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"Seated at an open casement looking out into the Lon don night was a woman. Her hands grasped each other over her knee with a tense grip which gave the lie to the calm of her face. Hers was a face to which in repose Rossetti would have woven an adoring sonnet, though not as to another lazy, laughing, languid Jenny, fond of a kiss, and fond of a guinea, but a sonnet of purity and peace. Yet if the sonnet had been written, and the woman had read, the full scarlet lips which seemed to have gathered into them all the colour from her face, would have parted in scornful laughter."--Amazon website

"The Master Criminal" is a collection of stories about Felix Gryde, notorious criminal who conducts all sorts of crimes, from robberies and frauds to kidnapping and murder, and manages to never get caught. Table of Contents: The Head of the Caesars At Windsor The Silverpool Cup The "Morrison Raid" Indemnity Cleopatra's Robe The Rosy Cross The Death of the President The Cradlestone Oil Mills Redburn Castle Crysoline Limited The Loss of the Eastern Empress General Marcos Frederick White (1859–1935), mostly known for mysteries, is considered also as one of the pioneers of the spy story.

The Master Criminal By Fred Merrick White