The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English   By: Egerton Castle (1858-1920)

The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English by Egerton Castle is a captivating collection of mystery stories that will keep readers hooked until the very end. The anthology features a variety of tales from renowned authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, and Wilkie Collins, among others.

Each story is expertly crafted with clever plot twists, engaging characters, and suspenseful narratives that will appeal to fans of the mystery genre. The book is beautifully written and showcases the best of modern English mystery writing.

Overall, The Lock and Key Library is a must-read for anyone who enjoys a good mystery. It is a timeless collection that will entertain and delight readers of all ages. Highly recommended for those looking for an engaging and thrilling read.

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Somewhere in the Other World, where there are books and pictures and plays and shop windows to look at, and thousands of men who spend their lives in building up all four, lives a gentleman who writes real stories about the real insides of people; and his name is Mr. Walter Besant. But he will insist upon treating his ghosts he has published half a workshopful of them with levity. He makes his ghost seers talk familiarly, and, in some cases, flirt outrageously, with the phantoms. You may treat anything, from a Viceroy to a Vernacular Paper, with levity; but you must behave reverently toward a ghost, and particularly an Indian one... Continue reading book >>