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The Mystery of Cabin Island
Franklin W. Dixon
A group of amateur detectives unravel the mystery of a missing stamps collection.
The Wrong Letter
Walter S. Masterman
A superintendent and an sleuth attempt to solve a locked-room mystery.
Red Harvest
Dashiell Hammett
A hard-boiled detective arrives at a small mining town only to find his client murdered and the inhabitants embroiled in complex webs of corruption.
The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett
A detective becomes embroiled in a series of murders and intrigues, all seemingly related to a mysterious figurine.
The Shore Road Mystery
Franklin W. Dixon
Two amateur slueths endeavor to break up a carjacking ring.
Ralestone Luck
Andre Norton
The descendants of a noble family, and of pirates, seek to restore their fortunes by locating the “luck” of their family.
The Secret of the Caves
Franklin W. Dixon
Four boys vacation at nearby caves only to be swept up in a mystery.
The Tower Treasure
Franklin W. Dixon
After a tower mansion is robbed, two boys are determined to find the culprit and exonerate their friend’s father.
The House on the Cliff
Franklin W. Dixon
After visiting a suspected haunted house, two brothers and their friends embark on an adventure to see if there’s trouble afoot.
Hunting for Hidden Gold
Franklin W. Dixon
Two boy sleuths unravel a mystery about stolen gold.
The Missing Chums
Franklin W. Dixon
Two friends go missing on a boat trip, and the Hardy Boys investigate.
The Jade God
Alan Sullivan
Two years after a mysterious murder, a brother and sister move into a countryside manor and begin to notice strange occurrences.
The Secret of the Old Mill
Franklin W. Dixon
The police are out of their depth as counterfeit bills circulate through the city, but two amateur sleuths are on the case.
The Dain Curse
Dashiell Hammett
A detective assigned to investigate a diamond theft finds himself entangled by a family curse.
The Valley of Fear
Arthur Conan Doyle
The final novel in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes series follows the eponymous hero as he investigates a Sussex murder seemingly connected with a secret society.
The Lodger
Marie Belloc Lowndes
A maid and butler take in a mysterious, eccentric gentleman lodger around the time of the Jack the Ripper murders.
The Sign of the Four
Arthur Conan Doyle
An analytical detective is consulted by a young woman who has received a strange communication regarding her long-missing father and a mysterious treasure.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
A famous detective investigates a mysterious and apparently supernatural threat to the heir of a wealthy Dartmoor estate.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
The world’s first consulting detective investigates a variety of intriguing cases in the first Holmes short story collection.
A Bid for Fortune
Guy Boothby
A young Australian man struggles to reclaim his love from the clutches of an evil mastermind.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
The world’s first consulting detective and his companion investigate further crimes and mysteries, culminating in a life-or-death struggle with an evil nemesis.
Call Mr. Fortune
H. C. Bailey
A medically-qualified detective tackles mysteries ranging from a failed assassination to incidents at an all-girls school.
The Portent
George MacDonald
A young Scottish tutor, gifted with a supernatural sense, discovers a haunting connection to a somnambulant noblewoman while residing at a remote English estate.
The Wyvern Mystery
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
A young orphan marries a man with a secret that threatens to ruin both of them.
The Seven Dials Mystery
Agatha Christie
A weekend party at a country mansion ends in murder, and the daughter of the lord of the estate joins Superintendent Battle in investigating.
The Secret Adversary
Agatha Christie
Tommy and Tuppence try to solve a mystery, only to find themselves embroiled in schemes of murder, millionaires, and diplomats.
The Murder at the Vicarage
Agatha Christie
A vicar attempts to unravel the mystery of a murder that took place in his study, while his neighbor—an elderly spinster—takes an interest.
The Secret of Chimneys
Agatha Christie
A murder at a country house embroils its weekend guests in an international regicide, while a famous jewel thief may be lurking among them.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
A legendary Belgian detective comes out of retirement to investigate a friend’s murder.
