Once upon a time, Duke Justin Avon was insulted by the Count de Saint-Vire - Avon came to ask for his daughter's hand in marriage, but the Count rudely refus...

Late in the evening while on duty, the constable discovers the body of a local rich man, Vereker, stabbed to death with a knife. But who could have committed...

Estate owner Gregory Matthews is found dead. The investigation is leaning toward the version of natural death, but the deceased’s sister insists: a murder oc...

A merry Christmas celebration in a rich country mansion ended in a scandal: the owner of the house quarreled with the guests, and finally promised to disinhe...

Wally Carter, the obnoxious husband of a millionaire, is killed during a picnic. The case seems completely ordinary to the experienced Inspector Hemingway, b...

The story “Pursuit” was included in The Queen's Book of the Red Cross, published in November 1939 to raise funds for the Red Cross during the Second World Wa...

Keith doesn’t even know how the adventure of replacing his twin brother Evelin will turn out for him. He falls in love with his bride! Only a few days had pa...

Lord Carstairs, accused of fraud while playing cards, is forced to leave home and wander for years under an assumed name. One day he meets an old acquaintanc...

Count Sylvester Salford, a social dandy, tired of endless entertainment, finally decides to get married. He cynically examines one candidate after another, a...

Who killed a successful lawyer who had recently settled in a quiet suburb of London? Almost all representatives of the “crème de la crème” of local society, ...

Middle of the 11th century. The illegitimate Duke William already in his youth became the sovereign ruler of Normandy - strong, purposeful, merciless... And ...

The book by contemporary English writer Georgette Heyer includes love-adventure novels written in the genre of “historical romance” about the adventures of h...