her own name, the pseudonyms Robert Orr Chipperfield, David Fox, and Douglas Grant. In 1920s she was notable enough to be parodied by Agatha Christie in Partners in Crime, a Tommy and Tuppence mystery that parodies many of Christie''s idols.

This collection consists of the greatest British mystery novels and detective stories, all concocted by the masterminds of the mystery genre:Arthur Conan Doyle:Sherlock Holmes SeriesA Study in ScarletThe Sign of FourThe Hound of the BaskervillesThe Valley of FearThe Adventures of Sherlock HolmesThe Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesThe Return of Sherlock HolmesHis Last BowThe Case Book of Sherlock HolmesOther MysteriesTrue Crime StoriesEdgar Wallace:Four Just Men SeriesMr. J. G. Reeder SeriesDetective Sgt. Elk SeriesThe Earl of Nowhere SeriesP.-C. Lee SeriesCrime NovelsTrue Crime StoriesWilkie Collins:The Woman in WhiteNo NameArmadaleThe MoonstoneThe Haunted HotelThe Law and The LadyThe Dead SecretMiss or Mrs?G. K. Chesterton:The Innocence of Father BrownThe Wisdom of Father BrownThe Incredulity of Father BrownThe Secret of Father BrownThe Scandal of Father BrownEthel Lina White:Fear Stalks the Village Some Must WatchWaxThe Wheel SpinsStep in the Dark While She SleepsShe Faded into AirAnnie Haynes:The Abbey Court Murder The Blue DiamondThe House in Charlton CrescentThe Crow''s Inn TragedyThe Man with the Dark BeardWho Killed Charmian Karslake?The Crime at Tattenham CornerThe Crystal Beads MurderR. Austin Freeman:Dr. Thorndyke SeriesOther MysteriesH. C. McNeile:Bulldog Drummond SeriesDetective Ronald Standish StoriesArthur Morrison:Martin Hewitt SeriesDorrington & Hicks StoriesErnest Bramah:Max Carrados StoriesVictor L. Whitechurch:Mystery NovelsThrilling Stories of the RailwayThomas W. Hanshew:Hamilton Cleek SeriesE. W. Hornung:A. J. Raffles SeriesMystery NovelsJ. S. Fletcher:Mystery NovelsShort StoriesRober Barr:The Triumph of Eugéne ValmontJennie Baxter, JournalistThe Adventures of Sherlaw KombsThe Adventure of the Second SwagFrank Froest Mystery NovelsC. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson Mystery NovelsIsabel Ostander Mystery Novels

This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:Arthur Conan Doyle:Sherlock Holmes SeriesA Study in ScarletThe Sign of FourThe Hound of the BaskervillesThe Valley of FearThe Adventures of Sherlock HolmesThe Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesThe Return of Sherlock HolmesHis Last BowThe Case Book of Sherlock HolmesOther MysteriesTrue Crime StoriesEdgar Wallace:Four Just Men SeriesMr. J. G. Reeder SeriesDetective Sgt. Elk SeriesThe Earl of Nowhere SeriesP.-C. Lee SeriesCrime NovelsTrue Crime StoriesWilkie Collins:The Woman in WhiteNo NameArmadaleThe MoonstoneThe Haunted HotelThe Law and The LadyThe Dead SecretMiss or Mrs?Ethel Lina White:Fear Stalks the Village Some Must WatchWaxThe Wheel SpinsStep in the Dark While She SleepsShe Faded into AirAnnie Haynes:The Abbey Court Murder The Blue DiamondThe House in Charlton CrescentThe Crow''s Inn TragedyThe Man with the Dark BeardWho Killed Charmian Karslake?The Crime at Tattenham CornerThe Crystal Beads MurderR. Austin Freeman:Dr. Thorndyke SeriesOther MysteriesH. C. McNeile:Bulldog Drummond SeriesDetective Ronald Standish StoriesG. K. Chesterton:The Innocence of Father BrownThe Wisdom of Father BrownThe Incredulity of Father BrownThe Secret of Father BrownThe Scandal of Father BrownArthur Morrison:Martin Hewitt SeriesDorrington & Hicks StoriesErnest Bramah:Max Carrados StoriesVictor L. Whitechurch:Mystery NovelsThrilling Stories of the RailwayThomas W. Hanshew:Hamilton Cleek SeriesE. W. Hornung:A. J. Raffles SeriesMystery NovelsJ. S. Fletcher:Mystery NovelsShort StoriesRober Barr:The Triumph of Eugéne ValmontJennie Baxter, JournalistThe Adventures of Sherlaw KombsThe Adventure of the Second SwagFrank Froest Mystery NovelsC. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson Mystery NovelsIsabel Ostander Mystery Novels

