The Lonely Bride has it all: money, murder and marriages made / broken out of blackmail. All events revolve around the desired bachelor, Stephen Rice. His millionaire father wants to hand over his business to his son. Poor Grace was blackmailed by marrying a terrible person, Stephen Rice, then she tries to find ways to get out of it, but every undone burden will also be connected with a terrible secret.
Borne Abbey – a miracle of architecture. And there is nothing more outstanding or more beautiful in the English countryside than Borne Abbey. Indeed, this place had its own atmosphere. For nearly four hundred years the Cranwallis family had lived here, lords of broad acres and suzerain of a many goodly manors. Everything changed after the brazen millionaire came to this house.
Fred M. White’s hobby is to confuse the reader from the very first pages. The same happens in The Golden Bat, from the very first phrases we learn about a real confident man, Lytton Barle. He was the head of the Secret Squad at New Scotland. His friend, Ray, came to London to find a man who stole $ 40,000 from him. Ray joins the Secret Squad. Together, two comrades are going to make noise and punish those responsible.
Many stories by Fred M. White have a spy theme. This story is no exception. The events take place during the First World War. Two men, Manuel and his young companion Luigi, are on a mission. The men have a problem: namely, a German wireless transmitter that they desperately wanted to find and stop.
Frederick Merrick White wrote a number of short stories, including By Order of the League. The story of the Order By the Order of the League begins with a cozy room, where there is a cozy atmosphere. Frederic Maxwell was an English art enthusiast, and, no doubt, if he had to earn his living with his brush, it would have caused some shock in the world. However, being born with a traditional silver spoon in his mouth, his flirtation with art never threatened to become serious...
Fred M. White is famous for mystical, sometimes difficult to understand little stories. One of these stories is „"A Case For the Crown"”. Almost from the very beginning, the author gives us such an intriguing description of events: „From the mouth of a tortured person came a strange, terrible whistling cry, a man’s cry on the verge of epilepsy. His eyes were full of nameless horror, sweat running down his face”. Many questions appear in our story first.
Frederick Merrick White (1859–1935) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name „Fred M. White” including the six „Doom of London” science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include „The Four Days’ Night”, in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; „The Dust of Death”, in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and „The Four White Days”, in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the ci...
Many people go through financial difficulties. The popular detective novelist David Steele finds himself in a difficult financial situation and accepts an invitation from an unknown mysterious lady who offers to help with his debts. Instead, she wants him to solve her unpleasant situation. He performs his part of the deal. Upon arrival home, he discovers a corpse.
”The Councillors of Falconhoe”, the new serial story, written by Mr. Fred. M. White. The story begins in the London club „Mars and Jupiter”, where several diplomats enjoy a quiet place, and the interest of the reader from the very beginning is maintained in an atmosphere of excitement. Hilary Gelicors, a central figure in the story, after an exciting adventure in the war, is unable to adapt to the relatively peaceful routine of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He prefers to...
The Gentle Buccaneers – a gang of four pirates. They were a good company, physically, if not intellectually, although Endellion himself, the leader of the expedition and the owner of the yacht, was a classic scholar and passionate admirer of Marcus Aurelius, whose philosophy he loved to translate. They liked to pose as people who were disfigured in a battle for peace. However, it soon became harder to show up in public. Everyone is starting to pay attention to them.
The moral of this story is clear to all, because it is relevant – envy. It was a large, beautifully furnished room, filled with priceless paintings, bronze and old furniture. It was the mansion of a rich Stephen Morrison, a wise man. He hired an artist and gave him a check so that he could settle in the city. Everyone was jealous of Stephen.
Frederick Merrick White is an eminent writer who became famous for his short stories. The main character, Samuel Flowers, is a wealthy man and owns a fleet of ships. In England, where precious treasures are missing, some people begin to search for them. Will they be found, and what will happen to Flowers and his niece?
The story begins in the London home of John Garnstone, an elderly bachelor and antiques dealer. Garnstone is an enthusiastic gardener and grows a plant of incalculable value, a blue daffodil, on the roof of his house. One of the nights his body is a secretary. A lot of weird events happen after that.
This is a mysterious story about The Corner House, where there are many secrets and various rumors about it. Some time ago, the Corner House was the center of what could be an exciting tragedy. Some of the neighbors could hear about the night cry, how to stamp their feet, about a beautiful woman with poison in her hand. No one ever revealed her secret, no one crossed her threshold. However, there is always someone brave who will do it.
Rupert Bascoe and Wakefield are the main characters of the story. They rode in the night express. They were familiar, even more, they had an affair. However, Miss Wakefield did not trust her partner. Let us dive into the past of our heroes and find out that Miss Wakefield had a tough action. Therefore, she constantly carries a weapon with her, like a wristwatch. But is it correct that she took it on a trip?
Fred M. White wrote a story about a real feminine and beautiful lady. For example, his story begins so: when a tall figure in black velvet and diamonds and lace appeared at the head of the staircase. Mrs. Eldred-Wolfram was tall and dark, and, although she was almost seventy years old, there was no gray hair on her smooth head. Her features were beautiful and arrogant, as befits Mrs. Eldred-Wolfram of Caradoc; her eyes were restless and changeable. She pledged her income to...
Friday is a busy night in Westbury, because this evening several thousand people get their weekly salary. There are spinning mills and iron foundries in Westbury, not to mention the growing shipping trade. Roland Thornycroft had the air of a dissipated man who carefully conceals his vices, and, truth to say, appearances were not far wide of the mark.On the one hand – a burgeoning city, on the other – a city where people work, unaware of time.
Frederick Merrick White wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name „Fred M. White” including the seven „Gipsy” Tale. The story of how the small town began to go crazy. The dining room was closed until sunset on Saturday, and thus eight thousand people scattered in huts along a beautiful valley were thrown at their own expense. They played cricket with some energy, they bathed in mountain ponds, hiking and long training walks were held. Rabbits, too, were gett...
