Drowning in debt, Lydia decides to accept her lawyer’s strange bargain: If she marries his wealthy client, James Meredith, her debts will be discharged. Naturally, there’s a catch: Jame may be rich, but he’s also a suspected murderer with a psychotic ex-lover on the prowl. Poverty and arranged marriages are hard enough, but Lydia will find that vindictive old flames pose the greatest threat of all...

Once upon a time, a scholar known as the “Recluse” purchased a lakeside home. Though the house sat in an isolated part of rural Ireland, the Recluse stukk experienced his fair share of excitement—namely strange noises, hallucinations, and attacks from gargantuan monsters...But is he merely insane, or is something truly evil at work? The House on the Borderland was a significant source of inspiration for another horror master, H.P. Lovecraft.

One of the first female mystery authors, Anna Katharine Green would influence writers like Agatha Christie. In The Leavenworth Case, she’s created a pulse-racing whodunit populated with a cast of eccentric—and all seemingly guilty—characters. One of them is responsible for the murder of a wealthy man, but can you sort through the secrets, lies, and red herrings? 

Warren’s sister, Helen, has left his best friend, Jim for another, man. Her new beau, named Frank Woods, is a shady character—and one who seems to have more interest in Warren's family money than in Helen herself. But while en route to a duel with Jim, Frank is shot in the back of the head...and Helen is sitting in the backseat. Could Warren’s sister or the scorned lover be responsible? Or is there an unknown killer on the loose? Warren will have to don his detective’s hat and find out for himself.

Syme always thought Gregory's talk of radicalism was merely a bluff. Wanting to prove himself, Gregory introduces Syme to a council of likeminded anarchists—all of whom aim to create trouble through poetry. The members nickname Syme “Thursday”—but Syme has another identity no one knows about. Secretly, he’s an undercover detective, and he's been sent to destroy the council from the inside out...