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Hooded Detective: 6 Action Packed Pulp Detective Stories - Undefined
Hooded Detective: 6 Action Packed Pulp Detective Stories - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Evil lurks in the hearts and minds of men and many nefarious schemes are hatched by these gangsters, mob bosses and super villains. But thankfully, equally brave, talented detectives (some of them hooded) are there to track them down and thwart...
The Port of Missing Men - Meredith Nicholson
The Port of Missing Men - Meredith Nicholson
- Author: Meredith Nicholson
- Genre: Detective Fiction / Romance / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Shirley Claiborne is fascinated by the tall handsome man named John Armitage who seemed to follow her and her brother, Captain Claiborne, as they traveled around Europe. Count von Stroebel had urged Armitage to do something for Austria. Now von...
The Leavenworth Case - Anna Katharine Green
The Leavenworth Case - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Anna Katharine Green was one of the first female mystery writers to publish under her own name. She was never very successful as an author, but the technical excellence of her books caused several law schools to use The Leavenworth Case as a...
The Rome Express - Arthur Griffiths
The Rome Express - Arthur Griffiths
- Author: Arthur Griffiths
- Genre: Detective Fiction / *Non-fiction / Travel & Geography
The passengers in the sleeping car of the Rome Express were just woken and informed that they will reach Paris soon, and a bustle ensues. Only one passenger cannot be awoken by the porter, no matter how loudly he knocks. At last, when the door is...
His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Detective Fiction
The last collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories contains some of the most dramatic moments of the entire Sherlock Holmes canon. "The Dying Detective" sees the great Holmes brought low by a fatal illness and refusing even Dr Watson's medical...
The Talleyrand Maxim - J. S. Fletcher
The Talleyrand Maxim - J. S. Fletcher
- Author: J. S. Fletcher
- Genre: Detective Fiction
John Mallathorpe, a wealthy Yorkshire industrialist and land owner dies in an accident, apparently without making a will. His estate goes to his wife and two children and they live the good life for a number of years. However, an old bookseller,...
A Fair Mystery - Charlotte M. BRAME
A Fair Mystery - Charlotte M. BRAME
- Author: Charlotte M. BRAME
- Genre: Detective Fiction
(Written by Charlotte M. Brame under the pen name Bertha M. Clay.)Honest Mark Brace is about to lose his farm, land of his ancestors, home to his wife, Patty, and small daughter, Mattie, when out of a dark and stormy night comes the answer to his...
The Stolen White Elephant (Version 2) - Mark Twain
The Stolen White Elephant (Version 2) - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Detective Fiction
"The Stolen White Elephant" was written by Mark Twain and published in 1882. In it, an Indian elephant, en route from India to Britain as a gift to the Queen, disappears in New Jersey. The local police department goes into high gear to solve the...
The Hampstead Mystery - Arthur J. REES
The Hampstead Mystery - Arthur J. REES
- Author: Arthur J. REES
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A murder whodunit... Location: Hampstead, England. Victim: Sir Horace Fewbanks, a distinguished High Court judge. Cause of death: gun shot wound. Investigator: Private Detective Crewe, a wealthy bachelor who has taken up crime detection as a hobby,...
The Confession - Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Confession - Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Mary Roberts Rinehart is claimed to have invented the "Had I but known" mystery genre. When Agnes Blakiston rented the old parsonage at Miss Emily's request she soon came to regret it. Was the house haunted? Did Miss Emily have a secret so terrible...
The Mystery of the Downs - Arthur J. REES
The Mystery of the Downs - Arthur J. REES
- Author: Arthur J. REES
- Genre: Detective Fiction
"The storm had descended swiftly, sweeping in suddenly from the sea, driving across the downs to the hills at high speed, blotting out the faint rays of a crescent moon and hiding the country-side beneath a pall of blackness, which was forked at...
The Paradise Mystery - J. S. Fletcher
The Paradise Mystery - J. S. Fletcher
- Author: J. S. Fletcher
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A quiet cathedral town in England, full of gossips and people who are not quite who they seem to be, is the setting for this murder mystery. (Summary by Gesine)...
