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The Grey Woman - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
The Grey Woman - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction
A "Bluebeard" story in which a young woman marries a man whom she discovers has killed his previous wives and is trying to kill her as well. (Summary by Jane Greensmith)...
The Bat - Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Bat - Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Genre: Detective Fiction
The novelization of the play of the same name that had an initial run of 867 shows on Broadway and has been performed all over the world and been made into three movies over a span from 1926 to 1959. An intricate mystery, with a wide cast of...
The Broken Rosary - Grace JOHNSON
The Broken Rosary - Grace JOHNSON
- Author: Grace JOHNSON
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
County Prosecutor Wally Brighton was found shot to death one evening, a broken rosary in one hand and a .32 automatic inches away from the other. Was it murder or suicide? It takes two sharp-eyed reporters, who combine romance with amateur...
Weapons of Mystery - Joseph HOCKING
Weapons of Mystery - Joseph HOCKING
- Author: Joseph HOCKING
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Justin Blake receives an invitation from his old school-fellow Tom Temple to join him and his family for the Christmas holidays in Yorkshire. Having no other plans, he decides to go. Though he is normally much the opposite of what would be called a...
The Silent Bullet - Arthur B. Reeve
The Silent Bullet - Arthur B. Reeve
- Author: Arthur B. Reeve
- Genre: Detective Fiction
The many adventures of Professor Craig Kennedy were chronicled by Arthur B. Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936). Reeve was an American mystery writer who created 82 Craig Kennedy mystery stories. The stories have a very Sherlock Holmes type...
Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective - Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express - A. Frank PINKERTON
Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective - Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express - A. Frank PINKERTON
- Author: A. Frank PINKERTON
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Dyke Darrel investigates an audacious train robbery that included the murder of a friend, and embarks on a man-hunt. High Victorian serial melodrama at its best! (Summary by Sibella Denton)....
The Red Seal - Natalie Sumner LINCOLN
The Red Seal - Natalie Sumner LINCOLN
- Author: Natalie Sumner LINCOLN
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Nothing is what it seems to be as events unfold in this entertaining mystery by Natalie Sumner Lincoln. Red seals and red herrings abound and will keep you guessing all the way through the final chapter! (summary by J. M. Smallheer)...
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab - Fergus Hume
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Detective Fiction
βThe following report appeared in the Argus newspaper of Saturday, the 28th July, 18-- βTruth is said to be stranger than fiction, and certainly the extraordinary murder which took place in Melbourne on Thursday night, or rather Friday morning, goes...
The Pagan Madonna - Harold MACGRATH
The Pagan Madonna - Harold MACGRATH
- Author: Harold MACGRATH
- Genre: Detective Fiction
The Pagan Madonna, one of Harold MacGrath's numerous novels, set in Shanghai, tells a story of intrigue, murder, and illicit art βcollecting.β The paths of Jean Norman, a Red Cross nurse from the United States, Ling Foo, a shifty pawn shop keeper,...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (version 4) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (version 4) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Detective Fiction
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 12 short stories that were originally illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first set of short stories that were published and followed the publishing of his first 2 novels, A Study in...
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...
The Old Man in the Corner - Baroness Orczy
The Old Man in the Corner - Baroness Orczy
- Author: Baroness Orczy
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Created by Baroness Orczy, author of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel series, The Old Man in the Corner was one of the earliest armchair detectives, popping up with so many others in the wake of the huge popularity of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The...
Ashton-Kirk, Secret Agent - John Thomas McIntyre
Ashton-Kirk, Secret Agent - John Thomas McIntyre
- Author: John Thomas McIntyre
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Those who have read "Ashton-Kirk, Investigator" will recall references to several affairs in which the United States government found the investigator's unusual powers of inestimable service. In such matters, tremendous interests often stand...
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (version 2) - Edgar Allan Poe
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (version 2) - Edgar Allan Poe
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- Genre: Detective Fiction
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been recognized as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination".C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris...
The Gray Phantom - Herman LANDON
The Gray Phantom - Herman LANDON
- Author: Herman LANDON
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction
A woman is apparently murdered in a New York auditorium under very suspicious circumstances one evening during a performance. Helen Hardwick happened to be in attendance that evening, as she had written the play that was being performed, and she was...
The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange - Anna Katharine Green
The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Miss Violet Strange is young, petite and attractive and has a wealthy father. She also has the knack for solving problems. This collection contains nine mysteries or problems for her to solve in an early example of the 'girl detective' by mistress...
Revenge! - Robert BARR
Revenge! - Robert BARR
- Author: Robert BARR
- Genre: Detective Fiction / Single Author Collections
A collection of 20 short stories of the crime, detective, and thriller variety, sharing a common theme of .... you guessed it, revenge, and often with surprise conclusions. Elements of the style of Alfred Hitchcock may be found among many of the...
The Teeth of the Tiger - Maurice Leblanc
The Teeth of the Tiger - Maurice Leblanc
- Author: Maurice Leblanc
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Maurice Leblanc delivers another Arsene Lupin adventure set in World War I. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)...
The Sign of The Four (version 3) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of The Four (version 3) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction
The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 stories starring the fictional detective.The story is set in 1888. The Sign of...
The Amethyst Box - Anna Katharine Green
The Amethyst Box - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction / Romance
On the evening before his marriage, Sinclair loses a precious curiosity from his collection: an amethyst box, containing a tiny flask of deadly poison. He suspects that this poison is in the possession of either his betrothed or her cousin, the girl...