This meticulously edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:Arthur Conan Doyle:Sherlock Holmes SeriesA Study in ScarletThe Sign of FourThe Hound of the BaskervillesThe Valley of FearThe Adventures of Sherlock HolmesThe Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesThe Return of Sherlock HolmesHis Last BowThe Case Book of Sherlock HolmesOther MysteriesTrue Crime StoriesEdgar Wallace:Four Just Men SeriesMr. J. G. Reeder SeriesDetective Sgt. Elk SeriesThe Earl of Nowhere SeriesP.-C. Lee SeriesCrime NovelsTrue Crime StoriesWilkie Collins:The Woman in WhiteNo NameArmadaleThe MoonstoneThe Haunted HotelThe Law and The LadyThe Dead SecretMiss or Mrs?Ethel Lina White:Fear Stalks the Village Some Must WatchWaxThe Wheel SpinsStep in the Dark While She SleepsShe Faded into AirAnnie Haynes:The Abbey Court Murder The Blue DiamondThe House in Charlton CrescentThe Crow''s Inn TragedyThe Man with the Dark BeardWho Killed Charmian Karslake?The Crime at Tattenham CornerThe Crystal Beads MurderR. Austin Freeman:Dr. Thorndyke SeriesOther MysteriesH. C. McNeile:Bulldog Drummond SeriesDetective Ronald Standish StoriesG. K. Chesterton:The Innocence of Father BrownThe Wisdom of Father BrownThe Incredulity of Father BrownThe Secret of Father BrownThe Scandal of Father BrownArthur Morrison:Martin Hewitt SeriesDorrington & Hicks StoriesErnest Bramah:Max Carrados StoriesVictor L. Whitechurch:Mystery NovelsThrilling Stories of the RailwayThomas W. Hanshew:Hamilton Cleek SeriesE. W. Hornung:A. J. Raffles SeriesMystery NovelsJ. S. Fletcher:Mystery NovelsShort StoriesRober Barr:The Triumph of Eugéne ValmontJennie Baxter, JournalistThe Adventures of Sherlaw KombsThe Adventure of the Second SwagFrank Froest Mystery NovelsC. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson Mystery NovelsIsabel Ostander Mystery Novels

The ''British Murder Mysteries - Boxed Set'' epitomizes an era when the detective novel burgeoned into a literary phenomenon, reflecting a fascination with the macabre and the incisive. Ranging from atmospheric whodunits to gripping true crime narratives, this extensive collection presents a diverse tableau of stylistic approaches—from the methodical reasoning of detective stories to the taut suspense of thrillers. The anthology not only showcases seminal works that have defined the genre but also brings lesser-known masterpieces into the fore, offering readers an expansive journey through the golden age of British mystery. The contributing authors form a venerable roll call of pioneers who significantly shaped the landscape of detective and mystery literature. Figures like Arthur Conan Doyle and G.K. Chesterton, alongside innovators such as Ethel Lina White and Edgar Wallace, represent a confluence of intellectual energies that spearheaded multiple literary movements, including the classic detective story and elements of Victorian crime narratives. This collection, in encapsulating a wide temporal and thematic range, serves as an invaluable reflection of societal attitudes and the evolution of crime fiction as a sophisticated cultural critique. For enthusiasts of classic detective fiction and scholars alike, ''British Murder Mysteries - Boxed Set'' offers an unparalleled opportunity to explore the intricate interplay of morality, law, and society through the lens of murder and mystery. The anthology invites readers to traverse a labyrinth of intrigue and intellect, where each story not only holds its distinctive flair but also contributes to a grander narrative of the genre''s growth and its mirror to humanity. Engaging with this collection promises not just entertainment but a profound appreciation of how mystery fiction can probe the depths of human nature and societal complexities.

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Frank Froest''s ''The Maelstrom & The Grell Mystery'' is a captivating collection of British Mystery Classics that transport readers to a thrilling world of crime and detection. Froest''s literary style is immersive and suspenseful, keeping readers on the edge of their seats with intricately woven plotlines and well-developed characters. Set in the late 19th century, these stories provide a fascinating glimpse into Victorian England and the rise of detective fiction as a prominent genre. Froest''s attention to detail and cleverly crafted narratives make this book a must-read for fans of classic mystery literature. Frank Froest, a former detective inspector in London''s Metropolitan Police, brings a unique perspective to his writing, drawing on his real-life experiences to create authentic and believable crime stories. His deep understanding of criminal investigations and human nature shines through in his writing, adding an extra layer of complexity to his mysteries. Froest''s passion for storytelling and dedication to accuracy make him a standout figure in the world of British detective fiction. I highly recommend ''The Maelstrom & The Grell Mystery'' to readers who enjoy a well-crafted mystery novel with a historical backdrop. Froest''s collection is a masterclass in detective fiction and a timeless addition to any avid reader''s bookshelf.