The Carolyn Wells Mystery Megapack
Table of Contents
COPYRIGHT INFO
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
THE MEGAPACK SERIES
A CAROLYN WELLS BIBLIOGRAPHY
THE ADVENTURE OF THE CLOTHES-LINE (1912)
THE ADVENTURE OF THE “MONA LISA” (1915)
THE ROOM WITH THE TASSLES (1918, a Pennington Wise mystery)
THE MAN WHO FELL THROUGH THE EARTH (1919, a Pennington Wise mystery)
IN THE ONYX LOBBY (1920, a Pennington Wise mystery)
THE COME BACK (1921, a Pennington Wise mystery)
THE LUMINOUS FACE (1921, a Pennington Wise mystery)
THE VANISHING OF BETTY VARIAN (1922, a Pennington Wise mystery)
THE GOLD BAG (1911, a Fleming Stone Mystery)
A CHAIN OF EVIDENCE (1912, a Fleming Stone Mystery)
THE CURVED BLADES (1915, a Fleming Stone mystery)
THE MARK OF CAIN (1917, a Fleming Stone mystery)
VICKY VAN (1918, a Fleming Stone Mystery)
THE DIAMOND PIN (1919, a Fleming Stone mystery)
RASPBERRY JAM (1920, a Fleming Stone Mystery)
THE MYSTERY OF THE SYCAMORE (1921, a Fleming Stone mystery)
THE MYSTERY GIRL (1922, a Fleming Stone Mystery)
COPYRIGHT INFO
The Carolyn Wells Mystery Megapack is copyright © 2014 by Wildside Press, LLC. All rights reserved.
* * * *
“The Adventure of the Clothes-Line” originally appeared in The Century Magazine, January 1912.
“The Adventure of the ‘Mona Lisa’” originally appeared in The Century Magazine, May 1915.
All other stories are novels, with the original publication date appearing after the title.
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
Carolyn Wells (June 18, 1862 – March 26, 1942) was an American author and poet. She wrote a total of more than 170 books. During the first ten years of her career, she concentrated on poetry, humor, and children’s books. According to her autobiography, The Rest of My Life (1937), around 1910 she heard one of Anna Katherine Green’s mystery novels being read aloud and was immediately captivated by the unravelling of the puzzle. From that point onward, she devoted herself to the mystery genre.
Among the most famous of her mystery novels were the Fleming Stone detective stories which—according to Allen J. Hubin’s Crime Fiction IV: A Comprehensive Bibliography, 1749–2000 (2003)—number 61 titles.
Today, however, she is best known for her light verse, particularly for several classic limericks, including this one:
A canner exceedingly canny
One morning remarked to his granny:
“A canner can can
Any thing that he can
But a canner can’t can a can, can he?”
And here’s a sample of her light poetry, “A Dialog”:
“Mother, I want a catacomb!”
“Oh, then you’ll have to go to Rome.”
“But, mother dear, I want it now.”
“Well, you can’t get one, anyhow.”
“Mother, I need it very much.”
“Dearie, what do you want of such?”
“Why, mother dear, can’t you guess that?
To comb my new Angora cat!”
—John Betancourt
Publisher, Wildside Press LLC
www.wildsidepress.com
* * * *
Over the last few years, our “Megapack” series of ebook anthologies has grown to be among our most popular endeavors. (Maybe it helps that we sometimes offer them as premiums to our mailing list!) One question we keep getting asked is, “Who’s the editor?”
The Megapacks (except where specifically credited) are a group effort. Everyone at Wildside works on them. This includes John Betancourt (me), Carla Coupe, Steve Coupe, Bonner Menking, Colin Azariah-Kribbs, A.E. Warren, and many of Wildside’s authors…who often suggest stories to include (and not just their own!)
RECOMMEND A FAVORITE STORY?
Do you know a great classic science fiction story, or have a favorite author whom you believe is perfect for the Megapack series? We’d love your suggestions! You can post them on our message board at http://movies.ning.com/forum (there is an area for Wildside Press comments).
