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The Master of Mysteries - Frank Gelett BURGESS
The Master of Mysteries - Frank Gelett BURGESS
- Author: Frank Gelett BURGESS
- Genre: Detective Fiction / Short Stories
Subtitled, "Being an account of the problems solved by Astro, seer of secrets, and his love affair with Valeska Wynne, his assistant." Classic detective stories, with an atypical solver of them. Note, the book itself is published with no author...
A Broken Bond - Nicholas Carter
A Broken Bond - Nicholas Carter
- Author: Nicholas Carter
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Nick Carter is a fictional private detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom de plume Nicholas Carter, have penned stories featuring "America's greatest private detective". This...
The Three Hostages - John Buchan
The Three Hostages - John Buchan
- Author: John Buchan
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
The Three Hostages is the fourth of five Richard Hannay novels. The Richard Hannay novels are action/mystery/spy novels with a James bond feel. This book starts out with Richard Hannay married to Mary Lamington living in Fosse Manor. He is asked to...
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard - Anatole France
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard - Anatole France
- Author: Anatole France
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Noted historian sets out to locate and research a rare manuscript: the French version of -- "The Golden Legend" -- and meets the daughter of a woman he once loved. Complications follow. - Summary by David Crosby...
Under the Tiger's Claws - Nicholas Carter
Under the Tiger's Claws - Nicholas Carter
- Author: Nicholas Carter
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom de plume Nicholas Carter, have penned stories featuring "America's greatest detective". In this story, Nick...
The Clue of the Twisted Candle (Version 2) - Edgar Wallace
The Clue of the Twisted Candle (Version 2) - Edgar Wallace
- Author: Edgar Wallace
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Detective mystery story set in London, with some romance, and intriguing plot. - Summary by Peter Thomlinson...
Out of Death's Shadow - Nicholas Carter
Out of Death's Shadow - Nicholas Carter
- Author: Nicholas Carter
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Nick Carter is a fictional private detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom de plume Nicholas Carter, have penned stories. Here, the tale begins with the trial of a woman, sure...
The Singing Bone or The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke - R. Austin Freeman
The Singing Bone or The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke - R. Austin Freeman
- Author: R. Austin Freeman
- Genre: Detective Fiction
In its original form, this book was published with the title, "The Singing Bone." It was later republished as "The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke." This book has historical significance as it contains the first example of the inverted detective formula...
The Lady in Blue - Augusta GRONER
The Lady in Blue - Augusta GRONER
- Author: Augusta GRONER
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A Joseph Muller Mystery originally published in 1905 in German as "Die blaue Dame" (The Blue Lady). Translated by American writer and translator, Grace Isabel Colbron in 1922 as The Lady in Blue. A mysterious old house, an unexplained scream in the...
Martin Hewitt, Investigator - Arthur Morrison
Martin Hewitt, Investigator - Arthur Morrison
- Author: Arthur Morrison
- Genre: Detective Fiction / Single Author Collections
Here are seven mystery stories featuring Martin Hewitt, Detective, and narrated (of course) by his (nameless) sidekick. Arthur Morrison certainly has imagination, as shown by the very wide range of situations, motivations, crimes and characters he...
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...
The Photographer's Evidence - Nicholas Carter
The Photographer's Evidence - Nicholas Carter
- Author: Nicholas Carter
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom de plume Nicholas Carter, have penned stories featuring "America's greatest detective". One evening, a...
Four Noncanonical Sherlock Holmes Short Stories - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Four Noncanonical Sherlock Holmes Short Stories - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Detective Fiction / Short Stories
Although the Sherlock Holmes canon traditionally consists of four novels and 56 short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle, there are many Sherlock Holmes stories outside the canon. Most of these noncanonical stories were written by authors other...
Call Mr. Fortune - H. C. BAILEY
Call Mr. Fortune - H. C. BAILEY
- Author: H. C. BAILEY
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Call Mr. Fortune is a collection of short stories which introduce Reginald Fortune. Reggie, like his father, is a physician. The son applies his diagnostic skills to crime-solving. As he is not a civil servant, he is free to represent the...
Mr. Fortune's Practice - H. C. BAILEY
Mr. Fortune's Practice - H. C. BAILEY
- Author: H. C. BAILEY
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Mr. Fortune is a physician crime solver, using early forensic science techniques. This second volume brings seven more cases for him to solve for the police. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)...
