This is not the character of the same name from the comic books. This is a horror and suspense tale of a man who becomes a bat --- or is it the other way around?
Monday, December 28, 2020
Basil by Wilkie Collins
In Basil's secret and unconsummated marriage to the linen-draper's sexually precocious daughter, and the shocking betrayal, insanity, and death that follow, Wilkie Collins reveals the bustling, commercial London of the 19th century wreaking its vengeance on a still powerful aristocratic world. This is a mystery and a novel of sexual suspense and experimentation, early for its time.
Ambrose Lavendale, Diplomat by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Mr
Ambrose Lavendale. a young English-American diplomat, leaves the
Embassy service to work as a secret agent in London during World War
One. He meets Mlle. Suzanne de Frayne, who is similarly employed by the
French, while he is shadowing a scientist who has developed a formula
for a lethal gas explosive. In a series of connected stories, the pair
uncover German spies, foil plots to divert munitions from the Allies,
steal secret weapons, and fall in love.
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Alley Girl by Jonathan Craig
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
A Son of Perdition by Fergus Hume
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