Note: we only consider stories that have already been professionally published. This is not a market for new works.
TYPOS
Unfortunately, as hard as we try, a few typos do slip through. We update our ebooks periodically, so make sure you have the current version (or download a fresh copy if it’s been sitting in your ebook reader for months.) It may have already been updated.
If you spot a new typo, please let us know. We’ll fix it for everyone. You can email the publisher at wildsidepress@yahoo.com or use the message boards above.
THE MEGAPACK SERIES
MYSTERY
The Achmed Abdullah Megapack
The Charlie Chan Megapack*
The Craig Kennedy Scientific Detective Megapack
The Detective Megapack
The Father Brown Megapack
The Girl Detective Megapack
The First R. Austin Freeman Megapack
The Second R. Austin Freeman Megapack*
The Jacques Futrelle Megapack
The Anna Katharine Green Mystery Megapack
The First Mystery Megapack
The Penny Parker Megapack
The Philo Vance Megapack*
The Pulp Fiction Megapack
The Raffles Megapack
The Sherlock Holmes Megapack
The Victorian Mystery Megapack
The Wilkie Collins Megapack
GENERAL INTEREST
The Adventure Megapack
The Baseball Megapack
The Cat Story Megapack
The Second Cat Story Megapack
The Third Cat Story Megapack
The Third Cat Story Megapack
The Christmas Megapack
The Second Christmas Megapack
The Classic American Short Stories Megapack, Vol. 1.
The Classic Humor Megapack
The Dog Story Megapack
The Doll Story Megapack
The Horse Story Megapack
The Military Megapack
The Sea-Story Megapack
SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
The Edward Bellamy Megapack
The First Reginald Bretnor Megapack
The Fredric Brown Megapack
The Ray Cummings Megapack
The Philip K. Dick Megapack
The Dragon Megapack
The Randall Garrett Megapack
The Second Randall Garrett Megapack
The Edmond Hamilton Megapack
The C.J. Henderson Megapack
The Murray Leinster Megapack
The Second Murray Leinster Megapack
The Martian Megapack
The E. Nesbit Megapack
The Andre Norton Megapack
The H. Beam Piper Megapack
The Pulp Fiction Megapack
The Mack Reynolds Megapack
The Darrell Schweitzer Megapack
The Science-Fantasy Megapack
The First Science Fiction Megapack
The Second Science Fiction Megapack
The Third Science Fiction Megapack
The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack
The Fifth Science Fiction Megapack
The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack
The Seventh Science Fiction Megapack
The Eighth Science Fiction Megapack
The Robert Sheckley Megapack
The Steampunk Megapack
The Time Travel Megapack
The Wizard of Oz Megapack br />
HORROR
The Achmed Abdullah Megapack
The Second Achmed Abdullah Megapack
The E.F. Benson Megapack
The Second E.F. Benson Megapack
The Algernon Blackwood Megapack
The Second Algernon Blackwood Megapack
The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack
The Erckmann-Chatrian Megapack
The Ghost Story Megapack
The Second Ghost Story Megapack
The Third Ghost Story Megapack
The Haunts & Horrors Megapack
The Horror Megapack
The Lon Williams Weird Western Megapack
The M.R. James Megapack
The Macabre Megapack
The Second Macabre Megapack
The Arthur Machen Megapack**
The Mummy Megapack
The Occult Detective Megapack
The Darrell Schweitzer Megapack
The Vampire Megapack
The Weird Fiction Megapack
The Werewolf Megapack
WESTERNS
The B.M. Bower Megapack
The Max Brand Megapack
The Buffalo Bill Megapack
The Cowboy Megapack
The Zane Grey Megapack
The Lon Williams Weird Western Megapack