The Incredulity of Father Brown - G. K. Chesterton
The Incredulity of Father Brown - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Originality and humor characterize the plots of these clever detective stories. The mysteries are solved by the detective priest, Father Brown. His application of shrewd, common sense to the unraveling of a succession of strange crimes and...
The Case of the Lamp That Went Out - Augusta GRONER
The Case of the Lamp That Went Out - Augusta GRONER
- Author: Augusta GRONER
- Genre: Detective Fiction
"The Case of the Lamp That Went Out" is one of the earlier Joseph Muller stories by Austrian author, Auguste Groner, originally published in German in 1899. The English translation was published in 1910 in a collection of five detective stories in...
The Man with the Black Cord - Augusta GRONER
The Man with the Black Cord - Augusta GRONER
- Author: Augusta GRONER
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A baffling disappearance. A bedroom door locked from the inside. A housekeeper with something to hide. Will retired policeman turned private detective, Joseph Muller, be able to sort out the clues and solve this locked room mystery? Summary by J. M....
A Battle for the Right - Nicholas Carter
A Battle for the Right - Nicholas Carter
- Author: Nicholas Carter
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom de plume Nicholas Carter, have penned stories featuring "America's greatest detective". The scene is set at...
Raspberry Jam - Carolyn Wells
Raspberry Jam - Carolyn Wells
- Author: Carolyn Wells
- Genre: Detective Fiction
This is the 11th book featuring the distinguished detective, Fleming Stone. When a titan of industry is found dead in his locked bedroom without evidence of natural death. The doctors and the police are trying to figure out who the murder is from...
The Cat's Paw - Natalie Sumner LINCOLN
The Cat's Paw - Natalie Sumner LINCOLN
- Author: Natalie Sumner LINCOLN
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Susan Baird is found dead at her tea-table and all the evidence points to murder. She is supposed to have been penniless but when her will is found her niece Kitty inherits a fortune. Grave suspicion shifts from one person to another and the two...
The Mystery of the Fires (version 2) - Edith LAVELL
The Mystery of the Fires (version 2) - Edith LAVELL
- Author: Edith LAVELL
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction / Action & Adventure
Mary Louise Gay decided to spend the summer holiday in her family's cottage at Shady Nook. But an unknown arsonist has been setting the cottages on fire and it's up to Mary Lou, her best friend Jane, and their loyal pup Silky, to find out who the...
The Loot Of Cities - Arnold Bennett
The Loot Of Cities - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: Detective Fiction / Single Author Collections
Published in 1917, this is a collection of a novella and seven short stories by one of the cleverest authors of the early twentieth century. ‘In Queen's Quorum (1951), a survey of crime fiction, Ellery Queen listed Bennett's The Loot of Cities among...
A Broken Bond (Version 2) - Nicholas Carter
A Broken Bond (Version 2) - Nicholas Carter
- Author: Nicholas Carter
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Two partners in a mining interest in South America sell up for a cool million dollars. But why is one trying to kill the other after being the best of friend for so many years. Will Nick get to the bottom of this? (Summary by Geoff Blanchard)...
Tracked by a Tattoo - Fergus Hume
Tracked by a Tattoo - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Mysteries abound in this crime novel by Fergus Hume. Mr. Fanks, detective of Scotland Yard, is not all he seems, for when off-duty, he assumes his real identity of Octavius Rixton, well-to-do idler. When the scent of a murder reaches him, he is...
Alias Miss Sherlock - Arthur Lewis Tubbs
Alias Miss Sherlock - Arthur Lewis Tubbs
- Author: Arthur Lewis Tubbs
- Genre: Detective Fiction / Plays / Romance
Dick Brewster is implicated in a murder and comes to his aunt's farm to hide. His Aunt Sarah stands by him in his need and they all move to the city in the effort to clear his name. She investigates on her own account and.... - Summary by The Author...
The Crime of the French Cafe and Other Stories - Nicholas Carter
The Crime of the French Cafe and Other Stories - Nicholas Carter
- Author: Nicholas Carter
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom de plume Nicholas Carter, have penned stories featuring "America's greatest detective". Here we get to enjoy...