The Kidnapping of President Lincoln, and Other War Detective Stories - Joel Chandler Harris
The Kidnapping of President Lincoln, and Other War Detective Stories - Joel Chandler Harris
- Author: Joel Chandler Harris
- Genre: Detective Fiction
While detective work always makes for exciting stories, the circumstances under which the detective works play a huge role in the thrill. The stories in this collection follow detectives as they unravel mysteries in times of war, where danger awaits...
Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces - Thomas W. HANSHEW
Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces - Thomas W. HANSHEW
- Author: Thomas W. HANSHEW
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Meet Hamilton Cleek - man of mystery, and master of disguise and derring-do. Cleek's exploits are, to say the least, highly improbable, but the book is enormous fun. The goodies are good and the baddies are very bad indeed, but beware - things are...
Stories from The Detective's Album - Mary FORTUNE
Stories from The Detective's Album - Mary FORTUNE
- Author: Mary FORTUNE
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Mary Fortune is best known for The Detective's Album, the longest-running early detective serial anywhere in the world. Written under the name Waif Wander and narrated by detective Mark Sinclair, The Detective's Album was serialized for forty years...
A Yellow Journalist - Miriam Michelson
A Yellow Journalist - Miriam Michelson
- Author: Miriam Michelson
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Rhoda Massey is a young, sharp reporter for a daily newspaper in San Francisco. After proving herself an astute and fearless investigator on her first big story, she spends most of her waking hours running down leads and doing (almost) anything it...
The Chief Legatee - Anna Katharine Green
The Chief Legatee - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: Detective Fiction
"I was married to-day in Grace Church. At the altar my bride--you probably know her name, Miss Georgian Hazen--wore a natural look, and was in all respects, so far as any one could see, a happy woman, satisfied with her choice and pleased with the...
The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings - L. T. Meade
The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings - L. T. Meade
- Author: L. T. Meade
- Genre: Detective Fiction
"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...
Under the Andes - Rex STOUT
Under the Andes - Rex STOUT
- Author: Rex STOUT
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Under the Andes was written by Rex Stout years before his creation of the immensely popular Nero Wolfe series of novels, and while perhaps his future writing style is still blossoming, certainly his knack for weaving a fantastic tale of mystery and...
For Fifteen Years - Louis Ulbach
For Fifteen Years - Louis Ulbach
- Author: Louis Ulbach
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
For Fifteen Years by Louis Ulbach is the sequel to The Steel Hammer which tells the story of a poor upholsterer, Jean Mortier who is falsely accused of murder and the tragic chain of events that follow. For Fifteen Years begins in the aftermath of...
The Poisoned Pen - Arthur B. Reeve
The Poisoned Pen - 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...
Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls - L. Frank Baum
Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote...
The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu - Sax Rohmer
The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu - Sax Rohmer
- Author: Sax Rohmer
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction
The first of the Fu-Manchu novels, this story follows the two characters who are set against the machinations of the insidious doctor.(Summary by FNH)...
An Eye For An Eye - William Le Queux
An Eye For An Eye - William Le Queux
- Author: William Le Queux
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction
Frank Urwin and Richard Cleugh are two bachelor journalists sharing a flat in London. One evening while chatting, Urwin receives a telegram from a police acquaintance to come to the local police station at once. Urwin visits Inspector Patterson who...
Mary Louise Solves a Mystery - L. Frank Baum
Mary Louise Solves a Mystery - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote...
The Exploits of Juve - Marcel ALLAIN
The Exploits of Juve - Marcel ALLAIN
- Author: Marcel ALLAIN
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction
Fantômas was introduced a few years after Arsène Lupin, another well-known thief. But whereas Lupin draws the line at murder, Fantômas has no such qualms and is shown as a sociopath who enjoys killing in a sadistic fashion. He is totally ruthless,...
