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The Sign of the Four (version 4) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of the Four (version 4) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Treasure, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, love, murder, and revenge. One of Arthur Conan Doyle's four novels featuring Sherlock Holmes. (Summary by Karen Savage)...
The Ghost Breaker (Dramatic Reading) - Charles GODDARD
The Ghost Breaker (Dramatic Reading) - Charles GODDARD
- Author: Charles GODDARD
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Dramatic Readings / Horror & Supernatural Fiction
The Ghost Breaker is a drama and haunted house horror complete with heroes, villains, and a Princess. The Ghost Breaker was originally a screenplay and would later be made a drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. (Summary by Linette Geisel) Cast:...
The Hound of the Baskervilles (version 3) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles (version 3) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Detective Fiction
The desolate, treacherous Devon moors. A bloodcurdling legend of a ghastly hound from hell, haunting the Baskerville family for generations. Such is the setting for the most horrific Sherlock Holmes story ever written, where the celebrated sleuth's...
Outside the Prison - Richard Harding Davis
Outside the Prison - Richard Harding Davis
- Author: Richard Harding Davis
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
On Christmas Eve, journalist Bronson is sent to wait outside of Moyamensing Prison to report on the release of a certain infamous prisoner. His case had gotten a lot of attention, so the paper wants a man on the spot. However, what Bronson hears and...
His Last Bow (version 3) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
His Last Bow (version 3) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / General Fiction
His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of previously published Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, including the titular short story, "His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" (1917). The collection's...
The Borough Treasurer - J. S. Fletcher
The Borough Treasurer - J. S. Fletcher
- Author: J. S. Fletcher
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Messrs. Mallalieu and Cotherstone were outsiders who had built a prosperous business in Highmarket and even been elected as Mayor and Treasurer of the borough. But when an ex-detective moves to town, 30 years of respectability is suddenly threatened...
The Turnpike House - Fergus Hume
The Turnpike House - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
A prolific writer of crime and detective stories Fergus Hume is known for his clever plots. The Turnpike House is another wonderful example of his many intriguing mysteries. EXCERPT: "Suddenly there was the cry of a human being in pain. The light...
The Mystery of the Sycamore - Carolyn Wells
The Mystery of the Sycamore - Carolyn Wells
- Author: Carolyn Wells
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Romance
Instead of prison time, former governor, Samuel Appleby, sentences his former rival, Daniel Wheeler to imprisonment on his homestead with a very strange addendum.He then endeavors to convince Mr. Wheeler to endorse his son’s candidacy for governor...
It Happened in Egypt - Charles Norris WILLIAMSON
It Happened in Egypt - Charles Norris WILLIAMSON
- Author: Charles Norris WILLIAMSON
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Lord Ernest Borrow and Captain Anthony Fenton think they know a secret - a secret that could make them both rich. En route, they are sidetracked by Sir Marcus Antonius Lark, a woman who thinks she's Cleopatra reincarnate, a Gilded Rose of an...
The Forsaken Inn - Anna Katharine Green
The Forsaken Inn - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Told from the perspective of a Mrs. Truax, the owner of an inn during the time of the American and French Revolutions, "The Forsaken Inn" is a locked-room mystery that keeps readers guessing about what has happened. A young couple stays at the inn...
The Amateur Cracksman - E. W. Hornung
The Amateur Cracksman - E. W. Hornung
- Author: E. W. Hornung
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
"I'd tasted blood, and it was all over with me. Why should I work when I could steal? Why settle down to some humdrum uncongenial billet, when excitement, romance, danger and a decent living were all going begging together?"- A. J. Raffles, The Ides...
The Sorceress of the Strand - L. T. Meade
The Sorceress of the Strand - L. T. Meade
- Author: L. T. Meade
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
From the moment Madame Sara arrived on the scene, she has taken London society by storm. Madame is both beautiful and mysterious, but it soon becomes clear to both Dixon Druce and his friend, police surgeon Eric Vandeleur, that there is something...
Thou Art The Man - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Thou Art The Man - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Sibyl married after assuming that her cousin, with whom she was in love, died. However, said cousin, who suffers from epilepsy, found himself near a murder scene and had no idea what happened. Fearing the worst, he ran away. Ten years later, Sibyl...
