By A. Conan Doyle.

The first of the Sherlock Holmes stories, this was also the first of Conan Doyle’s books to be published. In this fascinating and exciting tale, the two towering creations of detective fiction—Holmes, the master of the science of detection, and Watson, his faithful companion—make their auspicious debut. The two detectives are immediately in fine form as Holmes plucks the solution to the mystery from the heart of Victorian London.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1891) 125 pages.

G. K. Chesterton.

The Innocence of Father Brown is the first of five collections of mystery stories featuring G. K. Chesterton's canny priest. It's probably the best collection and it introduces the holy detective. The Innocence of Father Brown is a classic mystery collection and an exciting compilation of twelve mystery classics which are, “The blue cross”, “The secret garden”, “The queer feet”, “The flying stars”, “The invisible man”, “The honour of Israel Gow”, “The wrong shape”, “The sins of Prince Saradine”, “The hammer of God”, “The eye of Apollo”,”The sign of the broken sword” and “The three tools of death”.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1911) 199 pages.

By A. Conan Doyle.

“The Lost World is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1912, concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals still survive. It was originally published serially in the Strand Magazine and illustrated by New-Zealand-born artist Harry Rountree during the months of April–November 1912. The character of Professor Challenger was introduced in this book. The novel also describes a war between indigenous people and a vicious tribe of ape-like creatures.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1912) 210 pages.

By A. Conan Doyle.

This time, not about Sherlock Holmes. The Poison Belt is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, the second book about Professor Challenger. Much of it takes place in a single room in Challenger's house in Sussex. This would be the last story written about Challenger until the 1920s, by which time Doyle's spiritualist beliefs had begun to influence his writing.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1923) 88 pages.

By Arthus Conan Doyle.

This book inspired The Map of Chaos by New York Times bestselling author Félix J. Palma. From his rooms in Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes grapples with forces of deceit, intrigue, and evil in Victorian London. By Arthur Conan Doyle. Includes “The Greek Interpreter," in which readers are introduced to Mycroft Holmes; "The Musgrave Ritual"; "Silver Blaze"; and "The Final Adventure," recounting the struggle between Holmes and the evil Professor Moriarty in which they were apparently both killed….

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. 1894.

By Samuel Pegge, Esq. F.S.A

Curial Miscellanea, Regal, Noble, Gentilitial, and Miscellaneous: Including authentic anecdotes of the Royal Household, and the Manners and Customs of the Court, at an early period of the English History..

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1818) 250 pages.

Anonymous.

Shade of Hampton Court Gallery. An Undecided Bet. Horse Sense. The Field of Forty Footsteps. At the Stroke of Thirteen. The Blind Piper of St. Andrews. Double Cross Stirrups. The Bible Judge. Cornwall Miracle Fish. The Maids of Boscastle. An After Death Receipt. Phantoms of Oulton High House. Hell’s Bell. The Flying Hound of Mossdale. The Phantom City of Bomerslal. The Sacrilege of Ravenserre Odd. The Mystery Cavern of Hartlepool. The Lovers of Bowes.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (ca.1899) 36 pages.

By Dante Alighieri.

Written in the early 14th century, The Divine Comedy, in three books, Hell, Purgatory and Paradise are among the greatest creative writings of the world. Dante was the first, and possibly the only scholar to develop a systematic theory of punishment, based, of course (yes, of course) on the Christian religion, particularly that of Roman Catholicism. It is no accident that the first book is that of Hell, followed by Purgatory, and finally (and anticlimactic) Paradise. Of course, the poetry is divine. Trans. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

NY. Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. 1321. 419p.

By Samuel Butler.

Or Over The Range. This is a classic pioneering science fiction story written in 1872. A strange story where crime is treated as a sickness, and sickness as a crime.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. 1901. 140p.

By Colin Heston.

In this moving coming of age story set in 1950s Australia, a teen navigates his way through the rough and tumble of an old Aussie pub. Riotous pub yarns abound as he talks and talks to his dad who lies in an alcoholic coma. Caught in the past and struggling with the present, what will become of him?

NY. Harrow and Heston Publishers. 2013. 54p.

By Colin Heston.

Bordering on the cynical, toying with the absurd, this collection of original stories probes the depths and edges of human existence. The Tommie Felon Show is a story that's so post modern, it's very funny. Death at the Y is a salute to Thomas Mann, or is it a parody? And then, Rounding Error is anything but statistics. All of the twelve stories are engaging, entertaining, and perhaps best (or worst) of all, will have you wondering, "is civilized society really so screwed up?" See all reviews

NY. Harrow and Heston Publishers. 2017. 140p.

By Colin Heston.

The sequel to Man Down Under. A creature of 1950s Australian pub life, young Chooka Henderson, searches for his identity, and that of his shadowy underage girlfriend, Iris, who appears to have no identity at. Will they find themselves in each other?

From Reader’s Favorite, “…brilliant, unforgettable book about real people…sensitive, touching and poignant story.” 5 Star rating!. See all reviews

NY. Harrow and Heston Publishers. 2020. 344p.

By Colin Heston.

The opening story of MONA, inspired by the Museum of Old and New Art located in Hobart, Tasmania, sets the stage for this collection of short stories that adds an Australian flavor to Colin Heston’s acclaimed The Tommie Felon Show. As one reviewer of that collection noted “…vivid and real, some of the stories seem to jump out of the pages… engaging, hilarious, unique… a commentary on human desires, shortcomings and the society we live in…. one has to look beyond the words and the events in these stories to really appreciate them.” (Readers’ Favorite). The stories range across many styles, prose poems, jottings that are almost aphorisms, classic stories of human emotion and the contradictions of human existence, dystopian themes and settings, all engaging, never dull.

