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Ronald Standish takes only those matters that interest him. He kills himself to find the killer. This story will surprise everyone. After all, the idea of?? the author is very unusual. A person decides to take extreme measures in order to solve the riddle.

In „Black Wind Blowing”, Howard lays it on so thick I half suspected he was trying to do a spoof on the genre. But then, his normal storytelling was always full of bizarre images, hyperactive violence and heavy use of adjectives so this story is probably just an extreme example. It helps too, that „Black Wind Blowing” has enough wild premises to build at least two or three effective horror stories...

«Qu’on n’accuse personne. Je meurs volontairement. Je prie Mme Chevassat de porter à leur adresse les lettres jointes. Henriette.» Une jeune fille du comte de la Ville-Handry, Melle Henriette, vaincue par une vie difficile et dans une misère extrème décide de mourir. Un vieux brocanteur sauve la fille et trouve deux lettres qu’elle a laissé avant de mourir. Il les récupère discrètement et cela va changer...

This is another adventure Oppenheim thriller written in 1899. When Phillip Morton is eight years old, his father is pushed off the edge of a slate quarry. A servant from the local castle is suspected. Ten years later, by chance, Phillip meets the lord of the local castle, the scholar and adventurer Ravenor. On a whim, Ravenor offers to pay for Phillip’s further education if Phillip will befriend his...