Detective Fiction
The Man Who Knew Too Much
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G. K. Chesterton
A collection of short adventure stories following Horne and his friend. - Summary by Victoria Bell
The Curse of the Reckaviles
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Walter S. Masterman
An English peer is found stabbed in his room with more than a hint of the supernatural playing a hand. This is only reinforced by the curse …
Case Pending
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Elizabeth Linington
A girl found dead in an empty lot, beaten with an eye gouged out... Lieutenant Mendoza feels like there must be a connection between this vi…
The Mystery of Orcival
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Émile Gaboriau
The Mystery of Orcival is a wonderful example of the brilliant methods of deduction which Emile Gaboriau's "Le Coq" inspired in fu…
The Crimson Patch
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Augusta Huiell Seaman
A lonely young girl meets another girl in the hotel that she is staying in. The girl seems to want to be friends, but something seems to be …
The Strange Countess
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Edgar Wallace
Lois Reddle is a young girl who works as a clerk in a lawyer’s office. One day her boss, Mr. Shaddles, asks her to pay a visit to Telsbury w…
Clouds of Witness
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Dorothy L. Sayers
Lord Peter Wimsey is back for the second installment of Dorothy L. Sayers’s mystery series (published 1927), and this time a death threatens…
The Soul Scar
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Arthur B. Reeve
Was the death of unsavory lawyer Vail Wilford a suicide? Or was it murder? Is the typewritten suicide note genuine? Was his wife Honora’s be…
The Sturgis Wager
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Edgar Morette
Subtitled "A Detective Story", Ralph Sturgis is a city newspaper reporter who specializes in, and has a keen knack for solving imp…
A Broken Bond
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Nicholas Carter
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 House Without A Key
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Earl Derr Biggers
A Boston man's travels to Hawaii to convince his aunt to return home with him, but his trip is extended after one of their relatives is murd…
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
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Fergus Hume
Who killed the man in the hansom cab? -- Who is Sal Rawlins? -- What will happen to Madge and Brian? -- Murder and family secrets create the…
The Just Men of Cordova
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Edgar Wallace
In “The Just Men of Cordova (1917)”, European financiers are dying conveniently from London to Cordova, victims of a mysterious poison that …
The Tower Treasure
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Franklin W. Dixon
When the wealthy Applegate family have their valuables stolen, the Hardy boys are drawn into the case to save their friend's livelihood and …
The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories
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Nicholas Carter
Three Nick Carter Stories
Murder Makes Me Mad
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Ferguson Findley
REVENGE IS FOR MEMurder makes me mad. Me, Rex Howard, private eye. And when a tough waterfront boss killed my kid sister, I swore I'd get my…
Black Star's Campaign
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Johnston Mcculley
The masked super-crook, Black Star, is at it again. Will Roger Verbeck be able to match wits with him this time? Or are the not-so-efficient…
The White Alley
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Carolyn Wells
The White Alley is the sixth installment in Carolyn Well's famous detective series featuring Fleming Stone. The story begins during a weeken…
An Artist In Crime
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Rodrigues Ottolengui
"An Artist in Crime" by Rodrigues Ottolengui opens with a mysterious conversation on a train. Expert detective Jack Barnes overhea…
Dead Run
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Robert Sheckley
THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES OF THE ENTIRE WESTERN WORLD WERE BAFFLED, HELPLESS. THE WORD WENT OUT: "CALL STEPHEN DAIN!" In broad day…