Autor: Frank Packard

Frank Lucius Packard (1877-1942), a Canadian Novelist and railway engineer, wrote the Jimmie Dale mysteries and other works. Doors of the Night is quite possibly his greatest mystery novel, and highl …

An incredible collection of the world’s best classic mystery novels, proudly presented by Serapis Classics! Featuring: THE ABANDONED ROOM, by Wadsworth Camp THE SHRIEKING PIT, by Arthur Rees THE NEW …

A tale of gambling and mystery. Excerpt: A wild and prolonged roar came from every quarter of the race track. It swelled in volume. It came again and again. Pandemonium itself seemed loosed. Outside …

A hansom cab, somewhat woebegone in appearance, threaded its way in a curiously dejected manner through the heart of New York’s East Side. A fine drizzle fell, through which the street lamps showed a …

‘There is a Valley called the Valley of Illusion, but beyond it, sun-crowned, is the Peak of Eternal Truth.and the Way from the Valley to the Peak is sore beset, for the Way is the Understanding of T …

His name was somewhat confusing. It might be either French or English, according to the twist that was given to its pronunciation.and Three-Ace Artie could give it either twist with equal facility. H …

Set in New York’s shady underbelly of crime, we follow Rhoda Gray, alias The White Moll, as she strives to do good but finds herself framed by criminals who also blame her for ruining their schemes. …

Two switch lights twinkled; one at the east, and one at the west end of the siding. For the rest all was blackness. Half way between the switch lights, snuggled close against the single-tracked main …

He was a misshapen thing, bulking a black blotch in the night at the entrance of the dark alleyway-like some lurking creature in its lair. He neither stood, nor kneeled, nor sat-no single word would …

Things don’t look good for Billy Kane when his millionaire employer David Ellsworth is found murdered and robbed. All evidences suggest that he is the one who did it, and those circumstances dictate …

When Rhoda Gray, "The White Moll, " tries to rescue Gypsy Nan, who is not who she seems to be in The White Moll, she gets lured into the criminal underworld. Rhoda Gray is an angel of mercy …