Rakuten Kobo

Shopping Cart

Item(s) unavailable for purchase

Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.

itemsitem

- Unlimited access to eBooks
  
  Unlimited access to audiobooks
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Unlimited access to eBooks
  
  Unlimited access to audiobooks
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  Audiobook
  by ,
  
  Available:
  
  . No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.
  
  Pre-order
  1 audiobook monthly
  
  + FREE 30-day trial
  
  Special Offer
  
  Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice
  
  *No commitment, cancel anytime
  
  FREE

itemsitem

Unlimited access to eBooks

Unlimited access to audiobooks

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Unlimited access to eBooks

Unlimited access to audiobooks

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
Audiobook
by ,

Available:
. No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.

Pre-order
1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Special Offer

Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice

*No commitment, cancel anytime

FREE

Recommended For You

Skip side bar filters

The Milliner's Hat Mystery

An Inspector Richardson Mystery

by Basil Thomson ...

"What are you looking for, sir?" he said."Bloodstains."Scotland Yard is concerned with the murderer, or murderers, of the mysterious Bernard Pitt. The dead man is discovered with a false identity, courtesy of the many forged papers and documents found with him.The trail leads to France, where we discover why a French milliner chose to ride in a laundry basket, why the two American men are so ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"What are you looking for, sir?" he said."Bloodstains."Scotland Yard is concerned with the murderer, or murderers, of the mysterious Bernard Pitt. The dead man is discovered with a false identity, courtesy of the many forged papers and documents found with him.The trail leads to France, where we discover why a French milliner chose to ride in a laundry basket, why the two American men are so
... Read more
A Murder is Arranged

An Inspector Richardson Mystery

by Basil Thomson ...

None of the other guests could explain what she was doing in Crooked Lane during the night…Beautiful Margaret Gask, guest at Scudamore Hall, was shot to death on the driveway of the estate. The mink coat that she should have been wearing turned out to be the first clue Scotland Yard had to work on. Then a man she knew, a receiver of stolen goods, turns up dead. Soon more shady characters are drawn ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

None of the other guests could explain what she was doing in Crooked Lane during the night…Beautiful Margaret Gask, guest at Scudamore Hall, was shot to death on the driveway of the estate. The mink coat that she should have been wearing turned out to be the first clue Scotland Yard had to work on. Then a man she knew, a receiver of stolen goods, turns up dead. Soon more shady characters are drawn
... Read more
The Case of Naomi Clynes

An Inspector Richardson Mystery

by Basil Thomson ...

"The late Miss Clynes, sir? How dreadful. It must have been very sudden.""It was."Naomi Clynes was found dead, her head in the gas-oven. She left a suicide note, but Richardson, newly promoted to the rank of Inspector in the C.I.D., soon has cause to think this is a case of murder. With scarcely a clue beyond a postmark and a postage stamp, treasured by the deceased, he succeeds in bringing home ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"The late Miss Clynes, sir? How dreadful. It must have been very sudden.""It was."Naomi Clynes was found dead, her head in the gas-oven. She left a suicide note, but Richardson, newly promoted to the rank of Inspector in the C.I.D., soon has cause to think this is a case of murder. With scarcely a clue beyond a postmark and a postage stamp, treasured by the deceased, he succeeds in bringing home
... Read more
Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga

Enriched edition.

by Basil Thomson, Wren Farnsworth ...

In "Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga," Basil Thomson presents a captivating narrative that intricately weaves personal observation with rich historical context. Employing a vivid literary style, Thomson paints a detailed portrait of the islands' cultures, geography, and social dynamics during the late 19th century. His work stands out within the tradition of travel ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In "Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga," Basil Thomson presents a captivating narrative that intricately weaves personal observation with rich historical context. Employing a vivid literary style, Thomson paints a detailed portrait of the islands' cultures, geography, and social dynamics during the late 19th century. His work stands out within the tradition of travel
... Read more
The Case of the Dead Diplomat

An Inspector Richardson Mystery

by Basil Thomson ...

He flung open a drawer and took from it a heavy dagger in a sheath with blood-stains upon it. On the blade were engraved the words, "Blut und Ehre!"Frank Everett was a rising young press attaché at the British Embassy in Paris - until he was found dead in his Rue St. Georges apartment, a knife wound to the throat. Was it a political assassination, a crime passionnel, or possibly even suicide?The ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

He flung open a drawer and took from it a heavy dagger in a sheath with blood-stains upon it. On the blade were engraved the words, "Blut und Ehre!"Frank Everett was a rising young press attaché at the British Embassy in Paris - until he was found dead in his Rue St. Georges apartment, a knife wound to the throat. Was it a political assassination, a crime passionnel, or possibly even suicide?The
... Read more
The Dartmoor Enigma

An Inspector Richardson Mystery

by Basil Thomson ...

