E Hornung Books
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A Bushranger At Bay
[english | ]E Hornung
Excerpts: [... of sticking up without a word. had reluctantly accepted an officious introduction. He wished himself out of the absurd little two-horse coach, ...... led a pack-horse, to which the driver and the inside passenger were compelled to strap the long canvas bags, under his eye-glass and his long revolver. ...... an insensitive smile, and, after a moment's deliberation, handed it for the ...]
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A Costume Piece
[english | ]E Hornung
Excerpts: [... huge headlines in the newspapers aforesaid. And this was all one knew of Reuben Rosenthall up to the time when the Old Bohemian Club, having fallen ...... in his shirt front, and the other twenty-five on his little finger. He didn't exist. If he did, he wouldn't have the pluck to wear them. But he had ...... shrugged his shoulders. 'It is horribly obvious, I admit. But - yes, I ...]
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At The Pistol Point
[english | 1897]E Hornung
Excerpts: [... the scene had all the cheery sparkle, all the peaceful glamour, of an old-fashioned Christmas card. There was the snow-covered village, there the church-spire ...... and immense round shoulders, a hard mouth, shrewd eyes, and wiry hair as white as the snow outside. The bells ceased, and for a moment there ...... running to several columns, and sub-divided into paragraphs labelled ...]
Genres: [fiction and literature | short story] Downloads: 155
Le Premier Pas
[english | ]E Hornung
Summary: [The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present is a trade paperback reference work by the American television researchers Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh first published by Ballantine Books in 1979. The ninth edition came out in 2007. According to the authors the book is an attempt to list all commercially-broadcast network series ever shown in the evening or nighttime ...]
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Nine Points Of The Law
[english | ]E Hornung
Excerpts: [... still, extraordinary enough, I grant you. Look at the figure! It is certainly large. And the mission - and ...... This minute, said Raffles, brushing his hat and so are you. But I came in to drag you out to lunch. You shall ...... in the Daily Telegraph but, on the other hand, I was not quite prepared to hear from men like yourselves. Candidly, and on consideration, I am not ......]
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No Hero
[english | 1903]E Hornung
Excerpts: [... of asking whether she might. Her own old tact and charm were in that tentative burial of the past. In the first line she had all but won my entire ...... scraps of Bob's letters to me. It was as unscrupulous as you please, but I felt unscrupulous and the poor dear was too loyal to admit, yet too honest ...... best: suppose he is making a fool of himself, is he the sort of fellow to ...]
Genres: [fiction and literature] Downloads: 93
Raffles
[english | ]E Hornung
Excerpts: [... of a guilty conscience. Well, I must see it for myself, and the sooner the better, though work pressed. I was writing a series of articles upon prison ...... heard by Raffles where he lay and he would never speak while one was ascending, until it had passed his door. The afternoon brought more than one applicant ...... in the jeweller's own cotton-wool. Duplicate boxes. I cried. ...]
Genres: [mysterydetective | audiobook] Downloads: 189
Raffles The Amateur Cracksman
[english | 1899]E Hornung
Summary: [The seminal criminal-as-hero story somewhat dated in light of all thats been written since but still a good read.]
Genres: [mysterydetective | audiobook | short story collection] Downloads: 40
Stingaree
[english | ]E Hornung
Summary: [Whats shaped like a sting ray and flies over Chesapeake Bay? This is the eerie riddle which confronts Rick Brant and his friend Don Scott when seeking shelter from a storm they anchor the houseboat Spindrift in a lonely cove along the Maryland shore and spot the flying stingaree.]
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The Black Hole Of Glenranald
[english | ]E Hornung
Summary: [The Black by Edgar Wallace. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. that were either part of the original artifact or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important and despite the imperfections have elected to bring it back into print ...]
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The Camera Fiend
[english | 1911]E Hornung
Summary: [A 17-year-old asthmatic boy who longs for adventure finds just that--in spades! Along the way he is forced to grow up. Unusual book. A page turner. Enjoy!]
Genres: [fiction and literature | mysterydetective | occult] Downloads: 377
The Gift Of The Emperor
[english | ]E Hornung
Excerpts: [... 'Oh, no, I shan't,' said I gloomily. 'I've got to be content with the honour of getting in the editor wrote to say so, in so many words,' I added. ...... me. I knew that he was thinking of other things I had stooped to, and I thought I knew what he was going to say. He had said it before so often ...... a while forget'. It was a charming letter. I had never seen Italy the privilege ...]
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The Honor Of The Road
[english | ]E Hornung
Excerpts: [... had a glass to his lips as the sergeant entered. He was a very fine man of forty, and his massive frame was crowned with a countenance as handsome ...... chaps a devil of a time down there! He's come back. I've seen him with my own eyes. But I'm beginning at the wrong end first, said ...... spoke of pressing on myself. You have probably heard that one of his peculiarities was that ...]
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The Ides Of March
[english | ]E Hornung
Summary: [The Ides Of March by E W Hornung. I laughed aloud in my misery. There s been a bill of sale on every stick for months And at that Raffles stood still with raised eyebrows and stern eyes that I could meet the better now that he knew the worst then with a shrug he resumed his walk and for some minutes neither of us spoke. But in his handsome unmoved face I read my fate and death-warrant and with ...]
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The Shadow Of A Man
[english | 1900]E Hornung
Summary: [In Lovecrafts Shadow: The Cthulhu Mythos Stories of August Derleth is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author August Derleth. It was released in 1998 by Mycroft Moran in an edition of 2051 copies. The stories are part of the Cthulhu Mythos and several had appeared previously in the Arkham House collections: The Mask of Cthulhu (1958) The Trail of Cthulhu (1962) and Colonel ...]
Genres: [fiction and literature] Downloads: 157
The Shadow Of The Rope
[english | ]E Hornung
Excerpts: [... and kept up by successors who could not endure the cold, uncomfortable house. It was said to have been a similar taste in Mr. Steel which had first ...... of a Delverton parson who got into trouble about the same time. They must have heard of my trial, said Rachel, in a low voice. They were walking ...... studying her she was returning the compliment at last. And of his character ...]
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The Taking Of Stingaree
[english | ]E Hornung
Excerpts: [... the single-handed capture of so notorious a desperado as Stingaree. The dashing officer was not unnaturally actuated by the sum of three hundred pounds ...... of a talkative squad and with that conviction he pushed his thoroughbred on and on through a whole cool night and three parts of an Australian summer's ...... crescent colony. But nothing could have been more admirable than ...]
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To The Vile Dust
[english | ]E Hornung
Excerpts: [... landmarks there were none the world was swallowed in a yellow swirl that turned browner and more opaque even as Vanheimert shook himself out of his ...... gurgled gibberish at the taste of raw spirits later in the same hour. It was high noon before Vanheimert opened a seeing eye and blinked it in the unveiled ...... deep exhaustion. The sky was a dark and limpid blue but every leaf ...]
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