A Master of Mysteries is a collection of exciting mystery short stories. John Bell solves some of the most unusual mysteries, discovering the secrets of haunted houses and other occurrences of unknown entities. Stories include: The Mystery of the Circular Chamber / The Warder of the Door / The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel / The Eight-Mile Lock / How Siva Spoke / To Prove an Alibi. Originally published in 1898 as A Master of Mysteries. Also published in ebook form as John Bell, Spiritual Detective.
Author
Mrs. L.T. Meade (Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Toulmin Smith), was a prolific children's author of Anglo Irish extraction. Born in 1844, Meade was the eldest daughter of a Protestant clergyman, whose church was in County Cork. Moving from Ireland to London as a young woman, after the death of her mother, she studied in the Reading Room of the British Museum in preparation for her intended career as a writer, before marrying Alfred Toulmin Smith in September 1879. The author of close to 300 books, Meade wrote in many genres, but is best known for her girls' school stories. She was one of the editors of the girls' magazine, Atalanta from 1887-93, and was active in women's issues. She died in 1914.