K. - Mary Roberts Rinehart
K. - Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
"K" is the initial of the mysterious lodger without a first name who rents a room from Sidney to escape his past. Sidney herself refuses the proposals of Joe in order to become a nurse and do useful work in the outside world. She is determined to...
The Red Window - Fergus Hume
The Red Window - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Two former school friends, now both military men, meet again and discover both are trying to lose themselves to public gaze. Dick West has inherited the family estate, but is out of favor. "The Red Window" was used during periods of civil unrest to...
The Secret Tomb - Maurice Leblanc
The Secret Tomb - Maurice Leblanc
- Author: Maurice Leblanc
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
'In Robore Fortuna'. What could these three words mean? Join Dorothy as she works to figure this out while simultaneously parenting orphaned boys. But beware, she may encounter hidden treasures, betrayal, and death along the way. - Summary by...
The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow - Anna Katharine Green
The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
It is the noon hour at a museum in New York City. The date: May 23, 1913. The weekday, attendance is light; the attendees are scattered between two floors. Suddenly a cry rings out from the second floor. Scrambling to Section II, the museum director...
The Clock Struck One - Fergus Hume
The Clock Struck One - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Fergus Hume was a prolific writer of Victorian murder mysteries and The Clock Struck One is another great example of his inventive plots. Julian Edermont living in near seclusion for the last 20 years fearful of an unknown assailant is beaten to...
Witching Hill - E. W. Hornung
Witching Hill - E. W. Hornung
- Author: E. W. Hornung
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Published 1900 onward
The adventures of two young men, which may or may not have to do with the supernatural. - Summary by Nicholas Clifford...
The Secret Pact - Mildred A. Wirt Benson
The Secret Pact - Mildred A. Wirt Benson
- Author: Mildred A. Wirt Benson
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction / General Fiction
PENNY PARKER is a teen-aged sleuth and amateur reporter with an uncanny knack for uncovering and solving unusual, sometimes bizarre mysteries. The only daughter of widower Anthony Parker, publisher of the "Riverview Star," Penny has been raised to...
The Yellow House - E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Yellow House - E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Romance / Published 1900 onward
Vicar and his two daughters move to a small, quiet country village and soon learn that their neighbor in the yellow house holds secrets that will changeeverything they thought to be real in their lives. (Summary by Sharon Kilmer)...
The Stowmarket Mystery, or, a Legacy of Hate - Louis Tracy
The Stowmarket Mystery, or, a Legacy of Hate - Louis Tracy
- Author: Louis Tracy
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Another case for Reginald Brett, barrister and hobby detective: David Hume-Frazer is in some trouble. He was the prime suspect in the murder case of his cousin, Alan. Though he was never convicted, suspicion clings to him, and he wishes his name to...
The Valley of Silent Men - James Oliver Curwood
The Valley of Silent Men - James Oliver Curwood
- Author: James Oliver Curwood
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction / Romance
Subtitled: A Story of the Three River Country. James Kent has learned that he is terminally ill with perhaps only days to live, and so decides to confess to a murder and thus save an innocent man. Nobody believes his confession, particularly...
Plague of Pythons - Frederik Pohl
Plague of Pythons - Frederik Pohl
- Author: Frederik Pohl
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction / Science Fiction
In a post-apocalyptic world where every government in the world has been overrun by its own military machinery, only to see that military machinery self-destruct, people are randomly being affected by a plague that seemingly takes over their brains...
The Wanderer - Fanny Burney
The Wanderer - Fanny Burney
- Author: Fanny Burney
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / General Fiction / Historical Fiction
This is the fourth and final novel by Fanny Burney, the author of Evelina, Cecilia, and Camilla. "Who is "Miss Ellis?" Why did she board a ship from France to England at the beginning of the French revolution? Anyway, the loss of her purse made this...
The Fortieth Door - Mary Hastings Bradley
The Fortieth Door - Mary Hastings Bradley
- Author: Mary Hastings Bradley
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
A young American archeologist, a masked ball in Cairo, an illusive young woman and the unexplained disappearance of a Frenchman fifteen years earlier all play into this mystery by Mary Hastings Bradley. (summary written by J. M. Smallheer)...
The Black Box - E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Black Box - E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Sanford Quest, the master criminologist of the world, attempts to bring to justice the murderer of Lord Ashleigh's daughter. But he soon discovers that he has just entered a life-and-death struggle with a mysterious master criminal. (Summary by...
