Hulbert Footner: 72 books

At least five people wished Gavin Dordress, the playwright, dead the night of his ill-starred party. It was that night Gail Garrett and Bea Townley quarreled openly for the leading role in his new play—which no one had read. The next morning he was found shot to death, a chessman imprinted on his...

Lance McCrea lived in a boarding house. There he met a girl he fell in love with. But their relationship is hampered by a powerful person. Lance tries to find out why this powerful man has some kind of hold over her. When he faces the man down, he finds he has been murdered. Of course, he is not the murderer but is a prime suspect anyway.

Humor, espionage, romance, and adventure make this novel hard to put down.

A young man intervenes to protect an eccentric elderly gentleman during a public disruption. He soon finds himself employed by the old man’s family as both bodyguard and investigator in a blackmail case.

Collection of novelettes: “Madame Storey Intervenes”, “Putting Crime Over”, “The Handsome Young Men”, “The Casual Murderer”, “The Blind Front” and “The Richest Widow”.

A fictionalized version of the author’s 3,000-mile canoe trip by himself through Northern Alberta. It is a romantic, exciting and adventurous novel, retracing his voyage.

Phil Nevitt, a young American, is sent by his firm to the West Indies to get information about a rival firm of distillers whose headquarters are at Annunziata, a small island seldom visited by tourists. Phil Nevitt duly arrives at the island, but in spite of its sun-drenched atmosphere of scented...

This novel is featuring Madame Rosika Storey – psychologist and criminal investigator. Dangerous Cargo sees her take to the high seas in a millionaire’s yacht in order to prevent a suspected murder.

Another mystery for the famous Madame Storey to solve. Do you like the lifestyle in Newport? Madame Storey prefers New York, for sure. Follow her in this investigation that is both dangerous and difficult. There are many twists and turns that keep it interesting.

Jack Chanty is a young man who romans the countryside in his river raft, singing songs.  Then one day, he meets a young woman, and things change for him.

The historicity of this story captivated everyone. After all, it gives a feeling of a sense of thinking and adventure of that time. A young free fur trader challenges the practices of the North West Company trader who is cheating the Natives of proper prices and enslaving them with debt for goods....

Mappin is a wealthy New York criminologist and author who is highly valued by the police and high society. He participates only in those crimes that really interest him. And in ’Who Killed the Husband’ he investigates solely because all the people around him beg him to take action. In this story,...

Amos Lee Mappin is visited by the surly and self-centered Major Dunphy, dependent on his beautiful actress granddaughter, Mary Stannard. Mary has disappeared, and the detective soon discovers that she has stood up her wedding party. More than one man was infatuated with Mary, and Mappin finds several...

Madame Rosika Storey was one of the most celebrated fictional female private investigators during the Golden Age of the mystery (1920-40). This collection of six stories featuring the woman private detective, glamorous Madame Storey – psychologist and detective! From missing persons to ghastly murder...