"I'm writing to you about the death of Mr. Dearborn. You bet the murderer's laughing up his sleeve now that he's got away with it."An inquest is held in South Devon on the death of a man apparently killed in a motor accident on Dartmoor: the verdict is "Death from misadventure." But soon afterwards Scotland Yard and the Devon Chief Constable receive anonymous letters alleging that the verdict was ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"I'm writing to you about the death of Mr. Dearborn. You bet the murderer's laughing up his sleeve now that he's got away with it."An inquest is held in South Devon on the death of a man apparently killed in a motor accident on Dartmoor: the verdict is "Death from misadventure." But soon afterwards Scotland Yard and the Devon Chief Constable receive anonymous letters alleging that the verdict was
... Read more
Richardson Scores Again

An Inspector Richardson Mystery

by Basil Thomson ...

In the hall he found the body of his maidservant, Helen Dunn, aged about fifty, lying on the floor near the telephone. She had bled profusely from a wound in the head and her body was cold.Richardson's second case begins with a murder and robbery at a quiet house in Laburnum Road, and goes on to include an escaped parrot and a seemingly perfect crime which threatened a scandal to shock all England ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In the hall he found the body of his maidservant, Helen Dunn, aged about fifty, lying on the floor near the telephone. She had bled profusely from a wound in the head and her body was cold.Richardson's second case begins with a murder and robbery at a quiet house in Laburnum Road, and goes on to include an escaped parrot and a seemingly perfect crime which threatened a scandal to shock all England
... Read more
Carfax Abbey

by Basil Thomson ...

A rich but curmudgeonly old man dies suddenly, and there is evidence of murder. But what was he doing in the night, in a seldom visited part-ruined chapel in his country estate of Carfax Abbey? Who was the man seen racing from the scene in an Essex motor car? ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A rich but curmudgeonly old man dies suddenly, and there is evidence of murder. But what was he doing in the night, in a seldom visited part-ruined chapel in his country estate of Carfax Abbey? Who was the man seen racing from the scene in an Essex motor car?
... Read more
South Sea Yarns

by Basil Thomson ...

In the great bure of Raiyawa there was a story-telling. The lying-places filled three sides of the house—mats spread upon grass four feet wide,—and between each lying-place was a narrow strip of bare earth sprinkled with wood-ashes, on which three logs, nose to nose, were smouldering. A thin curl of blue smoke wreathed upwards from each to the conical roof, where they met and filtered through the ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In the great bure of Raiyawa there was a story-telling. The lying-places filled three sides of the house—mats spread upon grass four feet wide,—and between each lying-place was a narrow strip of bare earth sprinkled with wood-ashes, on which three logs, nose to nose, were smouldering. A thin curl of blue smoke wreathed upwards from each to the conical roof, where they met and filtered through the
... Read more
Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga

by Basil Thomson ...

The first request for a protectorate was made to a missionary as early as 1859, when the people were in the first heat of conversion to Christianity; this seems to have gone no further. But King Fataäiki's letter reached its destination, and England, "the first kingdom of all the kingdoms of the world," England the earth-hungry and insatiable (as others see her), took thirteen years to think it ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The first request for a protectorate was made to a missionary as early as 1859, when the people were in the first heat of conversion to Christianity; this seems to have gone no further. But King Fataäiki's letter reached its destination, and England, "the first kingdom of all the kingdoms of the world," England the earth-hungry and insatiable (as others see her), took thirteen years to think it
... Read more
Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga

Enriched edition. Exploring Island Life: An Adventure in South Pacific Culture

by Basil Thomson, Connor Burgess ...

In "Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga," Basil Thomson offers an insightful exploration of the islands of Niué and Tonga through a unique lens of adventure and ethnographic observation. Written in the late 19th century, the book is steeped in the literary style of travel narratives of its time, blending personal experience with meticulous observations of local customs, social ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In "Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga," Basil Thomson offers an insightful exploration of the islands of Niué and Tonga through a unique lens of adventure and ethnographic observation. Written in the late 19th century, the book is steeped in the literary style of travel narratives of its time, blending personal experience with meticulous observations of local customs, social
... Read more
Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. A Colonial Travelogue of Niue, Tonga, and South Pacific Customs in the Missionary Era

by Basil Thomson, Orla Henswick ...

Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga is a vivid early twentieth-century travel narrative that combines ethnographic description, colonial memoir, and anecdotal reportage. Thomson records landscapes, customs, political structures, missionary influence, and everyday encounters in Niue and Tonga with a prose style at once observant, ironic, and unmistakably imperial. Situated ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga is a vivid early twentieth-century travel narrative that combines ethnographic description, colonial memoir, and anecdotal reportage. Thomson records landscapes, customs, political structures, missionary influence, and everyday encounters in Niue and Tonga with a prose style at once observant, ironic, and unmistakably imperial. Situated
... Read more

Rakuten Kobo

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

What is Kobo Super Points?

Reward Yourself

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

“basil h thomson”

The Milliner's Hat Mystery

A Murder is Arranged

The Case of Naomi Clynes

Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga

The Case of the Dead Diplomat

The Dartmoor Enigma

Richardson Scores Again

Carfax Abbey

South Sea Yarns

Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga

Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga

Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga (Annotated)

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

“basil h thomson”

Show: