Bloody Money

The collection includes two novels by the father of the Victorian detective story - Fergus Hume, a predecessor of the great Conan Doyle.
«Bloody Money»: the plot centers around a tangled story of love, jealousy, and murder in an aristocratic estate. Noël Lambert is in love with Agnes, the wife of Sir Hubert Pyne, creating a complex love triangle. When a mysterious murder occurs, suspicion falls on a gypsy from a nearby camp. However, cunning Miss Clara Gribi, armed with knowledge of others' secrets, weaves her own intrigue, trying to use the situation to her advantage. Where is the key to solving the crime hidden - in the gypsy camp or among the immoral representatives of high society?
«The Blue Talisman»: a famous missionary and explorer of Africa, Weldon, brings an ancient stone with mystical powers to London - according to native beliefs, although he himself considers them superstition. Soon, Weldon is found murdered in a locked room, the talisman has been stolen, and suspicion falls on almost all the residents of the boarding house. Could he have become a victim of the stone's curse?