Detective Fiction

The Secret Passage

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Fergus Hume


Excellent murder mystery. On September 9, 1905, the NY Times Saturday Review of Books described this book as follows: "That painstaking…

The Clue

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Carolyn Wells


Once Carolyn Wells began, or re-invented her writing career, 'The Clue' was her initial book which strayed from children's writings into mys…

The Stillwater Tragedy

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich


Thomas Bailey Aldrich was an American poet, novelist and editor. Of his many books of poetry and fiction, he may be best known for his semi…

The Blonde Lady, being a record of the duel of wits between Arsène Lupin and th…

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Maurice Leblanc


In "The Blonde Lady, being a record of the duel of wits between Arsène Lupin and the English detective" - original title &q…

Murder at St. Dennis

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Margaret Ann Hubbard


A cunning killer prowls the winding corridors of an old hospital in this thriller by the author of "Murder Takes the Veil". (From …

The Teeth of the Tiger

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Maurice Leblanc


Maurice Leblanc delivers another Arsene Lupin adventure set in World War I. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)

Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 1

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Thomas Peckett Prest


This is volume 1 of 3. Originally published as a penny dreadful from 1845 until 1847, when it first appeared in book form, Varney the Vampy…

Midnight

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Octavus Roy Cohen


The crime seemed to have lost itself in the sleety cold of the December midnight upon which it was committed. The trails were not blind--the…

The Lone Wolf

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Louis Joseph Vance


The Lone Wolf is the first of eight books in a series featuring the jewel thief turned private detective Michael Lanyard. With his identity …

The Staircase at the Heart's Delight

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Anna Katharine Green


Detective Ebenezer Gryce tells the story of the case with which he begun his career in 1840. Several wealthy men were drowned and washed ash…

The Green Rust

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Edgar Wallace


A millionaire is taken suddenly ill, and sensing his mortality, he asks his attorney to do him one last favor—to find and secretly watch ove…

Carnacki, the Ghost Finder

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William Hope Hodgson


Thomas Carnacki was a detective of the supernatural, created for a series of short stories by William Hope Hodgson. Hodsgon, also a noted ph…

The Italian

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Ann Radcliffe


The love story between a nobleman and a beautiful lady whom he meets in church leads both of them to unexpected places, as many people would…

The Film Mystery

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Arthur B. Reeve


The Film Mystery is one of eighteen detective novels by Arthur B. Reeve starring his best known character Professor Craig Kennedy and his tr…

The Secret of the Silver Car

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Wyndham Martyn


Before he went to join the Armed Forces in World War I France, Anthony Trent had a successful secret 'career' as a master criminal in the U…

The Grell Mystery

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Frank Froest


Mr Robert Grell, millionaire and socialite, is found murdered in his study on a stormy evening. It's up to Heldon Foyle, the detective, to u…

The Mystery of the Locks

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E. W. Howe


Davy's Bend was a dying, lonely, uncared-for river town. So when a stranger showed up one day and bought the old unoccupied house called 'Th…

The Hand of Fu-Manchu

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Sax Rohmer


Further adventures of Nayland Smith and Doctor Petrie as they continue their battles against the evil genius, Dr Fu-Manchu. (summary by Elai…

The Wishing Well

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Mildred A. Wirt Benson


PENNY PARKER is a teen-aged sleuth and amateur reporter with an uncanny knack for uncovering and solving unusual, sometimes bizarre mysterie…

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