The Western Megapack
The Second Western Megapack
YOUNG ADULT
The Boys’ Adventure Megapack
The Dan Carter, Cub Scout Megapack
The Dare Boys Megapack
The Doll Story Megapack
The G.A. Henty Megapack
The Girl Detectives Megapack
The E. Nesbit Megapack
The Penny Parker Megapack
The Pinocchio Megapack
The Rover Boys Megapack
The Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Megapack
The Tom Swift Megapack
The Wizard of Oz Megapack
AUTHOR MEGAPACKS
The Achmed Abdullah Megapack
The H. Bedford-Jones Pulp Fiction Megapack
The Edward Bellamy Megapack
The B.M. Bower Megapack
The E.F. Benson Megapack
The Second E.F. Benson Megapack
The Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Megapack
The Algernon Blackwood Megapack
The Second Algernon Blackwood Megapack
The Max Brand Megapack
The First Reginald Bretnor Megapack
The Fredric Brown Megapack
The Second Fredric Brown Megapack
The Wilkie Collins Megapack
The Ray Cummings Megapack
The Guy de Maupassant Megapack
The Philip K. Dick Megapack
The Erckmann-Chatrian Megapack
The First R. Austin Freeman Megapack
The Second R. Austin Freeman Megapack*
The Jacques Futrelle Megapack
The Randall Garrett Megapack
The Second Randall Garrett Megapack
The Anna Katharine Green Megapack
The Zane Grey Megapack
The Edmond Hamilton Megapack
The Dashiell Hammett Megapack
The C.J. Henderson Megapack
The M.R. James Megapack
The Selma Lagerlof Megapack
The Murray Leinster Megapack***
The Second Murray Leinster Megapack***
The Arthur Machen Megapack**
The George Barr McCutcheon Megapack
The Talbot Mundy Megapack
The E. Nesbit Megapack
The Andre Norton Megapack
The H. Beam Piper Megapack
The Mack Reynolds Megapack
The Rafael Sabatini Megapack
The Saki Megapack
The Darrell Schweitzer Megapack
The Robert Sheckley Megapack
The Bram Stoker Megapack
The Lon Williams Weird Western Megapack
* Not available in the United States
** Not available in the European Union
***Out of print.
OTHER COLLECTIONS YOU MAY ENJOY
The Great Book of Wonder, by Lord Dunsany (it should have been called “The Lord Dunsany Megapack”)
The Wildside Book of Fantasy
The Wildside Book of Science Fiction
Yondering: The First Borgo Press Book of Science Fiction Stories
To the Stars—And Beyond! The Second Borgo Press Book of Science Fiction Stories
Once Upon a Future: The Third Borgo Press Book of Science Fiction Stories
Whodunit?—The First Borgo Press Book of Crime and Mystery Stories
More Whodunits—The Second Borgo Press Book of Crime and Mystery Stories
X is for Xmas: Christmas Mysteries
A CAROLYN WELLS BIBLIOGRAPHY
ADULT FICTION
Fleming Stone mysteries
The Clue (1909)
The Gold Bag (1911)
A Chain of Evidence (1912)
The Maxwell Mystery (1913)
Anybody But Anne (1914)
The White Alley (1915)
The Curved Blades (1915)
The Mark of Cain (1917)
Vicky Van (1918)
The Diamond Pin (1919)
Raspberry Jam (1920)
The Mystery of the Sycamore (1921)
The Mystery Girl (1922)
Feathers Left Around (1923)
Spooky Hollow (1923)
The Furthest Fury (1924)
Prillilgirl (1924)
Anything But the Truth (1925)
The Daughter of the House (1925)
The Bronze Hand (1926)
The Red-Haired Girl (1926)
All at Sea (1927)
Where’s Emily (1927)
The Crime in the Crypt (1928)
The Tannahill Tangle (1928)
The Tapestry Room Murder (1928)
Triple Murder (1929)
The Doomed Five (1930)
The Ghosts’ High Noon (1930)
Horror House (1931)
The Umbrella Murder (1931)
Fuller’s Earth (1932)
The Roll-Top Desk Mystery (1932)
The Broken O (1933)
The Clue of the Eyelash (1933)
