THE COLLECTED MASTER CRIMINAL STORIES is a collection of a dozen stories following the exploits of master criminal Felix Gryde, "the Sherlock Holmes of malefactors."
• The Head of the Caesars • At Windsor • The Silverpool Cup • The Morrison Raid Indemnity • Cleopatra’s Robe • The Rosy Cross • The Death of the President • The Cradlestone Oil Mills • Redburn Castle • Crysoline Limited • The Loss of the Eastern Empress • General Marcos
Fred M. White (1859-1935) was a prolific British writer of detective, crime, and early science fiction. White worked briefly as a solicitor's clerk before becoming a journalist and writer by age 31. He enjoyed a long career, producing hundreds of short stories and novels. Among his better-known works are the six innovative 'Doom of London' science fiction apocalypse novels and several highly-regarded detective stories.