Partners in Crime
Agatha Christie
A young married couple take over running an “International Detective Agency.”
The Mystery of the Blue Train
Agatha Christie
A retired detective finds himself at the scene of a murder aboard a French locomotive.
The Murder on the Links
Agatha Christie
A famous Belgian detective and his sidekick are summoned to France to investigate the mysterious murder of a rich businessman.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie
A fastidious Belgian detective solves the mystery of a murder in an English country manor.
The Mystery at Lilac Inn
Carolyn Keene
A young amateur detective attempts to recover her friend’s stolen diamonds.
The Man in the Brown Suit
Agatha Christie
Anne Beddingfeld travels to South Africa after finding a cryptic note beside the body of a man whose death she witnessed in the London Underground.
The Bungalow Mystery
Carolyn Keene
A young amateur detective investigates a new friend’s abusive guardian.
Poirot Investigates
Agatha Christie
A calculating Belgian detective and his wide-eyed companion investigate and solve a series of mysteries.
The Big Four
Agatha Christie
A famous detective must use all his little grey cells to stop an immensely powerful and ruthless organization from taking over the world.
The Hidden Staircase
Carolyn Keene
A young amateur detective investigates a supposed haunting.
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
Dorothy L. Sayers
The discovery of the quiet death of an elderly man at an exclusive club leads to unexpected complications.
Murder by the Clock
Rufus King
A police lieutenant investigates a murder over the course of a single night.
The Layton Court Mystery
Anthony Berkeley
Two friends become amateur sleuths when a suicide during a summer retreat leaves too many questions unanswered.
The Rasp
Philip MacDonald
A retired colonel investigates the elaborate murder of a cabinet minister.
At the Villa Rose
A. E. W. Mason
A wealthy widow is murdered at her villa in Aix-les-Bains, and her companion is missing.
The Secret of the Old Clock
Carolyn Keene
The sixteen-year-old daughter of a prominent attorney undertakes an investigation to search for a missing will.
Tragedy at Ravensthorpe
J. J. Connington
Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield investigates the theft of valuables from a country estate after a masquerade ball.
A Strange Disappearance
Anna Katharine Green
A young detective is challenged to find a missing woman in New York City.
Murder in the Maze
J. J. Connington
Twin brothers are found murdered in a maze, and the local Chief Constable must solve the crime.
The Lazy Detective
George Dilnot
An indolent detective gets a case which leads him to suspect a hitherto untouchable criminal.
The Roman Hat Mystery
Ellery Queen
A police detective and his son attempt to solve the murder of a man attending a play at the theater.
Lord Peter Views the Body
Dorothy L. Sayers
A collection of short stories in which an aristocratic amateur detective solves a variety of crimes.
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
The world’s first consulting detective and his companion investigate further crimes and mysteries.
The Sea Mystery
Freeman Wills Crofts
The dogged detective is called in to investigate the grisly contents of a cask dragged up from the bottom of the sea.
The Case with Nine Solutions
J. J. Connington
A police constable investigates two murders in which the solutions have a dizzying number of possible permutations.
The Greene Murder Case
S. S. Van Dine
Philo Vance investigates a series of apparently-senseless shootings in the home of a wealthy New York family.
The Charing Cross Mystery
J. S. Fletcher
A young lawyer witnesses a suspicious death on a late-night train and investigates what turns out to be a murder.
The Man in Lower Ten
Mary Roberts Rinehart
A young attorney is on his way to deliver evidence for a forgery case when he’s accused of killing a fellow train passenger.
His Last Bow
Arthur Conan Doyle
The world’s first consulting detective and his faithful biographer tackle more mysterious cases.
Clouds of Witness
Dorothy L. Sayers
An aristocrat with a passion for detective work has to clear the Duke, his brother, from a charge of murder.
Mystery at Lynden Sands
J. J. Connington
A Chief Constable’s holiday on the coast is interrupted when he is drawn into investigating a murder.
