Kyrkslätts bibliotek

First published in 1907 under the pseudonym John Estes Cooke, ‘Tamawaca Folks’ is a humorous semi-autobiographical novel by the famous author L. Frank Baum. Based on real events in ...

First published in 1906 ‘Daughters of Destiny’ by famous ‘Oz’ author L. Frank Baum, is one of the few adventure novels he wrote for adults. Set in Baluchistan, two rival cousins Ka ...

Lomakaupungin idylli vaihtuu jäiseen talveen Kun tutkimusalus Idun saapuu Smögenin satamaan eräänä talviaamuna, tutkimuspäällikkö Kaj Malmberg löydetään murhattuna hytistään. Yliop ...

Murha ravistelee pienen merenrantakaupungin idylliä Dennis Wilhelmsson jää virkavapaalle Göteborgin poliisista ja matkustaa Smögenille, lapsuutensa saarelle, käsittelemään keväällä ...

A short horror story collection titled 'Grim Tales' is exactly what you would expect from an author named Edith Bland, but her pen name E. Nesbit has quite another reputation so do ...

If you are looking for a great combination of romance and thriller, look no further.This exhilarating crime and romance novel takes place in a Victorian society and uncovers a tale ...

‘Prillilgirl’ is the seventeenth in the hugely popular Fleming Stone series of detective stories by American author Carolyn Wells. Successful playwright Mallory Vane has been found ...

‘The Furthest Fury’ is the sixteenth book in the popular Fleming Stone detective series by author Carolyn Wells. David Stanhope is visiting friends in Connecticut when he hears of ...

Philip Maxwell’s talent is hosting dinner parties, he fills his rambling estate with young, attractive, and charming guests. His latest dinner party, however, comes to an abrupt en ...

Wealthy young Lord Geoffrey St. Maurice has fallen in love with the beautiful Italian songstress Adrienne Cartuccio. He has a rival for her love however in the form of Count Leonar ...

One of author E. Phillips Oppenheim’s earlier novels, ‘The Postmaster of Deignton’ is a mysterious whodunnit. Young doctor Norman Scott is treating Lord Humphrey Deignton for gout ...

First published in 1915, ‘The Double Traitor’ by E. Phillips Oppenheim is set in the weeks leading up the outbreak of WWI. Stationed in Berlin, young British diplomat Francis Norga ...

A short story from prolific author E. Phillips Oppenheim, ‘The Governors’ tells the story of Phineas Duge. The leader of a group of American millionaires, Duge becomes suspicious o ...

In Paris, gambling house the Palace Noire is raided by police. Disguised as a workman, one man escapes, alongside a young girl and a monkey. Wounded on the night of the raid, Gilbe ...

Arthur, Arnold, and Allan are three great friends who live together. Whilst at a train station observing daily life as inspiration for his next novel, Arnold witnesses a shocking s ...

First published in 1922, E. Phillips Oppenheim set ‘The Great Prince Shan’ in an imagined future of 1934. Though WWI has ended, national security is still under threat. Great Brita ...

Perhaps the most famous of all E. Phillips Oppenheim novels, ‘The Great Impersonation’ is a daring tale of daring, disguise, and espionage set just prior to the outbreak of WWI. Tw ...

Poverty-stricken Arnold Chetwode heads to London to make his fortune. Whilst in the capital he is witness to a murder, drawing him unwillingly into a world of international intrigu ...

Middle-aged politician Andrew Tallente has found his career cut short due to jealousy within his own party and a strong opposition. Having lost his seat, he retires to Devon, only ...

A pre-WWI thriller, ‘The Great Secret’ by E. Phillips Oppenheim follows the adventures of young Hardcross Courage. One night while staying at the Cosmopolitan Hotel he witnesses an ...

Also published under the title ‘The Distributors’, ‘The Ghost Society’ by E. Phillips Oppenheim follows the story of secret society ‘The Ghosts’. Bored with London society, Lord Ev ...

Written and published during the early years of WWI ‘The Kingdom of the Blind’ by E. Phillips Oppenheim is set against the backdrop of this international conflict. Hugh Thomson is ...

When beautiful actress Louise Maurel’s car breaks down in the middle of the countryside she is fortunate to find herself in the vicinity of the home of the Strangeways brothers. Th ...

‘The Zeppelin’s Passenger’ by popular author E. Phillips Oppenheim was first published in 1918 and is set during WWI. When a Zeppelin crashes in a small English town the passenger ...

Professori Kalitin on häikäilemätön, narsistinen kemisti, joka on kehittänyt äärimmäisen tappavan myrkyn työskennellessään salaisessa kaupungissa Venäjän Kaukoidässä. Myrkyn nimi o ...