All the evidence pointed to the young man as a murderer. But that failed to explain the shrieking heard from the pit, or the mysterious White Lady - or why the accused man refused to say anything in his own defense.

Arsene Lupin, the "gentleman-thief" so highly regarded by French mystery readers, tackles an unusual case of kidnapping and murder carried out in a most unusual and mysterious house.

The driver of the hansom cab was shocked to discover that his passenger was dead - apparently murdered by another man who had left him there. It was quite a challenge for the Australian police.

Two cousins who detest each other take a trip together up the river Thames in a small boat - and then one disappears...

Twentieth century Detective Superintendent John Cheviot is transported back in time to solve an impossible murder committed in 1829.