Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1844-1914) helped fill The Strand's need for detective stories with her medical mysteries, Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, co-authored with Dr. Clifford Halifax. Born in Ireland, Meade began writing at 17 and produced over 300 books and hundreds of short stories. Though she is supposedly "primarily known for her books for young people," what we have here is a selection of her more sensational works, including The Sorceress of the Strand and The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings, a tale of a murderous secret society in London. Many of her works were co-authored with Dr. Clifford Halifax or Robert Eustace. Meade was an avid supporter of women's rights - including, apparently, the right to be every bit as cunning, vicious and murderous as any male villain of Victorian literature!

Short Stories

A Horrible Fright, by L.T. Meade (The Strand, 1894B)

Silenced, by L.T. Meade & Robert Eustace (The Strand, 1897B)

Where the Air Quivered, by L.T. Meade & Robert Eustace (The Strand, 1898B)

Followed , by L.T. Meade & Robert Eustace (The Strand, 1900B)

The Man Who Disappeared , by L.T. Meade & Robert Eustace (The Strand, 1901B)

Spangle-Winged, by L.T. Meade & Clifford Halifax, MD (The Strand, 1901B)

Eyes of Terror, by L.T. Meade (The Strand, 1903B)

The Love Adventures of Primrose Ward, by L.T. Meade (Windsor Magazine, 1898A)

Stories from the Diary of a Doctor (Series I & II) by L.T. Meade & Clifford Halifax, M.D.

I: My First Patient (The Strand, 1893B)

II: My Hypnotic Patient (The Strand, 1893B)

III: Very Far West (The Strand, 1893B)

IV: The Heir of Chartelpool (The Strand, 1893B)

V: A Death Certificate (The Strand, 1893B)

VI: The Wrong Prescription (The Strand, 1893B)

VII: The Horror of Studley Grange (The Strand, 1894A)

VIII: "Ten Years' Oblivion" (The Strand, 1894A)

IX: An Oak Coffin (The Strand, 1894A)

X: Without Witnesses (The Strand, 1894A)

XI: Trapped (The Strand, 1894A)

XII: The Ponsonby Diamonds (The Strand, 1894A)

Second Series

I: Creating a Mind (The Strand, 1895A)

II: The Seventh Step (The Strand, 1895A)

III: The Silent Tongue (The Strand, 1895A)

IV: The Hooded Death (The Strand, 1895A)

V: The Red Bracelet (The Strand, 1895A)

VI: Little Sir Noel (The Strand, 1895A)

VII: A Doctor's Dilemma (The Strand, 1895B)

VIII: On a Charge of Forgery (The Strand, 1895B)

IX: The Strange Case of Captain Gascoigne (The Strand, 1895B)

X: With the Eternal Fires (The Strand, 1895B)

XI: The Small House on Steven's Heath (The Strand, 1895B)

XII: "To Every One His Own Fear" (The Strand, 1895B)

The Adventures of a Man of Science by L.T. Meade & Clifford Halifax, M.D.

I: The Snake's Eye (The Strand, 1896B)

II: Ought He to Marry Her? (The Strand, 1896B)

III: Lady Tregenna (The Strand, 1896B)

IV: The Sleeping Sickness (The Strand, 1896B)

V: At the Steps of the Altar (The Strand, 1896B)

VI: The Panelled Bedroom (The Strand, 1896B)

VII: A Race with the Sun (The Strand, 1897A)

VIII: The Man Who Smiled (The Strand, 1897A)

The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings by L.T. Meade & Robert Eustace

The introduction to this series tells us "That a secret society, based upon the lines of similar institutions so notorious on the Continent during the last century, could ever have existed in the London of our day may seem impossible. Such a society, however, not only did exist, but through the instrumentality of a woman of unparalleled capacity and genius, obtained a firm footing. A century ago the Brotherhood of the Seven Kings was a name hardly whispered without horror and fear in Italy..."

I: At the Edge of the Crater (The Strand, 1898A)

II: The Winged Assassin (The Strand, 1898A)

III: The Swing of the Pendulum (The Strand, 1898A)

IV: The Luck of Pitsey Hall (The Strand, 1898A)

V: Twenty Degrees (The Strand, 1898A)

VI: The Star-Shaped Marks (The Strand, 1898A)

VII: The Iron Circlet (The Strand, 1898B)

VIII: The Mystery of the Strong Room (The Strand, 1898B)

IX: The Bloodhound (The Strand, 1898B)

X: The Doom (The Strand, 1898B)

Stories of the Sanctuary Club by L.T. Meade & Robert Eustace

1: Introduction and The Death Chair (The Strand, 1899B)

II: A Visible Sound (The Strand, 1899B)

III: The Diana Sapphire (The Strand, 1899B)

IV: East of North (The Strand, 1899B)

V: "A Handful of Ashes" (The Strand, 1899B)

VI: The Secret of the Prison House (The Strand, 1899B)

The Sorceress of the Strand by L.T. Meade & Robert Eustace

The machinations of the "uncanny and terrible" Madame Sara, a seemingly ageless beauty who dabbles in cosmetics - and rare poisons.

I: Madame Sara (The Strand, 1902B)

II: The Blood-Red Cross (The Strand, 1902B)

III: The Face of the Abbott (The Strand, 1902B)

IV: The Talk of the Town (The Strand, 1903A)

V: The Bloodstone (The Strand, 1903A)

VI: The Teeth of the Wolf (The Strand, 1903A)