The Mysteries Collection

✍ Scribed by Victor L. Whitechurch

• Book ID: 110613451
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 189 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch (1868-1933) was a Church of England clergyman and author. He is best known for his detective stories featuring Thorpe Hazell, the first amateur railway detective, whom the author intended to be as far from Sherlock Holmes as possible. Another Whitechurch's character was the spy Captain Ivan Koravitch. His stories were admired for their immaculate plotting and factual accuracy. Whitechurch was one of the first writers to submit his manuscripts to Scotland Yard for vetting as to police procedure.

Table of Contents:
Novels:
The Canon in Residence
Downland Echoes
Murder at the Pageant

Short Stories:
Thrilling Stories of the Railway
Peter Crane's Cigars
The Tragedy on the London and Mid-Northern
The Affair of the Corridor Express
Sir Gilbert Murrell's Picture
How the Bank Was Saved
The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box
How the Bishop Kept His Appointment
The Adventure of the Pilot Engine
The Stolen Necklace
The Mystery of the Boat Express
How the Express Was Saved
A Case of Signaling
Winning the Race
The Strikers
The Ruse That Succeeded
Other Railway Stories
A Perilous Ride
The Slip Coach Mystery
In the Rockhurst Tunnel
The Convict's Revenge
A Warning in Red
A Jump for Freedom
Special Working Instructions
Pierre Cournet's Last Run
Between Two Fires
The Triumph of Seth P. Tucker
A Policy of Silence
In a Tight Fix
The Romance of the “Southern Queen”