The Highwayman

The Highwayman

H. C. Bailey

Mystery & Thrillers

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
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The Garston Murder Case

The Garston Murder Case

H. C. Bailey

Mystery & Thrillers

The Golden Age mystery author of the Mr. Fortune series introduces Joshua Clunk, a chipper yet cunning criminal lawyer and sleuth.Joshua Clunk may appear on the wrong side of the law as a defense attorney, but he's always on the right side of justice. Something that his nemesis, Superintendent Bell of the Criminal Investigation Division, is about to find out . . .It all begins with young Anthony Wisberry and his attempt to solve his father's disappearance. More than twenty years ago, his chemist father worked out a process for making hard steel with vanadium. He then went on a business trip and was never seen again. Around the same time, the steel firm of Garston & Garston started using the same process with great success, which Anthony finds suspicious. A long-time friend of the Wisberry family, Clunk investigated the case years ago and came up with nothing. But his attempts to stop Anthony from confronting Henry Garston—now Lord Croyland—fall on deaf ears. The Garston's...
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