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101 The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas

The city of Haarlem in The Netherlands has set a prize of 100,000 florins to the person who can grow a black tulip. This begins a competition between the country's best gardeners to win the money, the honour and fame. The young and bourgeois Cornelius van Baerle has almost succeeded, when he suddenly is thrown into the Loevestein prison. There he meets the prison guard's beautiful daughter Rosa, who shall be his comfort and help, and at last his rescuer.

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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Historical
Tags: Romance, Crime, Historical, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1492 Votes: 18 | Score: 7.39
Size: 399KB | 73,293 words | Posted:

102 John Spreads His Wings by normist

The World of Robert MacLeod
An outbreak of sightings of little girls. John spreads his wings. Or rather; it is Sarah who spreads her wings. And what is 'eye scream'?

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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Crime, Humor, Science Fiction, Alternate Timeline
Downloads: 3001 Votes: 206 | Score: 7.39
Size: 16KB | 3,061 words | Posted: Concluded:

103 A Wall of Fire by Robert McKay

The world of Darvin Carpenter, a PI in Albuquerque, NM
Darvin takes a bodyguard job - a woman's ex-husband is threatening her. It begins to get exciting...

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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Mystery
Tags: Crime, Detective
Downloads: 7772 Votes: 215 | Score: 7.35
Size: 455KB | 88,569 words | Posted: Concluded:

104 Where You Go by Robert McKay

The world of Darvin Carpenter, a PI in Albuquerque, NM
One of Darvin's friends apparently commits suicide, but Darvin knows it was murder. Proving it, though, becomes an obsession which threatens his marriage.

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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Mystery
Tags: Crime, Detective
Downloads: 4492 Votes: 132 | Score: 7.34
Size: 377KB | 73,279 words | Posted: Concluded:

105 Dem Bones, Dem Bones by normist

The World of Robert MacLeod
The bones of a previosly unknown Dinosaur have vanished. Its skull is nineteen feet long, so, how did it disappear? Was magic used? And where is it now? Robert and Sarah explore the desert mountains of New Mechicoe

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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Crime, Humor, Science Fiction, Alternate Timeline
Downloads: 3758 Votes: 270 | Score: 7.34
Size: 28KB | 5,217 words | Posted: Concluded:

106 The Disappearance of Sir Oliver Plumb by normist

The World of Robert MacLeod
Sir Oliver Plumb has disappeared. Has he been kidnapped? Has he been killed? Is it a political ploy. Robert MacLeod, a Special Investigator of the New England Bureau of Investigationis given the task of investigating the disappearance. What will he find?

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Age Rating: Older than 7
Tags: Crime, Humor, Science Fiction, Alternate Timeline, Magic
Downloads: 3764 Votes: 293 | Score: 7.31
Size: 31KB | 6,010 words | Posted: Concluded:

107 The Grand Tour by normist

The World of Robert MacLeod
Robert and Sarah are on holiday; a working holiday. Together with John Buck they solve crimes and complete other investigations, besides visiting their relatives. Along the way they acquire a fourth member of their team, a rebellious lass from New Holland, and settle into an operational base.

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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Crime, Humor, Science Fiction, Alternate Timeline
Downloads: 4812 Votes: 234 | Score: 7.31
Size: 73KB | 13,621 words | Posted: Concluded:

108 Dead and Over by Robert McKay

The world of Darvin Carpenter, a PI in Albuquerque, NM
After someone whose case he'd turned down becomes a murder victim right under Darvin Carpenter's office window, he sets out to find out who did it.

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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Mystery
Tags: Romance, Crime, Detective
Downloads: 2202 Votes: 51 | Score: 7.30
Size: 307KB | 59,014 words | Posted: Concluded:

109 Bank Heist in Gunsmoke Street by normist

The World of Robert MacLeod
Sheriff Earp in Dodge City is stumped by a Bank heist. Can Robert MacLeod and Karen Stiles succeed where the Sheriff has failed? More analogues of things in the readers' world are introduced.

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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Crime, Humor, Alternate Timeline, Magic
Downloads: 4059 Votes: 237 | Score: 7.28
Size: 33KB | 6,195 words | Posted: Concluded:

110 It Was Supposed to Be a Victory Garden by Lazlo Zalezac

A Story in the The Criminalization of John and Jane Smith Universe
It was supposed to be a Victory Garden, but it didn't quite turn out that way. The Smiths planted vegetables -- they should have planted flowers. / (Reviews)

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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Politics
Tags: Crime, Drama
Downloads: 2604 Votes: 196 | Score: 7.27
Size: 18KB | 3,442 words | Posted:

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