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  • The Sunless City

    by Dick Donovan ...
    A well-travelled journalist James Edward Preston Muddock – though he was better known as Joyce Emerson Preston Muddock, wrote prolifically in a number of genres. The vast majority of his output were sensational detective stories in which „Dick Donovan” was the main character. In the ‘lost world’ novel „The Sunless City” (1905), Josiah Flintabbatey Flonatin pilots a submarine through a bottomless ... Read more

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  • A Detective's Triumphs

    by Dick Donovan ...
    “Dick Donovan” was the pseudonym of James Edward Preston Murdock (1843–1934), an author of mysteries, thrillers, and horror stories. For a time, his popularity rivaled that of Arthur Conan Doyle—and he was certainly more prolific than Doyle. Between 1889 and 1922, he published nearly 300 mystery stories (many in series that were collected as books, such as this one.)Many of Muddock’s mystery ... Read more

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  • The Shadow Hunter and Other Stories

    by Dick Donovan ...
    Series series Black Heath Gothic, Sensation and Supernatural
    When Tryphena Sabine unexpectedly inherits the imposing mansion of Tanglewood on the Yorkshire Moors, terrible memories are awakened of her unhappy girlhood, a doomed love affair, and the unwelcome attentions of Reginald Jarrald - ominously known as the Shadow Hunter. But when she reaches Tanglewood she finds a house haunted by more than just memories...A forgotten classic of supernatural fiction, ... Read more

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  • Black Cat Weekly #91

    Our 91st issue features 3 original tales—mysteries by Jacqueline Freimor (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Kathleen Marple Kalb (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman), and a science fiction story by M. Christian (thanks to Acquiring Editor Cynthia Ward). Plus a classic SF novel by Harrison, the first of his Stainless Steel Rat series. Plus a classic detective collection from Dick ... Read more

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  • From Clue to Capture

    A Series of Thrilling Detective Stories

    by Dick Donovan ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    J.E. Preston Muddock was a prolific writer of mystery fiction whose work was, in its day, as popular as Arthur Conan Doyle’s. In these thrilling stories, Muddock writes under the guise of his fictional alter ego - the private detective Dick Donovan. From the murky underworld of Victorian London to the grand houses of the upper classes, Donovan investigates crime in all its forms, recovering ... Read more

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  • Tales of terror

    by Dick Donovan ...
    Although often urged to put into print the remarkable story which follows I have always strenuously refused to do so, partly on account of personal reasons and partly out of respect for the feelings of the relatives of those concerned. But after much consideration I have come to the conclusion that my original objections can no longer be urged. The principal actors are dead. I myself am well ... Read more

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  • Tales of terror

    by Dick Donovan ...
    Dick Donovan's Tales of Terror belongs to the late Victorian tradition of sensational and macabre short fiction, offering readers a sequence of unnerving episodes shaped by suspense, menace, and the pleasures of narrative surprise. The volume draws on familiar fin-de-siècle fascinations—crime, psychological disturbance, the uncanny, and sudden reversals of fortune—while presenting them in a brisk, ... Read more

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  • Tales of Terror

    Chilling Victorian Horrors & Macabre Short Stories to Haunt the Mind

    by Dick Donovan ...
    Tales of Terror by Dick Donovan is a gripping collection of Victorian-era crime and supernatural mystery stories that plunge readers into the shadowy streets and uneasy drawing rooms of nineteenth-century Britain. Written by celebrated detective fiction pioneer Dick Donovan, these chilling tales blend psychological suspense, criminal investigation, and eerie atmospheres to create unforgettable ... Read more

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  • The Clue of the Dead Hand

    by Dick Donovan ...
    James Edward Preston Muddock was born on the 28th May 1843 in Southampton, Hampshire, England.Muddock worked extensively as a foreign correspondent, traveling across India, China, and Australia. This worldly experience heavily influenced his prolific literary output, across ghost stories, historical fiction, and guide books.His best-known name character was Dick Donovan, the Glaswegian detective ... Read more

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  • Suspicion Aroused

    by Dick Donovan ...
    James Edward Preston Muddock was born on the 28th May 1843 in Southampton, Hampshire, England.Muddock worked extensively as a foreign correspondent, traveling across India, China, and Australia. This worldly experience heavily influenced his prolific literary output, across ghost stories, historical fiction, and guide books.His best-known name character was Dick Donovan, the Glaswegian detective ... Read more

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  • The Chronicles of Michael Danevitch of the Russian Secret Service

    by Dick Donovan ...
    James Edward Preston Muddock was born on the 28th May 1843 in Southampton, Hampshire, England.Muddock worked extensively as a foreign correspondent, traveling across India, China, and Australia. This worldly experience heavily influenced his prolific literary output, across ghost stories, historical fiction, and guide books.His best-known name character was Dick Donovan, the Glaswegian detective ... Read more

    $8.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Chronicles of Michael Danevitch of the Russian Secret Service

    by Dick Donovan ...
    A year or two before the outbreak of the Franco Prussian War a daring attempt was made upon the life of the Emperor of Russia. He had been out shooting in the neighbourhood of St. Petersburg, and was returning at dusk in company with numerous friends and a large suite. As the Royal carriage passed an isolated house on a country road, which was bordered on each side by a dense pine forest, a bomb ... Read more

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