NY. Harrow and Heston Publishers. 2020. 150p.

By Colin Heston.

It's politics as usual in New York City when Larry MacIver, world renowned criminologist, is tapped by NYC Mayor Ruth Newberg to save NYC from a second 9/11 attack. MacIver and his geeky assistant Manish Das must overcome FBI ineptitude, CIA intrigue and, most of all, the evil and ruthless Iranian terrorist Shalah Muhammud, to save the city. “…an engaging work of fiction for those interested in how terrorists, and those who seek to thwart them, might actually think about what they're doing…keeps the reader eagerly turning the pages right through to the end.” — Amazon reader review. “a fast-paced, captivating thriller. If you love reading terrorism fiction, you will find this story very appealing.” Readers’ Favorite. See all reviews

NY. Harrow and Heston Publishers. 2013. 185p.

By Colin Heston.

In this very naughty, hilariously irreverent farce, Alphonso, a Mexican drug lord, captures the market in Holy Water, acquires a university for his LGBTQ daughter, and makes an Australian cardinal the pope. “The worlds of gender, religion, and university life will never be the same again. Whoever wrote this book should be locked up with the outrageous characters s/he invented!” --Chronicle of Lower Education.

“The high point of this surreal but observant comedy novel is the narrative voice of Colin Heston, which shines through with its dry wit and irreverent sense of style… “ (Readers’ Favorite). See all reviews

NY. Harrow and Heston Publishers. 2020. 276p.

By George M. White.

How a Successful Business Man, Through the Miscarriage of Justice, Became a Notorious Bank Looter. While paying the penalty of a last misdeed, I resolved that no more of life’s precious years should be spent in sowing to the wind and that my life’s sun should not set in eternal night; and I have been able to keep my resolution. In the awful moments of lonesomeness in the prison cell, I conceived the idea of publishing my life history in so far as I could make it interesting to the financial world and general public. Many hours of solitude, while others slept, I devoted to rummaging through the past in search of facts, dating them from the innocent days of my young manhood and resurrecting them from period to period, until I succeeded in compiling a life history which, I sincerely trust, will prove not only a helper to those who have the care of great sums of money devolving upon them, but will also be accepted by those tempted to depart from the path of rectitude as a warning not to be lightly regarded. I have endeavored to be accurate in my treatment of each part of this history, and if there shall be discovered an error here and there, kindly, dear reader, attribute it to a lapse of memory. I kept no record of events, for in leading the life of a transgressor it is not conducive to safety; so I have been forced to depend solely upon my memory, which, as it dwelt on the past, soon became alive again with old scenes. Acts long forgotten returned to me clothed as they were more than twoscore years ago, and I found myself living over the bright days, the dark days, the days of wealth, and the days of poverty. I started to write a small book, but facts crowded upon me until I have been enabled to issue a volume of no mean proportions.

Bellows Falls, VT: Truax Printing Company, 1905.515p.

By Frank James.

With confessions of Dick Liddil and Clarence Hite, and history of the "James gang". In the town of Gallatin, Daviess county, Missouri, on July 31, 18S3, begun the most exciting trial ever held in the West, the trial of Frank James, the noted outlaw, for the murder of Frank McMillan during the robbing of a Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific passenger train, at Winston, Missouri, July 15, 1S81. The town was filled with people who had come from hundreds of miles around to attend the trial; a majority of them were friends of the James boys and the balance were against them, as there was no neutral ground. Many of those in attendance were known to be desperate men and it was fully expected there would be blood- shed before the trial was ended ; there being many rumors of old feuds to be settled, of plots to rescue the prisoner, etc. Excitement was at fever heat. Many depredations had been committed in that part of the country within a few preceding years, most of which had been attributed to the James gang.

Kansas City, MO: G. Miller, Jr., 1898. 348p.

By Jonathon Goodman.

in all but a few murder cases, the crime comes as a complete surprise to the victim: confident of dying naturally, he has made no effort to prevent the criminal quietus, has not augmented any preparation for a possible meeting with his Maker. In the Gorse Hall case, however, the victim, a man called George Harry Storrs, seems to have been warned of the fatal attack and to have taken some notice of the warning. Seems is the salient word. If we are to come anywhere near solving the mystery, we must concentrate on getting rid of the ambiguity.

Ohio State University Press. 1983. 251 p.

By J.P. Johnston.

The Author's personal experiences with Sharpers, Gamblers, Agents, etc., and their many schemes devised to fieece the unsuspecting. The stories are based on actual happenings, and expose the ways and methods employed by the various "Grafters" met during thiry-five years of Hustling.

Chicago: Thompson & Thomas, 1906. 338p.

By Douglas Jerrold.

Edited, With An Introduction, By Walter Jerrold. The Editor has disciplined himself to receive With becoming moderation the tremendous expression of national gratitude consequent on the publication of this valuable work - the production of the late estimable Captain Barabbas Whitefeather. It was discovered among many other papers accidentally left at the lodgings Of the deceased, and placed in the hands of the Editor by the executors Of the lamented and - if a novel epithet may be applied to him.

London: Walter Scott ; New York: A. Lovell & Co., 1860. 242p.