Detective Fiction

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar

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Maurice Leblanc


A contemporary of Arthur Conan Doyle, Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941) was the creator of the character of gentleman thief Arsène Lupin wh…

The Chestermarke Instinct

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J. S. Fletcher


Bank manager John Hornbury is missing, as are securities and jewels from the bank’s vault. Gabriel Chestermarke and his nephew Joseph have u…

The Dead Secret

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Wilkie Collins


"Everything in life has a price. May be, telling a Secret has the highest. However, not telling may be worse. What will Sarah choose? w…

The Circular Staircase

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Mary Roberts Rinehart


Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) was a prolific American writer of popular mysteries. The Circular Staircase was originally published in 19…

The Paradise Mystery

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J. S. Fletcher


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.…

Dark Hollow

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Anna Katharine Green


The small town of Shelby is shaken by a brutal murder. A man by the name of Etheridge was found beaten to death. A local inn-keeper, is conv…

Die Sängerin

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Wilhelm Hauff


Auf die Sängerin Giuseppa Fiametti wird ein Mordversuch verübt. Ganz B ... ist in Aufregung und man munkelt allerlei über die…

The Crevice

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William J. Burns


The sudden death of wealthy and prominent financier, Pennington Lawton from an apparent heart attack, followed by the shocking revelation of…

The Port of Missing Men

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Meredith Nicholson


Shirley Claiborne is fascinated by the tall handsome man named John Armitage who seemed to follow her and her brother, Captain Claiborne, as…

Malcolm Sage, Detective

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Herbert George Jenkins


A collection of short stories that chronicles the first year of the Malcolm Sage Detective Bureau.Sequel or companion story of John Dene of …

One of My Sons

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Anna Katharine Green


A young girl frantically summons a gentleman walking by on the street to come in and help her grandfather. Arthur Outhwaite answers her cry …

The Gray Phantom

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Herman Landon


A woman is apparently murdered in a New York auditorium under very suspicious circumstances one evening during a performance. Helen Hardwick…

Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 3

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Various


In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious s…

The Black Star

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Johnston McCulley and Johnston Mcculley


The Black Star was a master criminal who took great care to never be identifiable, always wore a mask so nobody knew what he looked like, ra…

The Flaming Forest

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James Oliver Curwood


A tale of mystery, romance, and honor, as David Carrigan must choose between his duty as an officer of the law and a girl who holds him capt…

His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (version 2 Dramatic Reading)

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The last collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories contains some of the most dramatic moments of the entire Sherlock Holmes canon. "T…

The Stretton Street Affair

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William Le Queux


Hugh Gabriel has recently been repatriated from the war and has rejoined his old firm as an electrical engineer. On the way to visit his unc…

The Mystery of 31 New Inn

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R. Austin Freeman


Jeffrey Blackmore suspiciously made two wills, both deceptively alike, but still, in a cunning way, completely different. John Thorndyke, eq…

The Middle of Things

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J. S. Fletcher


A habitual late night stroll down Markendale Square plunges Viner into the middle of things most mysterious and most perplexing. A murder, a…

The Gloved Hand

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Burton Egbert Stevenson


Mr. Lester, a private investigator, and his friend Godfrey are caught up in a strange case that takes them to a large estate in the country …

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