The Other Side of the Door - Lucia Chamberlain
The Other Side of the Door - Lucia Chamberlain
- Author: Lucia Chamberlain
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
It's 1865 in the city of San Francisco. Pretty, young Ellie Fenwick is walking to the market early one morning to surprise her father with some fresh mushrooms. As she passes a gambling house, she hears a gunshot and two young men emerge. One man...
Lady Jim of Curzon Street - Fergus Hume
Lady Jim of Curzon Street - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Faced with bankruptcy and trapped in an unhappy marriage, Lady Jim Kaims has to solve her problems alone. After every decent way fails her, and with no friend to assist, she resorts to committing crimes. Fergus Hume delves into the mind of an...
The Burglars' Club: A Romance in Twelve Chronicles - Henry Augustus Hering
The Burglars' Club: A Romance in Twelve Chronicles - Henry Augustus Hering
- Author: Henry Augustus Hering
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
'He's one of us,' the burglar explained. 'You see, we are men who have pretty well exhausted the pleasures of life. We've all been in the Army or the Navy, all of us are sportsmen, and we are bachelors; so there isn't much excitement left for us....
Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 010 - Various
Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 010 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers / Anthologies
There's nothing better than curling up with a good mystery and suspense story on a cold, dark night. Here we give you fifteen in the 10th Short Mystery and Suspense collection! Whether you are looking for an intricate and perplexing tale, such as...
Dope - Sax Rohmer
Dope - Sax Rohmer
- Author: Sax Rohmer
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
A minor lord is killed and a rich socialite is missing, and they are both tied to the enigmatic Kazmah the Dream Reader, who has also disappeared. New Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Red Kerry scours post-WWI London looking for clues, encountering...
Faulkner's Folly - Carolyn Wells
Faulkner's Folly - Carolyn Wells
- Author: Carolyn Wells
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Eric Stannard, wealthy artist and portrait painter of international reputation is found dead in his studio, an etching needle protruding from his chest. The lights had gone out momentarily just before he was found by a footman and a long-time...
The Weird Picture - John R. Carling
The Weird Picture - John R. Carling
- Author: John R. Carling
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Frank Willard is studying in Germany when he receives a letter summoning him home for Christmas and for his brother George's wedding. His bride is to be Daphne, the love of Frank's life, leaving Frank conflicted. He decides to attend, but what has...
The Red House Mystery (Version 2) - A. A. MILNE
The Red House Mystery (Version 2) - A. A. MILNE
- Author: A. A. MILNE
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Detective Fiction
Author A. A. Milne is best known to the world as the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. Yet Milne was versatile, having written dozens of plays, humorous articles, books and – The Red House Mystery. In which… Mark Ablett is the massively narcissistic owner...
Vicky Van - Carolyn Wells
Vicky Van - Carolyn Wells
- Author: Carolyn Wells
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Carolyn Wells always provides an enjoyable read and this one is probably one of her most intriguing murder mysteries. Vicky Van is a lithe, joyful and vibrant society woman beloved by all. A man named Sommers shows up uninvited at one of her famous...
The Heart of a Mystery - L. T. Meade
The Heart of a Mystery - L. T. Meade
- Author: L. T. Meade
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
The Heart of Mystery by L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace was published in 1901 in six installments in the Windsor Magazine, Vol. 14. The stories relate the adventures of a young Englishman summoned to the deathbed of an old friend in Paris who...
The Sealed Message - Fergus Hume
The Sealed Message - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
A mysterious message on a record is found sealed in a cylinder. A heroine straight out of a fairy-tale is kept secluded by a guardian with questionable motives. Add a murder, a gallant and fearless hero to the rescue and you have all the ingredients...
Unravelled Knots - Baroness Orczy
Unravelled Knots - Baroness Orczy
- Author: Baroness Orczy
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Unravelled Knots is the third and final installment of the Old Man in the Corner stories by Baroness Orczy. After a break of several years, Polly returns to the ABC Tea Shop to find the Old Man at his usual table with his glass of milk and bit of...
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Version 2) - James HOGG
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Version 2) - James HOGG
- Author: James HOGG
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Fictional Biographies & Memoirs / Gothic Fiction
An early example of a psychological mystery and modern crime fiction, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner details the experience of its criminal anti-hero. It is set in Scotland within a world where angels, devils, and demonic...