The Middle Temple Murder
J. S. Fletcher
A murder in London’s Middle Temple uncovers a twenty year old conspiracy.
The Box Office Murders
Freeman Wills Crofts
The discovery of a drowned woman sets the police on the trail of a mysterious scam involving cinema cashiers.
The Patient in Room 18
Mignon G. Eberhart
A nurse helps a detective investigate a murder in a hospital.
Unnatural Death
Dorothy L. Sayers
An amateur detective’s investigation of the suspiciously-early death of an elderly lady triggers a series of deadly events.
The Midnight Guest
Fred M. White
A brilliant lord struggles to hold his personal life together after his friend’s murder set off a chain of events that threatens to expose his dark secrets.
The Crime at Black Dudley
Margery Allingham
The attendees of a party at a old mansion are threatened by a criminal kingpin.
Strong Poison
Dorothy L. Sayers
A gentleman detective works to exonerate a woman accused of poisoning her ex-lover.
The Middle of Things
J. S. Fletcher
The murder of a wealthy man raises questions about the identity of the young woman who is his ward.
Murder in the Gunroom
H. Beam Piper
A private detective is called upon to evaluate a gun collection that contains a dark secret.
The Crimson Circle
Edgar Wallace
A police inspector and an unusual private detective investigate a devious blackmail plot.
The Magician
W. Somerset Maugham
A young engaged couple meet a mysterious man who claims to have practical knowledge of the occult.
The Lerouge Case
Émile Gaboriau
A widow is found dead under mysterious circumstances, and Monsieur Lecoq of the police arranges to have his mentor brought in to help solve the crime.
The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu
Sax Rohmer
An intrepid detective hunts the criminal mastermind Fu-Manchu through early 20th-century London.
The Circular Staircase
Mary Roberts Rinehart
A middle-aged spinster rents a country home for the summer and finds herself in the middle of a murder mystery.
The Big Bow Mystery
Israel Zangwill
A seemingly impossible murder committed during the trade union movement becomes the obsession of London’s Bow district.
The Talleyrand Maxim
J. S. Fletcher
The estate of a deceased magnate falls prey to an unscrupulous administrator.
Whose Body?
Dorothy L. Sayers
An aristocratic detective unravels the mystery of a body deposited in a bathtub in 1920s England.
Simon
J. Storer Clouston
A small town is plunged into confused gossip when the esteemed client of a Scottish lawyer is murdered.
The Paradise Mystery
J. S. Fletcher
A young doctor attempts to turn a mysterious death to his romantic advantage.
Ashton-Kirk, Investigator
John T. McIntyre
A young investigator becomes intrigued by the murder of a dislikeable numismatist.
Scarhaven Keep
J. S. Fletcher
A famous actor goes missing on the northern English sea coast.
The Bellamy Trial
Frances Noyes Hart
A man and a woman are on trial for the murder of his wife, her friend.
The Mystery of Orcival
Émile Gaboriau
A countess is murdered and suspects are quickly detained, but Lecoq is not satisfied and looks in a different direction to solve the case.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
The world’s first consulting detective returns to London after having faked his death some years before, and investigates a series of baffling mysteries.
Kate Plus 10
Edgar Wallace
A police inspector investigates an enigmatic young woman and her connection with various criminal activities.
The Man in the Queue
Josephine Tey
A police inspector is baffled by the case of a man who was stabbed while waiting in a theater queue.
The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux
A mysterious presence terrorizes the Paris Opera.
The Ponson Case
Freeman Wills Crofts
The death of a wealthy industrialist initially seems like an accident, but soon sparks a murder inquiry.
The Murders in Praed Street
John Rhode
An eccentric scientist investigates a series of shocking murders that terrorize London.
The Documents in the Case
Dorothy L. Sayers
A man’s apparently accidental death soon arouses suspicions.
The Borough Treasurer
J. S. Fletcher
When a retired detective is found murdered, two business partners in a small Yorkshire town become the prime suspects.
