The following is a list of recently released ebooks from various Gutenberg projects, including Project Gutenberg US, PG Australia, Faded Page, and Standard Ebooks.
Audrey, Solange, Val, Celia and Winifred (usually called Win) are schoolgirls staying on the Platz to be near sick relatives. Bored, and trying to entertain themselves, they decide to build a Campfire. Unfortunately, they do it within the grounds of the Chalet School, and are scolded by Miss Dene.
After this, and an encounter with Len Maynard, the group declares war on the Chalet School. Their tricks try the patience of staff and students alike.
The girls play a variety of tricks on the Chalet School including blocking the path during a school walk, throwing stinkbombs at the prefects and spreading pepper on the food in the Speisesaal.
Over time, the girls come into contact with pupils, ex-pupils and school events. This helps change their attitude towards the Chalet School. And when Win goes missing, it's the Chalet School that saves the day.
Meanwhile, the Fifth Form sits GCE exams, and an ex-Chalet schoolgirl faces an uncertain future.—Goodreads
A history of the Government House in Halifax, its building, occupants and events that occured within its walls.
Found dead in his Harley Street offices, the highly regarded medical specialist Dr. Mawsley has apparently given himself a fatal injection of strychnine. But he was not suicidal, it couldn’t have been an accident, and no murderer visited him. During their weekly dinner party, an old friend brings the case to the attention of the eminent, if somewhat eccentric, Dr. Priestly, who has made a hobby out of the theory of criminal investigation. The problem is thoroughly laid out before the assembled company in after-dinner conversation, but no one can think of any useful suggestions on the matter that the police have not already considered. Dr. Priestly, however, is determined to prove a fourth alternative to murder, suicide and accident. And in the end, he provides a brilliant solution to this steadily baffling mystery.—Back Cover.
Jim Chaffee rode into Roaring Horse slowly. It was growing dark and Woolfridge’s men were staked out everywhere—along the streets, behind the stores and saloons, in the back alleys. Their orders were to kill Chaffee, to gun him down, shoot him in the back.
And the town of Roaring Horse waited quietly, helplessly, for the death of the only man who could save them.
A shot split the air and whistled past Chaffee’s head. He was out of the saddle, crouching and shooting as he ran.—Intro.
Another exciting mystery begins for Frank and Joe Hardy when they help a stranger who has had an accident with his car. The man introduces himself as John Mead, owner of a nearby estate. After he continues on his way, Frank finds an odd-looking house key which belongs to Mead. But when the Hardys try to return it, they learn that John Mead died five years ago! They are even more amazed when they find that the intricately carved doors in the dead man’s deserted mansion have no visible knobs or keylocks. While working on this mystery, the boys assist their detective father in tracking down a highly organized ring of thieves who are robbing warehouses of television and stereo equipment.
The day after his wife asks him for a divorce, Toby Hand gets on a ship to Alaska. The ship sinks before reaching its destination and Toby is assumed drowned. Laurel, Toby's wife, marries again, but all is not how it seems and therein lies the story.
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