The Gentleman Who Vanished: A Psychological Phantasy

British mystery at its best. Fergus Hume is a mystery writer that stands with the best of them -- and is less known, so reading him brings a freshness. He transports you to his world as deftly as Christie, and there you find . . . murder, crafted by the author of The Wooden Hand.

Adrian Lancaster owns Philip Trevanna a thousand pounds. Although the two are friends, Adrian Lancaster, the gambler, needs to pay up. Trevanna asks Lancaster to get the money owed from Olive Maunders, the heiress w...