The Brooklyn Murders
G. D. H. Cole
Scotland Yard and a pair of amateur sleuths investigate the case of two heirs to a fortune who apparently murdered each other.
File No. 113
Émile Gaboriau
A bank is robbed and only two men appear to have the means to have done it; Monsieur Lecoq must discern if it was one of them or an “impossible” third party.
Inspector French’s Greatest Case
Freeman Wills Crofts
An inspector is called in to investigate the murder of a diamond trading firm’s employee and the theft of their jewels.
Monsieur Lecoq
Émile Gaboriau
Monsieur Lecoq’s first case in which he tries to determine the identity of a man in custody for three murders.
The Clue
Carolyn Wells
A young woman is found dead under mysterious circumstances, and the discovery of a single but significant clue ends up uncovering more than anyone could have expected.
The Starvel Hollow Tragedy
Freeman Wills Crofts
A fire that leaves three dead has enough hints of murder to draw our detective up to Yorkshire.
The Three Taps
Ronald A. Knox
The mysterious death of a heavily-insured businessman calls for an investigation by the insurer’s private detective.
The Story of Ivy
Marie Belloc Lowndes
A young woman in Roaring Twenties London finds herself at the center of a mystery of love and murder.
The Powerhouse
John Buchan
A secret criminal organization is uncovered after an M.P.’s friend goes missing.
The Cheyne Mystery
Freeman Wills Crofts
A man is drugged and then burgled for something he doesn’t know he has.
Trent’s Last Case
E. C. Bentley
A journalist investigates the murder of a Wall Street kingpin.
A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle
The self-declared world’s first consulting detective unravels a mysterious case of murder and revenge.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
Gaston Leroux
A young reporter struggles to investigate a seemingly impossible crime, in which an assailant has escaped from a locked bedroom completely unseen.
The Mystery of 31, New Inn
R. Austin Freeman
A detective investigates a potentially spurious will and a man’s mysterious death.
The Viaduct Murder
Ronald A. Knox
A foursome of friends out golfing try to unravel the mystery surrounding a corpse found on the links.
The D’Arblay Mystery
R. Austin Freeman
A doctor finds himself entangled in the mysterious death of an artist after discovering his body in a secluded pond.
The Footsteps at the Lock
Ronald A. Knox
When an unsavory pair of cousins goes missing from their canoe holiday on the Thames, detectives are called in to solve the mystery.
The Leavenworth Case
Anna Katharine Green
A young New York lawyer becomes embroiled in the investigation of the mysterious murder of a wealthy man.
Fantômas
Pierre Souvestre
A shapeshifting arch-villain terrorizes Parisian society.
The Room in the Dragon Volant
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
After an Englishman traveling in France meets a mysterious woman, he becomes embroiled in a dangerous intrigue.
The Slaves of Paris
Émile Gaboriau
A group of blackmailers play a long game on several families.
The Secret of Father Brown
G. K. Chesterton
The fourth set of stories of a Catholic priest who is also an amateur detective.
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
Fergus Hume
A man is found dead in a hansom cab in the city of Melbourne, Australia, and a young man is accused of his murder.
Uncle Silas
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
An heiress becomes ward to her disreputable uncle with an unsavory past, tainted by the apparent suicide of a man to whom he owed a large gambling debt, and must help clear his name.
The Innocence of Father Brown
G. K. Chesterton
Amateur detective and Catholic priest Father Brown solves mysteries in this first collection of Father Brown short stories.
That Affair Next Door
Anna Katharine Green
Mysterious midnight visitors to a New York mansion are observed by a spinster living next door.
The Red Thumbmark
R. Austin Freeman
A detective struggles to prove the innocence of a man accused of stealing jewels, in the face of overwhelming evidence.
Lost Man’s Lane
Anna Katharine Green
A citizen detective investigates mysterious disappearances in an isolated village.
The Wisdom of Father Brown
G. K. Chesterton
Amateur detective and Catholic priest Father Brown solves mysteries in this second collection of Father Brown short stories.