Absorbing, gracefully written puzzler concerns murder, jewel theft at Frimley Manor, during a pageant commemorating Queen Anne’s visit to the great country estate in 1705. Subsequent investigation by local constabulary and Capt. Roger Bristow challenges readers to match inspired speculation, shrewd police work. Classic from Golden Age of British mysteries. "..enthralling..."—Boston Transcript.

Murder at the Pageant

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Whitechurch, Victor L.

Mystery

Dover Publications

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Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch (1868-1933) was a Church of England clergyman and author. He wrote many novels on different themes. He is probably best known for his detective stories featuring Thorpe Hazell, which featured in the Strand Magazine, Railway Magazine, Pearson's and Harmsworth's Magazines. Hazell was a vegetarian railway detective, who the author intended to be as far from Sherlock Holmes as possible. Another character was the spy Captain Ivan Koravitch. He also wrote religious books, as well as novels set in the church. Whitechurch's stories were admired by Ellery Queen and Dorothy L. Sayers for their "immaculate plotting and factual accuracy: he was one of the first writers to submit his manuscripts to Scotland Yard for vetting as to police procedure". Whitechurch was educated at Chichester Grammar School and Chichester Theological College. After various positions as curate he became vicar of St. Michael's, Blewbury in 1904. In 1913 he became Chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford, and an honorary canon of Christ Church. In 1918 he became Rural Dean of Aylesbury.

A Warning in Red and the Affair of the Corridor Express

Dodo Pr

Benedict Cumberbatch reads five stories featuring the famous vegetarian railway detective, Thorpe Hazell, as heard on BBC Radio 4. This is a must-listen for mystery fans! (and for fans of Benedict Cumberbatch!) In ''The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box,'' Hazell hatches a daring plan to retrieve a highly sensitive government document before it reaches the German Ambassador. In ''Sir Gilbert Murrell's Picture,'' an entire wagon containing valuable paintings disappears from a goods train, and Hazell's skill is needed. In ''The Affair of the Corridor Express,'' a multimillionaire's son disappears from a moving train. Hazell must find the kidnappers before the boy is lost forever. In ''The Stolen Necklace,'' a lady begs Hazell to help when the diamond necklace that she borrowed is stolen from her suitcase. In ''The Affair of the Birmingham Bank,'' customers keep drawing money from a Midlands bank, so gold reserves are sent by train. Hazell must guard against train robbery.

Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Thrilling Stories of the Railway

Blackstone Pub

Victor L. Whitechurch (1868 – 1933) was a Church of England clergyman and writer. Whitechurch wrote on a lot of different subjects but he is best known for his stories of detective fiction.

Thrilling Stories of the Railway

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

This volume contains 28 short stories, divided in two collections, of Thrilling Stories of the Railway; as well as one crime novel: Murder at the Pageant. Several of these mysteries feature the author's best known character: Thorpe Hazell, a vegetarian railway detective, whom the author intended to be as far from Sherlock Holmes as possible... The stories were written by a clergyman -Chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford-, Victor L. Whitechurch, and in its time were widely admired by big names such as Ellery Queen and Dorothy L. Sayers for their "immaculate plotting and factual accuracy: he was one of the first writers to submit his manuscripts to Scotland Yard for vetting as to police procedure." The following is the complete list of stories: BOOK ONE THRILLING STORIES OF THE RAILWAY 1. PETER CRANE'S CIGARS 2. THE TRAGEDY ON THE LONDON AND MID-NORTHERN 3. THE AFFAIR OF THE CORRIDOR EXPRESS 4. SIR GILBERT MURRELL'S PICTURE 5. HOW THE BANK WAS SAVED 6. THE AFFAIR OF THE GERMAN DISPATCH-BOX 7. HOW THE BISHOP KEPT HIS APPOINTMENT 8. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PILOT ENGINE 9. THE STOLEN NECKLACE 10. THE MYSTERY OF THE BOAT EXPRESS 11. HOW THE EXPRESS WAS SAVED 12. A CASE OF SIGNALLING 13. WINNING THE RACE 14. THE STRIKERS 15. THE RUSE THAT SUCCEEDED BOOK TWO MORE SHORT STORIES 16. THE SLIP COACH MYSTERY: A RAILWAY ADVENTURE 17. A PERILOUS RIDE 18. THE CONVICT'S REVENGE 19. IN THE ROCKHURST TUNNEL: THE GANGER'S STORY 20. A WARNING IN RED: THE STORY OF A RAILWAY MYSTERY 21. A JUMP FOR FREEDOM: AN ENGINE-DRIVER'S STORY 22. SPECIAL WORKING INSTRUCTIONS: A STATION-MASTER'S STORY 23. PIERRE COURNET'S LAST RUN: AN INCIDENT OF THE PRUSSIAN ADVANCE ON PARIS 24. BETWEEN TWO FIRES: THE STORY OF A LOST GUN 25. THE TRIUMPH OF SETH P. TUCKER 26. A POLICY OF SILENCE 27. THE ROMANCE OF THE "SOUTHERN QUEEN": TOLD BY THE FIREMAN 28. IN A TIGHT FIX BOOK THREE Murder at the Pageant

28 Thrilling Stories of the Railway + Murder at the Pageant (a novel) (Timeless Wisdom Collection)

Independently published

This short stories collection includes works by Victor L. Whitechurch and Frank L. Packard, depicting thrilling adventures and mysteries that occurred on railway.

50 Stories of Railway: Short Stories Collection

Packard, Frank L.

This volume includes 26 stories by masters of detective genre: THE AMATEUR BY RICHARD HARDING DAVIS THE NAMELESS MAN BY RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI THE COUNTESS OF LOWNDES SQUARE BY E. F. BENSON THE BLACKMAILER OF PARK LANE BY E. F. BENSON THE PURLOINED LETTER BY EDGAR ALLAN POE THE BLACK HAND BY ARTHUR B. REEVE THE BITER BIT BY WILKIE COLLINS MISSING: PAGE THIRTEEN BY ANNA KATHERINE GREEN THE ROPE OF FEAR BY THOMAS W. HANSHEW THE MONTEZUMA EMERALD BY RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI A SINGULAR ABDUCTION BY RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI THE AZTEC OPAL BY RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI THE DUPLICATE HARLEQUIN BY RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI THE PEARLS OF ISIS BY RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI A PROMISSORY NOTE BY RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI THE AFFAIR OF THE CORRIDOR EXPRESS BY VICTOR L. WHITECHURCH A WARNING IN RED BY VICTOR L. WHITECHURCH THE ABSENCE OF MR. GLASS BY GILBERT K. CHESTERTON THE KIMBERLEY FUGITIVE BY CLIFFORD ASHDOWN THE COIN OF DIONYSIUS BY ERNEST BRAMAH THE KNIGHT'S CROSS SIGNAL PROBLEM BY ERNEST BRAMAH THE TRAGEDY AT BROOKBEND COTTAGE BY ERNEST BRAMAH THE LAST EXPLOIT OF HARRY THE ACTOR BY ERNEST BRAMAH THE BUNCH OF VIOLETS BY ERNEST BRAMAH OSCAR THE DETECTIVE BY HARLAN PAGE HALSEY AKA OLD SLEUTH THE PONSONBY DIAMONDS BY L.T. MEADE AND CLIFFORD HALIFAX

26 Detective Stories: Anthology

COLLINS, WILKIE

DAVIS, RICHARD HARDING

Benson, E.F.

Bramah, Ernest

Ottolengui, Rodrigues

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

Green, Anna Katherine

Reeve, Arthur B.

POE, EDGAR ALLAN

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