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A digger returning to town is murdered by his 'wife' - a prostitute - and her lover for his money. The digger's mate prompts Mark Sinclair to uncover the deed. (PB)
Young, poor, beautiful Edith Causton determines to make a good marriage and goes to Scotland to find a husband. She is quickly engaged to the young, handsome and relatively rich Alick Murray - until enter Sir Lionel Ravenshall ... (PB)
A father's mercenary obduracy sends a promising Tasmanian lawyer to his death at the New Zealand goldfields - and seals his daughter's fate at the same time. Sentimental, Anglicised romance. (PB)
A merchant's son working in Madrid falls for a lovely but violent tempered widow. He is rescued from her by his father who has arranged another match at home in Andalusia - but she promises revenge which she effects with poison. From the Seville criminal court records. (PB)
An uncultivated rich new resident in the small Victorian town of Winfield takes revenge for his social ostracism in dog-poisoning - but is eventually killed by his own strychnine. (PB)
Set near the Devil's Elbow between Barraba and Bingera on the Maitland road. A bullock-driver assists a wounded horseman to rescue his sister abducted by bushrangers. The heroine shows some independence. (PB)
An editor's dreaming vision as he tries to compare an item for the next issue - the stories told by uniting the halves of letters written by the same person but at different times. (PB)