Thornton Freeland – MRQE

Jericho

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An unjustly condemned corporal flees to Africa, chased by the captain blamed for his escape.

Love Affair

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Heiress learns to fly from aeronautical engineer. Things get complicated as their affair progresses.

Dear Mr. Prohack

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A modern-day retelling of Arnold Bennett’s novel, in which a Treasury official with a reputation for fiscal prudence is left a great deal of money and has no idea how to cope with sudden personal wealth.

Brass Monkey

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Carroll Levis, a radio variety host, gets involved in murder and theft.

Meet Me at Dawn

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young man makes his living in Paris in 1900 by fighting duels on behalf of other parties. He is hired to injure a leading politician and starts to get involved with a girl he uses to provoke the challenge. One newspaper, hostile to the politician, headlines the story of the impending duel asking who this Madame X is. Problem is, she is in fact the daughter of the paper’s proprietor if only he knew it.

Brewster’s Millions

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Jack Brewster is a pennyless English lad who learns that he has inherited 6 million pounds sterling from a recently deceased relative. But soon learns that he must spend 500,000 pounds in 60 days to inherit the rest of the money, or forfeit the entire inheritance.

The Gang’s All Here

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that a priceless collection of jewels belonging to a foreign potentate, Prince Homouska, has just vanished from the safekeeping of the Stamford Assurance Company. Aided by his butler, his Cockney assistant and his (initially) unwilling wife, Forrest sets out on the trail of the thieves.

Marry the Boss’s Daughter

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Young man from Kansas goes to New York to work for his tycoon-hero. His superiors won’t listen to his ideas about business, but the boss and his daughter do.

Three Live Ghosts

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An investigator is asking Mrs. Gubbins about a William Foster, who was a friend of her stepson Jimmy. Both are listed as killed in action during the Great War. It is Armistice Day, 1918, and the war is over. Who should be strolling down the street but Jimmy Gubbins, Bill ‘Jones’ and another man who has lost his memory. They are ghosts as the official records list them as dead and not as escaped P.O.W’s. Jimmy’s mother is not happy to see that Jimmy is still living as she has been spending the death benefits, but she is happy to see Bill as there is a large reward for him. No one knows much about the third one, called ‘Spoofy’, except that he can steal anything at anytime and that gets everyone is trouble.

Flying Down to Rio

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil.