Detective Books
Anderson Crow, Detective
George Barr McCutcheonAnderson Crow, Detective is a mystery fiction novel written by American playwright George Barr McCutcheon, who created a fictional European country named Graustark for his novels. He is also..
The Big Bow Mystery
Israel ZangwillThe Big Bow Mystery is an early locked-room mystery novel written by British novelist Israel Zangwill, who was a close associate of Theodor Herzl. A man is horribly murdered in his bedroom, ..
The Golden Scorpion
Sax RohmerThe Golden Scorpion is a mystery novel written by English novelist Sax Rohmer, best remembered for his creation of fictional character criminal Dr. Fu Manchu.Excerpts:He glanced at the luminous d..
The Teeth of the Tiger
Maurice LeBlancThe Teeth of the Tiger is a mystery story starring fictional character Arsène Lupin, written by French novelist Maurice LeBlanc, whose other novels include "Arsène Lupin," "The Hollow N..
The Devil's Paw
E. Phillips OppenheimA beautiful, intelligent young woman – is she a traitorous spy or a patriot? An aristocratic soldier permanently injured during the war – is he a patriot or is there more to him than meets the eye? A ..
The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island
Edward StratemeyerThe Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island is mystery novel written by Edward Stratemeyer, an American publisher and writer of children's fiction and the author of "The Rover Boys At School," "The Rover Boys O..
The Great White Queen
William Le QueuxThe Great White Queen is a mystery and lost race novel written by William Tufnell Le Queux, an Anglo-French journalist and writer who wrote more than 100 novels in his lifetime.The hero, Richard ..
The Mayor's Wife
Anna Katharine GreenThe Mayor's Wife is a mystery novel written by American poet and novelist Anna Katharine Green who was called "the mother of the detective novel" for her legally accurate stories.Miss Saunders is..