Indeed, he read very little except detective stories, which he devoured at a rate of one a day. Ronald Knox, The Motive
The ghost known to inhabit the Heldar’s antiquarian bookshop hasn’t been seen for many years. But oddly, it’s recently been sighted by several of the staff. One of the clerks, Sally Merton isn’t so bothered by these supposed manifestations as she is by the unwelcome advances of her unpleasant colleague, Victor Butcher. But Sally isn’t …
Continue reading The Two Hundred Ghost by Henrietta Hamilton (1956)
Work in the pictures department of National Press Archives has been severely disrupted of late. Frank Morningside, an archive assistant, has been the recipient of a series of pranks and increasingly malicious poisoned pen letters. When the situation becomes intolerable and begins to influence his work, Toby Lorn, a close friend the Heldars and head …
Continue reading Answer in the Negative by Henrietta Hamilton (1959)