A cleverly atmospheric story-within-a-story with a twist, wherein four members of an exclusive London Gentleman's Club take turns weaving a tale of a double murder. On the evening following the great fog of 1897, four strangers are dining at an exclusive...
In the Fog, by Richard Harding Davis, was first published in 1901. This entertaining and amusing story presents the development of a conspiracy planned by four members of "the Grill," London's most exclusive members only club.Any profits generated from the sale of this book will...
The Grill is the club most difficult of access in the world. To be placed on its rolls distinguishes the new member as greatly as though he had received a vacant Garter or had been caricatured in "Vanity Fair." Men who belong to the Grill Club never mention that fact. If you...
Book Excerpt: ...ches from my eyes."Below me the servant was still sounding his whistle, but I could afford to wait no longer, and told my friend that I would try and find the way to my hotel on foot. He objected, but the letters I had to write were for the Navy Department, and,...
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