The Carolyn Wells Mystery MEGAPACK ®: 17 Classic Mysteries with Pennington Wise, Fleming Stone, & More!

by Carolyn Wells

Carolyn Wells was an American author of mysteries, verse, humor, and children's books. In 1910 she decided to devote herself to mysteries and became an early master of the genre, creating two memorable Pennington Wise and Fleming Stone. Earlier in her career, she penned two humorous stories featuring Sherlock Holmes and a plethora of other great detectives, both of which are included here.Sherlock Holmes ADVENTURE OF THE CLOTHES-LINE (1912)THE ADVENTURE OF THE "MONA LISA" (1915)Pennington Wise ROOM WITH THE TASSLES (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)Fleming Stone GOLD BAG (1911)A CHAIN OF EVIDENCE (1912)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)If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the more than 100 other entries in the series, covering science fiction, modern authors, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more! (Sort by publication date to see the most recent releases.)

Genres: Mystery

2517 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Carolyn Wells was a prolific writer for over 40 years and was especially noted for her humor, and she was a frequent contributor of nonsense verse and whimsical pieces to such little magazines as Gelett Burgess' The Lark, the Chap Book, the Yellow Book, and the Philistine.

Librarian note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Reviews

[Sara M · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wells is such a horrible writer as to be comedy gold, at certain moments (and I am a great fan of unfashionable and forgotten detective fiction!). This is however not enough to motivate me to labour on through pages upon pages of horrible, boring, tiresome, idiotically structured prose. I couldn't finish more than one novel: and it was so bad, I actually started laughing after the killer was detected and proceeded very decisively to kill himself in the next matter-of-fact sentence (that has to be at least a medal for this kind of absurdity in fiction).
I can easily imagine a situation in which I would indeed be forced to finish this book: if I were stranded on a desert island with nothing else but a Kindle, a charger with a source of electricity, and lack of wifi connection. Even then, I do believe I would almost prefer to be eaten by sharks or other wild animals.
Every time I will be depressed about my PhD, I will remember this book fondly, thinking to myself that nothing I could ever write could be as bad as that. So in the end, I am grafetul, and this was not an entirely wasted two hours.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The mysteries are dated, but lively, and many characters are drawn with eccentric, charming lines.

[cheryl menzies · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable read

As a fan of turn of the century novels . I found this most enjoyable. Yes the mysteries were predictable. But the writing style was fun. Interesting to note the underlying racism and sexism in her work. With other times it being unashamedly in your face. Good to see how far we have come in the last hundred years.

[claudia ruddy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enthralling

These stories are true period pieces and are full of sentimental flourishes but I enjoyed them very much. What have become cliches were truly ingenious and others very funny.