VICTOR L. WHITECHURCH Ultimate Collection: 30+ Thrillers & Mysteries, including The Thorpe Hazell De

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Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch (1868-1933) was a Church of England clergyman and author. He is best known for his detective stories featuring Thorpe Hazell, the first amateur railway detective, whom the author intended to be as far from Sherlock Holmes as possible. Another Whitechurch's character was the spy Captain Ivan Koravitch. His stories were admired for their immaculate plotting and factual accuracy. Whitechurch was one of the first writers to submit his manuscripts to Scotland Yard for vetting as to police procedure.

Table of Contents:

Novels:

The Canon in Residence

Downland Echoes

Murder at the Pageant

Short Stories:

Thrilling Stories of the Railway

Peter Crane's Cigars

The Tragedy on the London and Mid-Northern

The Affair of the Corridor Express

Sir Gilbert Murrell's Picture

How the Bank Was Saved

The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box

How the Bishop Kept His Appointment

The Adventure of the Pilot Engine

The Stolen Necklace

The Mystery of the Boat Express

How the Express Was Saved

A Case of Signaling

Winning the Race

The Strikers

The Ruse That Succeeded

Other Railway Stories

A Perilous Ride

The Slip Coach Mystery

In the Rockhurst Tunnel

The Convict's Revenge

A Warning in Red

A Jump for Freedom

Special Working Instructions

Pierre Cournet's Last Run

Between Two Fires

The Triumph of Seth P. Tucker

A Policy of Silence

In a Tight Fix

The Romance of the “Southern Queen”