The Room in the Dragon Volant - Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
The Room in the Dragon Volant - Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
- Author: Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction
J. Sheridan LeFanu's Gothic mystery novel is narrated by Richard Beckett, a young Englishman abroad in Napoleonic-era France. He falls instantly in love with a mysterious and imperiled Countess, whom he glimpses momentarily behind her black veil. In...
The Red Thumb Mark - R. Austin Freeman
The Red Thumb Mark - R. Austin Freeman
- Author: R. Austin Freeman
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Missing diamonds, untouched safe, two blood smeared thumb prints and a mysterious Mr X. If these are present, Dr Thorndyke must be there too. Will he be able to solve this case? The Red Thumb Mark is the first novel of Freemanβs best-selling...
The Man in Lower Ten - Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Man in Lower Ten - Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Genre: Detective Fiction / Romance
Someone had to take the bank notes to Pittsburgh and take a statement from John Gilmore confirming that they were indeed forged. It was McKnight's turn to go, but he was bagging off because he wanted to spend the weekend visiting Alison West in...
The Mystery Of Cloomber - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Mystery Of Cloomber - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction
This novel is written by the author of, among other novels, the Stories of Sherlock Holmes. It is narrated by John Fothergill West, who tries to discover why the tenant of Cloomber Hall, General Heatherstone, is nervous to the point of being...
The Second Latchkey - Charles Norris WILLIAMSON
The Second Latchkey - Charles Norris WILLIAMSON
- Author: Charles Norris WILLIAMSON
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Jewelry thefts, society parties, clairvoyance, and romance marks this mystery, which is set in England and the US in the early 20th century. (Summary by Gesine)...
The Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow - Grace Isabel Colbron
The Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow - Grace Isabel Colbron
- Author: Grace Isabel Colbron
- Genre: Detective Fiction
The account of some adventures in the professional experience of a member of the Imperial Austrian Police. (from the text)...
The Hound of the Baskervilles (version 5 dramatic reading) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles (version 5 dramatic reading) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Detective Fiction
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of four crime novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in...
The Secret House - Edgar Wallace
The Secret House - Edgar Wallace
- Author: Edgar Wallace
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
A stranger and foreigner arrives at the offices of a small publication in London only to be faced by the βeditorβ whose face is completely swathed in a veil. Nothing is as it seems, and it quickly becomes evident that both are bent on more than...
That Mainwaring Affair - Anna Maynard BARBOUR
That Mainwaring Affair - Anna Maynard BARBOUR
- Author: Anna Maynard BARBOUR
- Genre: Detective Fiction
As wealthy financier, Hugh Mainwaring dictates his last will and testament to his private secretary, it would be impossible for him to imagine the shocking chain of events that he is about to set into motion. This best-selling mystery novel was...
The Ashiel Mystery - A Detective Story - Mrs. Charles Bryce
The Ashiel Mystery - A Detective Story - Mrs. Charles Bryce
- Author: Mrs. Charles Bryce
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Just as the adopted Juliet Byrne finds out the truth about her family, her father is murdered. Luckily the brilliant chocolate-munching Detective Gimblet takes up the case to solve the 'Ashiel Mystery' (Summary by Carolin)...
The Poison Belt - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Poison Belt - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction / Science Fiction
Three years after the events that took place in The Lost World ( http://librivox.org/the-lost-world-by-sir-arthur-conan-doyle/ ), Professor Challenger urgently summons his fellow explorers (Professor Summerlee, Lord John Roxton, and reporter E.D....
The Thousandth Woman - E. W. Hornung
The Thousandth Woman - E. W. Hornung
- Author: E. W. Hornung
- Genre: Detective Fiction
E. W. Hornung was an English author and poet best known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Some of Hornung's novels, including The Thousandth Woman, are notable for "portraying women...
A Study in Scarlet (Version 7 Dramatic Reading) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study in Scarlet (Version 7 Dramatic Reading) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Detective Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
Arthur Conan Doyleβs novel A Study in Scarlet marked the first appearance of fictional private detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson. Doyle wrote this novel in less than three weeks when he was 27 years old. Originally called A...