Showing results for "The Yellow Book" in True Crime

When a woman is murdered at mystery writer Henry Loureoux's apartment, Scotland Yard inspector Dunbar begins his investigation with a note that the woman left behind written to a Mr. King. When M. Gaston Max, a Parisian criminal investigator and master of disguise, comes to help the case, things begin to get interesting. Can they find out who Mr. King is and stop the crazed murderer from striking again? Can they find Henry's butler, Soames, before he ends up in danger? And where is Henry Loureoux's wife? This book has a lot of "Yellow Peril" and other racial stereotypes, typical of its day. ...

Who is this enigmatic figure, Nostalgo, whose grinning visage appears on posters throughout London? When a gruesomely disfigured body, strikingly similar to the posters face, mysteriously disappears from a police station, Jack Masefield finds himself thrust into an intricate web of greed, deception, and revenge. Determined to protect his fiancée Claire from her dubious guardian Anstruther, Jack peels back layers of dark deeds and dangerous secrets.

Today, seventy-three years after his death, journalists still tell tales of Charles E. Chapin. As city editor of Pulitzeras New York Evening World, Chapin was the model of the take-no-prisoners newsroom tyrant: he drove reporters relentlesslyaand kept his paper in the center ring of the circus...

Dive into the intriguing world of Gaston Leroux, famed author of The Phantom of the Opera, as he spins a captivating tale of the original locked room mystery. In this chilling crime novel, an attempted murder occurs with no clear escape route for the perpetrator. Brace yourself for a chilling journey that will leave your spine tingling... (Summary by Stuart Bell)