The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation - J. S. Fletcher
The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation - J. S. Fletcher
- Author: J. S. Fletcher
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Marshall Allerdyke is driving through the night from London to Hull in response to an urgent telegram from his cousin. As he nears Hull, a beautiful woman stops his car to ask for directions to Scotland. Odd time to be traveling so far and in such a...
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He was devised by Scottish author and doctor Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous...
The Cinema Murder - E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Cinema Murder - E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Phillip Romilly is a poor art teacher in London. He finds out that his wealthy cousin Douglas has been seeing his girl friend Beatrice behind his back. He strangles Douglas, throws him in the canal, and assumes his identity. Douglas had booked...
The Last Stroke - Lawrence L. LYNCH
The Last Stroke - Lawrence L. LYNCH
- Author: Lawrence L. LYNCH
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Written by Chicago socialite, Emma Murdock Van Deventer, under the nom de plume of Lawrence L. Lynch, this detective story opens with the mysterious disappearance of schoolmaster, Mr. Brierly. The under-teacher and students set about finding him,...
Murder in the Sacristy - Daniel A. LORD
Murder in the Sacristy - Daniel A. LORD
- Author: Daniel A. LORD
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A sacristan is found murdered in the sacristy and the safe robbed of valuable jewels. All clues seem to point to the priest as the murderer. But is the priest the guilty party - or is it the communist - the nazi - the Senator's wife - or someone...
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Version 3) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Version 3) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Detective Fiction
This is the second book of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning the adventures of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his side kick Dr Watson. It contains 12 stories published in The Strand as further episodes of the Adventures...
The Window at the White Cat - Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Window at the White Cat - Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
When a clumsy, well-meaning lawyer gets involved with a pair of delightful old maids and a beautiful girl, he must acquire some of the skills of his friends the detective and the newspaperman to solve the puzzle of The White Cat. Thatβs the name of...
The Mikado Jewel - Fergus Hume
The Mikado Jewel - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A widow has been murdered in the home of a relative on a foggy night in London town when all residents were off on to the theatre, and one to run an errand involving the title bauble. Who done it? Old dark house mystery full of period cliches is...
Murder at St. Dennis - Margaret Ann HUBBARD
Murder at St. Dennis - Margaret Ann HUBBARD
- Author: Margaret Ann HUBBARD
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A cunning killer prowls the winding corridors of an old hospital in this thriller by the author of "Murder Takes the Veil". (From original jacket)...
A Master Hand - Richard DALLAS
A Master Hand - Richard DALLAS
- Author: Richard DALLAS
- Genre: Detective Fiction
This murder mystery, written in 1903 by Richard Dallas (pseudonym), describes a fictional crime that took place in the New York City of 1883. A fine period piece as well as a clever detective story. (Introduction by Delmar H. Dolbier)...
Red Masquerade - Louis Joseph Vance
Red Masquerade - Louis Joseph Vance
- Author: Louis Joseph Vance
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Detective Fiction
In the beginning of his career, Michael Lanyard alias The Lone Wolf, the most talented thief of his day, made the acquaintance of the beautiful Princess Sofia, but he also made an enemy of her husband, Prince Victor. Years later, Lanyard's daughter...
Dead Men's Money - J. S. Fletcher
Dead Men's Money - J. S. Fletcher
- Author: J. S. Fletcher
- Genre: Detective Fiction
This classic mystery produces its first dead body during a clandestine midnight meeting. Already nothing is what it seems... (Summary by Gesine)...
The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins
The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins
- Author: Wilkie Collins
- Genre: Detective Fiction
The story concerns a young woman called Rachel Verinder who inherits a large Indian diamond, the Moonstone, on her eighteenth birthday. The book is widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels. T. S. Eliot called it...
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 2 - Various
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 2 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this collection for the first...
That Affair at Elizabeth - Burton Egbert Stevenson
That Affair at Elizabeth - Burton Egbert Stevenson
- Author: Burton Egbert Stevenson
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
A detective novel set in turn-of-the-century New York City, in which a young lawyer plays the sleuth. Packed with plot twists (and the ubiquitous romantic complication, of course). (Summary by Cathy Barratt)...
Clara Vaughan, Vol. III - Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Clara Vaughan, Vol. III - Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- Author: Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- Genre: Detective Fiction
CLARA VAUGHAN, the young heroine, narrator, and namesake for R. D. Blackmoreβs early detective novel, is determined to solve the mystery of her fatherβs murderβa crime that occurred when she was only 10 years of age. The third volume of the trilogy...
The Circular Staircase - Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Circular Staircase - Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) was a prolific American writer of popular mysteries. The Circular Staircase was originally published in 1908 and includes all the elements of the classic whodunit β mysterious events, ghostly apparitions, things...
The Sign of Silence - William Le Queux
The Sign of Silence - William Le Queux
- Author: William Le Queux
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Edward Royle is the head of a well-known chemical manufacturer in England, which he has inherited. He is engaged to the daughter of his fatherβs former partner, Phrida Shand, who lives with her mother. One night he is asked by his friend, Sir Digby...
Max Carrados - Ernest Bramah
Max Carrados - Ernest Bramah
- Author: Ernest Bramah
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Max Carrados is a blind detective who has developed his own remaining senses to a superior level and who has enlisted the superior observations skills of his butler to fill in for any deficiency of his own. His visual deficiency is no obstacle to...
The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens
The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Detective Fiction
The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. The novel was left unfinished at the time of Dickens' death, and readers have often speculated what the ending might have been. The novel is named after Edwin Drood, but it mostly...