
THE SECRET PASSAGE
THE YELLOW HOLLY
A COIN OF EDWARD VII.
THE PAGAN'S CUP
THE MANDARIN'S FAN
CONTENTS
Jim Kaimes, a lanky man with more talk than sense, spends his evenings arguing with his sharp‑tongued wife, Leah, over debts and divorce papers. Their banter, full of crooked metaphors and lingering resentment, hints at a marriage teetering on the brink of ruin. Yet beneath the squabbles lies a restless curiosity that drives Jim to chase a hidden solution to their financial woes.
When a sudden, inexplicable murder rattles their genteel London neighborhood, the couple is drawn into a labyrinth of secret passages and whispered rumors. As they sift through clues, old grudges and new alliances emerge, and a tentative romance flickers amid the danger. The story weaves clever misdirection with vivid period details, promising listeners a tightly plotted mystery that keeps the outcome tantalizingly out of reach.
Language
en
Duration
~13 hours (771K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by Google Books (Harvard University)
Release date
2017-09-08
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1859–1932
Best known for a Victorian-era bestseller that helped shape early detective fiction, this prolific novelist wrote stories packed with secrets, suspense, and sharp social observation. His life stretched from England to New Zealand and Australia before he returned to Britain and built a remarkably large body of popular fiction.
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