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A classic mystery from 1914, with an exotic menagerie, a secret society of revolutionaries, a weird manor house, and a panther named Satan. Estelle finds herself within a family of secrets, while Verona must decide which side she is on.

Jess Grant is an orphan, raised among criminals, and destined for a life on the fringes of society. Her mentor, the hardened criminal David Seabright, has recently left prison, and plans to use Jess in a conspiracy against his enemy, Lord Revelstone. Yet Seabright's plot goes awry when Jess falls in love with Revelstone's nephew, the young Paul Sidney. These circumstances pitch Jess into a complex series of events and the treachery of Lord Revelstone's household.

When Jocelyn Kennedy, heir to Kelton Castle, joins his parents at the gloomy pile, he discovers a mysterious tower, booby-trapped, and sealed up. What could be the meaning behind it? In this 1907 novel by popular Edwardian writers, Alice and Claude Askew, Jocelyn must get to the bottom of the mystery, avenge his mother, and rescue the girl of his dreams. A forerunner of the golden age of detective fiction, The Sealed Tower is a fast-paced adventure story, set in Yorkshire.

 By the most successful serial writers of the Edwardian era, The Stolen Lady is a classic abduction narrative first published in 1908, and now re-published for the first time. Muriel Latimer dreams of wider horizons, romantic foreign princes, and a life out of her ordinary middle-class existence. When she is secreted away to a magnificent castle, she will discover the reality of her romantic dreams.

Patience Amherst is an ambitious young artist. When she gets the chance to travel to London, to study with the great portrait painter Sir Hilary Marlow, she seizes the opportunity. Yet, little does Patience realise that Sir Hilary is not merely interested in her talents, and there is a sinister plot afoot, one which will embroil Patience in the secrets of the Marlow family and which will, ultimately, end in murder. 

Angus Ridley is a promising painter, making his name in the arts scene of London. He hopes that his success will allow him to marry his childhood sweetheart, Violet Borrodaile. However, the plans of Angus are thrown into disarray when he is falsely accused of a terrible murder. Meanwhile, convicted fraudster and disgraced gentleman Bruce Handley has left prison, eager to rebuild both his relationship with his wife, and his position in society. Their lives will become intertwined in a murder.