Mullsjö kommunbibliotek

A collection of five short stories from popular Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell. The collection includes the tales ‘The Poor Clare’, ‘Lois the Witch’, ‘The Grey Woman’ and ‘The ...

Miss Greatorex is invited to join a group of friends who meet weekly at Mrs Dawson’s house. When Miss Greatorex asks to hear more about Mrs Dawson’s cousin Lady Ludlow, the friends ...

Nothing boosts evocative narrative as well as narrow escapes. And Ann Radcliffe mastered it. In this early gothic horror novel, Radcliffe tells the story of the Mazzini household’s ...

Exasperated hostess Grace Gordon is tired of friends and distant relatives coming to stay, imposing themselves upon her and her husband’s lives. When a third cousin and his new bri ...

The fourth in Anthony Trollope’s ‘Palliser’ series, in ‘Phineas Redux’ we are reunited with protagonist Phineas Finn - first introduced in the second book of the series, ‘Phineas F ...

French royalist Mr. Sabin is working to acquire valuable papers regarding English coastal defences for the German government. In return, he demands German conquest of France and th ...

'Man and Maid' might sound like the working title of something 11 year-old Jane Austen jotted down during recess, and whilst this might not be E. Nesbit's most imaginative of title ...

First published in 1863, ‘Aaron Trow’ follows the plight of convict Aaron, who has been sent to prison in Bermuda for the murder of a man during a strike in England. He escapes and ...

First published in 1912, ‘Peter Ruff and the Double Four’ by E. Phillips Oppenheim follows the story of country squire Peter Ruff as he is drawn into the criminal underworld. Named ...

På Sundsvalls sjukhus blir Nathalie Svensson larmad till en ung kvinna som har stängt in sig på sitt rum. Hon hotar att begå självmord. När Nathalie lyckas ta sig in i rummet står ...

”Det är en riktigt underhållande läsning som denna fantasirika författare bjuder på där vi möter många oväntade vändningar och riktigt udda detaljer … bitvis helt magnifikt” Anders ...

Stormsvalans död är en spänningsroman i skärgårdsmiljö. Döden slår till på den fiktiva ön Svartskär i Bohuslän, mitt i en krets av unga vuxna som ska fira att det var tio år sedan ...

Han såg vad du gjorde. Han vet vem du är.LEIGH COLLIER har jobbat hårt för det liv hon har. Ett eftertraktat jobb som försvarsadvokat, en skötsam dotter, till och med skilsmässan f ...

Kesäisessä Helsingissä tapahtuu kolme murhaa. Uhrien kuolinsyynä on puukotus, kolme veitseniskua. Kaikkien yläruumiiseen on viilletty V:n muotoinen haava. Juttua tutkii Vuohijärvi, ...

Tsukiko har hört till kurtisanhuset så länge hon kan minnas och hennes framtid som kurtisan är utstakad. Men när den herrelöse samurajen Hiroshi en dag rusar in på gården med svärd ...

Samurajen Hiroshi är efterlyst för mordet på sin före detta herre – ett brott som straffas med halshuggning om han inte lyckas hitta den riktige mördaren först. Vid sin sida har ha ...

Lydias bror Dani bär på ett mörkt förflutet. Som trettonåring värvades han av ett kriminellt gäng och dömdes för misshandel och narkotikabrott innan han lyckades bryta sig fri. De ...

Set in Britain shortly after the end of the Russo-Japanese war, ‘The Illustrious Prince’ provides a fascinating insight into the political tensions of the time. The story centres a ...

First published in 1907, ‘Berenice’ by E. Phillips Oppenheim tells the tale of the lonely gentleman Matravers. A man of high tastes with very definite views, he writes reviews for ...

Auctioneer Alfred Burton’s life is turned upside-down following a miraculous encounter in an empty house. Burton finds himself unable to speak, see, or think anything but the truth ...

Opening in a desolate Derbyshire coal-mining village, young student Philip Romilly finds himself rejected and despondent, resorting to desperate measures in order to secure future ...

Wealthy playwright Sir Jermyn Annerley finds himself caught up in a love-triangle between the beautiful actress Sybil Cluley and his rival for her love, Lord Lakenham. Secrets from ...

Perhaps Wilkie Collins' editor thought 'John Jago's Ghost' sounded too much like an exciting tale of cursed, swashbuckling pirates for the alternate title of this novella to end up ...

Also published under the title ‘The Yellow House’, ‘As a Man Lives’ is an E. Phillips Oppenheim tale packed full of his trademark mystery and suspense. The story is narrated by our ...

A quirky and light-hearted novel from author E. Phillips Oppenheim, ‘An Amiable Charlatan’ charts the story of a young English aristocrat who finds himself caught up in the lives o ...