Eleven sparkling stories from comic master P.G. Wodehouse, of hapless young clubman Bertie Wooster and his unflappable manservant Jeeves, who is always urbanely ready to rescue the young master and his friends from the soup. In which: censorious Aunt Agatha’s loathly offspring Thos exacts a classic revenge upon a cabinet minister; the future of deserving Aunt Dahlia’s peerless French cook Anatole hangs upon the love of several Hollywood starlets; old friend Sippy is in the soup with his former headmaster, and Bingo Little’s domestic happiness is imperilled by his wife’s old school chum; Bobbie Wickham blithely scatters chaos on all sides; and Bertie pursues a prank vendetta against young Tuppy Glossop, wayward suitor of Bertie’s cousin Angela, and nephew of that old Wooster nemesis, the fearsome ‘nerve specialist’ Sir Roderick Glossop…

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A collection of three full-length adventures for R. Austin Freeman’s peerless forensic detective, Dr John Thorndyke. First, the doctor intervenes in a complex case involving a severed human head discovered in a box in the left luggage office of London’s Fenchurch Street Station; then, questions of inheritance arise when eccentric collector Daniel Penrose disappears just as his wealthy father nears death; and finally, young Dr Oldfield consults his old teacher Thorndyke concerning the disturbingly intractable illness of Modernist potter Peter Gannet—which Thorndyke quickly identifies as a case of arsenic poisoning…

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The first three novels from comic master P.G. Wodehouse’s saga of Blandings Castle and its fluffy-minded proprietor, Lord Emsworth. Beginning with two impecunious young American exiles infiltrating Blandings in the guise of servants, to recover the gem of Mr J Preston Peters’ scarab collection from the Blandings museum. Then, the immaculate Psmith, borrowing the identity of an absconded Canadian poet, checks into Blandings in amiable pursuit of Eve Halliday, and becomes embroiled in a diamond heist. And finally, sundered hearts stalk the castle, as his lordship’s disreputable brother, the Hon Galahad Threepwood, completes his scandalous memoirs, and Lord Emsworth’s beloved prize pig, Empress of Blandings, is dramatically kidnapped!

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The Missing Mortgagee

By R. Austin Freeman

Narrated by Graham Scott

In another of Freeman’s revolutionary “inverted” detective stories, celebrated forensic investigator Dr. John Thorndyke examines the case of a man found dead in a cave at Margate, and the curious absence of the money lender attempting to make an insurance claim on the dead man’s life.

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Mystery novelist Harriet Vane is accused of the murder of her former lover, Philip Boyes, by cold-blooded poisoning with arsenic. The evidence against her appears overwhelming, but society sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey is convinced of her innocence. With only a month to save the defendant from the hangman, Wimsey races to find new evidence that will prove Miss Vane’s innocence and identify the true murderer. And in this case, his lordship has a very special motivation to succeed….

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Jeeves and Wooster 29 Short Stories

By P. G. Wodehouse

Narrated by Graham Scott

A collection of the comic master’s early stories of perpetually in-the-soup Bertie Wooster and his unflappable valet Jeeves, including their debut in “Extricating Young Gussie” and all 28 stories from “The Inimitable Jeeves” and “Carry On, Jeeves”.

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Young Dr Oldfield is puzzled by the strangely intractable illness of his recently acquired patient, the Modernist potter Peter Gannet, and he calls upon his old teacher, Dr Thorndyke, to consult. Thorndyke quickly identifies the true cause of the illness as arsenic poisoning, and there seems little doubt that the poison has been administered by someone in Gannet’s household. After his discharge from the hospital, what will be the result when Gannet returns to his home?

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A Certain Dr. Thorndyke

By R. Austin Freeman

Narrated by Graham Scott

In this two-part mystery, first a determined and uncompromising young Englishman traveling under the name ‘John Walker’ arrives in West Africa, on the run from events back home. Soon, he finds himself embroiled in adventure and romance by land and by sea. Meanwhile, in part two, the equally implacable forensic detective Dr. John Thorndyke investigates the theft that provoked ‘Walker’ to flee England in the first place and soon discovers unexpected mysteries…

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The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle presented by The Online Stage.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle needed to take a break from his detective work and so created this fantastic tale. A group of Victorian explorers discovers a hidden plateau in the Amazon jungle that is populated by fearsome dinosaurs and dangerous ape-like creatures. Can they survive the experience?

Cast:

Edward Malone – Scott R. McKinley

Professor George Challenger – Rob Goll

Professor Summerlee – Ted Wenskus

Sir John Roxton – Russell Gold

Gladys Hungerton – Trisha Rose

Mr. McArdle – Graham Scott

Tarp Henry – Jon Bolitho-Jones

Jessie Challenger – Merete Mohs

Professor Waldron – David Prickett

The Chairman – Andrew Coleman

Gomez – Andy Harrington

Macdona – Chris Marcellus

Dr. Illingworth – Alan Weyman

Mr. Hungerton – Jeff Moon

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Mr Fortune, Please

By H. C. Bailey

Narrated by Graham Scott

The eclectic surgeon-detective Mr. Reggie Fortune solves a fourth collection of Golden Age mysteries, including: the sudden disappearance of a husband; a skillful but oddly undiscriminating cat burglar; a jewel theft at a society party; a cryptic inscription on an ancient oak chest; a fatal poisoning and a troubled woman; and the whimsical theft of a Persian kitten—which leads Mr. Fortune to a far more chilling and sinister crime…

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In a genteel ABC teashop on the Norfolk Road, Miss Polly Burton (of the Evening Observer) spends her lunch breaks listening to a mysterious old man, as he unravels cases of murder, blackmail, theft, and deceit that have filled the headlines, and baffled police and public alike. But to him, they are not “mysteries” at all – for Polly’s brilliant but eccentric companion, “There is no such thing as a mystery in connection with any crime, provided intelligence is brought to bear upon its investigation.”

A collection of classic tales in the Sherlock Holmes vein, from the creator of the Scarlet Pimpernel.

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Since retiring from business, the chief obsessions of American millionaire J. Preston Peters are his dyspepsia and his collection of Egyptian scarabs.

So, when fluffy-minded peer Lord Emsworth – father of Freddie Threepwood, fiancé of Mr. Peters’ daughter, Aline – absent-mindedly pockets the gem of Mr. Peters’ collection, and puts it on display in the museum at Blandings Castle, Mr. Peters offers rich rewards to anyone who can get the precious scarab back for him…without causing a scandal.

Two impecunious young American exiles in London rise to the challenge, infiltrating Blandings in the guise of servants. But can they succeed while also navigating the pitfalls of below-stairs etiquette – and eluding the vigilance of Lord Emsworth’s secretary, the efficient Baxter?

This text is the original US-published version of the first novel in Wodehouse’s Blandings saga.

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