The Count's Chauffeur - William Le Queux
The Count's Chauffeur - William Le Queux
- Author: William Le Queux
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Detective Fiction
When car-crazy George Ewart accepts employment as chauffeur to Count Bindo di Ferraris, an Italian aristocrat, he has no idea what he has just let himself in for. The opportunity to drive the powerful six-cylinder, 40 horsepower Napier open touring...
The Twin Mystery - Nicholas Carter
The Twin Mystery - Nicholas Carter
- Author: Nicholas Carter
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom de plume Nicholas Carter, have penned stories featuring "America's greatest detective". In this story, Nick...
The Dream Doctor - Arthur B. Reeve
The Dream Doctor - Arthur B. Reeve
- Author: Arthur B. Reeve
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Detective Fiction / Published 1900 onward
The Dream Doctor is a compilation of detective stories featuring Professor Craig Kennedy, a Sherlock-like character who uses his scientific acumen to solve mysteries. A newspaper reporter, Walter Jameson, works with him to get to the bottom of...
Cut by the County; or, Grace Darnel - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Cut by the County; or, Grace Darnel - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Detective Fiction
Darnel Park is situated in a county that thrives on gossip and secrets, and the Darnel family, as it turns out, has many of them. An attempt at Sir Allan Darnel’s life, after various misunderstandings and misdirections, reveals an estranged son and...
Hidden Foes - Nicholas Carter
Hidden Foes - Nicholas Carter
- Author: Nicholas Carter
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom de plume Nicholas Carter, have penned stories featuring "America's greatest detective". He has his work cut...
The House Of The Arrow - A. E. W. Mason
The House Of The Arrow - A. E. W. Mason
- Author: A. E. W. Mason
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A young English girl is accused in Dijon of murdering her French aunt. Hanaud to the rescue! Inspector Hanaud is a member of the French Sûreté. He is said to have been the model for Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, as well as the opposite of Conan...
The Great Diamond Syndicate - Nicholas Carter
The Great Diamond Syndicate - Nicholas Carter
- Author: Nicholas Carter
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom de plume Nicholas Carter, have penned stories featuring "America's greatest detective". Nick is approached by...
The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel - A. E. W. Mason
The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel - A. E. W. Mason
- Author: A. E. W. Mason
- Genre: Detective Fiction / Published 1900 onward
Inspector Hanaud is a member of the French Sûreté. He is said to have been the model for Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, as well as the opposite of Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. The Affair At The Semiramis Hotel (1917), a novella, is the second...
The Benson Murder Case - A Philo Vance Story - S. S. Van Dine
The Benson Murder Case - A Philo Vance Story - S. S. Van Dine
- Author: S. S. Van Dine
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Detective Fiction
The Benson Murder Case – A Philo Vance Story is the first of a series of twelve popular mysteries set in New York during the Jazz Age. S. S. Van Dine is the nom de plume of prominent art critic, and member of New York’s avant-garde, W. H. Wright. He...
The Unseen Ear - Natalie Sumner LINCOLN
The Unseen Ear - Natalie Sumner LINCOLN
- Author: Natalie Sumner LINCOLN
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Judith Richards is seated alone in her father's library at midnight, when a man enters, rifles her father's safe, and is examining his loot when a steel blade darts thru the portières, pierces him and he falls dead to the floor. Judith meanwhile has...
A Woman at Bay - Nicholas Carter
A Woman at Bay - Nicholas Carter
- Author: Nicholas Carter
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom de plume Nicholas Carter, have penned stories featuring "America's greatest detective". Nick is customarily...
The Sleuth of St. James Square - Melville Davisson POST
The Sleuth of St. James Square - Melville Davisson POST
- Author: Melville Davisson POST
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Slightly connected detective stories which are developed in a rather unusual way. The solutions are logical and less miraculous than those of Sherlock Holmes. Will not have the popular appeal of many other mystery stories, but will be liked by Post...
The Case of Miss Elliott - Baroness Orczy
The Case of Miss Elliott - Baroness Orczy
- Author: Baroness Orczy
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A sequel to the stories published in The Old Man in the Corner, this second book in the series includes twelve new mysterious cases that The Old Man in the Corner unravels over his milk and cheesecake at the ABC Tea Shop, all the while tying and...