The Master Murderer (1933)
Eyes in the Wall (1934)
The Visiting Villain (1934)
The Beautiful Derelict (1935)
For Goodness’ Sake (1935)
The Wooden Indian (1935)
The Huddle (1936)
In the Tiger’s Cage (1936)
Money Musk (1936)
Murder in the Bookshop (1936)
The Mystery of the Tarn (1937)
The Radio Studio Murder (1937)
Gilt Edged Guilt (1938)
The Killer (1938)
The Missing Link (1938)
Calling All Suspects (1939)
Crime Tears On (1939)
The Importance of Being Murdered (1939)
Crime Incarnate (1940)
Devil’s Work (1940)
Murder On Parade (1940)
Murder Plus (1940)
The Black Night Murders (1941)
Murder at the Casino (1941)
Murder Will In (1942)
Who Killed Caldwell? (1942)
Alan FordThe Bride of a Moment (1916)
Faulkner’s Folly (1917)
Pennington Wise
The Room with the Tassels (1918)
The Man Who Fell Through the Earth (1919)
In the Onyx Lobby (1920)
The Come-Back (1921)
The Luminous Face (1921)
The Vanishing of Betty Varian (1922)
The Affair at Flower Acres (1923)
Wheels Within Wheels (1923)
Kenneth CarlisleSleeping Dogs (1929)
The Doorstep Murders (1930)
The Skeleton at the Feast (1931)
Other mysteries
The Fourteenth Key (1924)
The Moss Mystery (1
924)
The Deep-Lake Mystery (1928)
Other novels
Abeniki Caldwell: A Burlesque Historical Novel (1902)
The Emily Emmins Papers (1907)
Ptomaine Street: A Tale of Warble Petticoat (1921)
CHILDREN’S FICTION
Patty Fairfield series
1. Patty Fairfield (1901)
2. Patty at Home (1904)
3. Patty in the City (1905)
4. Patty’s Summer Days (1906)
5. Patty in Paris (1907)
6. Patty’s Friends (1908)
7. Patty’s Pleasure Trip (1909)
8. Patty’s Success (1910)
9. Patty’s Motor Car (1911)
10. Patty’s Butterfly Days (1912)
11. Patty’s Social Season (1913)
12. Patty’s Suitors (1914)
13. Patty’s Romance (1915)
14. Patty’s Fortune (1916)
15. Patty Blossom (1917)
16. Patty-Bride (1918)
17. Patty and Azalea (1919)
Marjorie Maynard series
1. Marjorie’s Vacation (1907)
2. Marjorie’s Busy Days (1908)
3. Marjorie’s New Friend (1909)
4. Marjorie in Command (1910)
5. Marjorie’s Maytime (1911)
6. Marjorie at Seacote (1912)
The Dorrance family
1. The Dorrance Domain (1905)
2. Dorrance Doings (1906)
Two Little Women
1. Two Little Women (1915)
2. Two Little Women and Treasure House (1916)
3. Two Little Women on a Holiday (1917)
Other novels
In the Reign of Queen Dick (1904)
Dick and Dolly’s Adventures (1910)
The Story of Betty (1911)
Nonfiction
On Finishing Collector (1926)
THE ADVENTURE OF THE CLOTHES-LINE (1912)
The members of the Society of Infallible Detectives were just sitting around and being socially infallible, in their rooms in Fakir Street, when President Holmes strode in. He was much saturniner than usual, and the others at once deduced there was something toward.
“And it’s this,” said Holmes, perceiving that they had perceived it. “A reward is offered for the solution of a great mystery—so great, my colleagues, that I fear none of you will be able to solve it, or even to help me in the marvelous work I shall do when ferreting it out.”
“Humph!” grunted the Thinking Machine, riveting his steel-blue eyes upon the speaker.
“He voices all our sentiments,” said Raffles, with his winning smile. “Fire away, Holmes. What ’s the prob?”
“To explain a most mysterious proceeding down on the East Side.”
Though a tall man, Holmes spoke shortly, for he was peeved at the inattentive attitude of his collection of colleagues. But of course he still had his Watson, so he put up with the indifference of the rest of the cold world.