Joseph Hocking: 7 books

The Weapons of Mystery tell the tail of Mr Justin Blake, spends his Christmas with an old schoolmate Mr Tom Temple at Temple Hall. Mr blake is a quiet, antisocial writer but during his stay at Temple Hall he is wounded by love of a young lady and finds himself chasing this young beautiful lady across...

The only part of my history which I regard as worthy of placing on record is confined to a few months. I was thirty-two years of age at the time, and had thus entered into the very summer of my life. At that age a man's position ought to be assured; at any rate his career should be marked out with...

The only part of my history which I regard as worthy of placing on record is confined to a few months. I was thirty-two years of age at the time, and had thus entered into the very summer of my life. At that age a man's position ought to be assured; at any rate his career should be marked out with...

I am in a restless mood to-night. There seems nothing to explain this, except that perhaps I am growing tired of the life I am leading, or it may be that there are influences at work of which I have no cognizance, but which affect my nerves. As I look out of my window I can see storm-clouds driven...