Mary Jerrold – MRQE

Jack of All Trades

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In this he’s on the dole, hungry and ready to do any job but quickly light-heartedly scams his way into society and a highly regarded position at a bank next to the beleaguered Robertson Hare. Here he invents a fraudulent business plan (Merrivale – you remember it surely?), the manager and chairman and another finance company are suck(er)ed in and it all snowballs from there. With of course a love interest as a dynamo.

The Queen of Spades

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. An army officer, who is also a fanatic about cards, murders her for the secret, then finds himself haunted by the woman’s spirit.

Woman Hater

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A confirmed bachelor and a woman who claims to hate men get together and find romance.

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From the novel by Hugh Walpole.

Saturday Night Revue

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

There are two clubs in London called Moons; one in Mayfair and one in Soho. Mary Dorland is singing at the cheap one, but her father, who does not approve of her singing career, believes she is performing at the Society one…