Detective Books
The Mark of Cain
Carolyn WellsThe Mark of Cain is a mystery and detective story by Carolyn Wells.Mrs. Black glanced up from the evening paper she was reading and murmured an indistinct acquiescence.It was late June, yet the c..
Number Seventeen
Louis TracyThe storm which had raged overnight must have cleared the skies for the following day, because Theydon never enjoyed an outing more than his trip to the famous motor track. His business there, however..
Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill
Alice B. EmersonThe sound of the drumming wheels! It had roared in the ears of Ruth Fielding for hours as she sat on the comfortably upholstered seat in the last car of the afternoon Limited, the train whirling her f..
An African Millionaire
Grant AllenMy name is Seymour Wilbraham Wentworth. I am brother-in-law and secretary to Sir Charles Vandrift, the South African millionaire and famous financier. Many years ago, when Charlie Vandrift was a small..
Timothy Crump's Ward - A Story of American Life
Jr. Horatio AlgerMiss Rachel was not much like her brother, for while the latter was a good-hearted, cheerful easy man, who was inclined to view the world in its sunniest aspect, Rachel was cynical, and given to misan..
Basil
Wilkie CollinsBasil, son of a father who values the family pedigree and who would not let him marry below his station, falls in love at first sight with a girl he sees on a bus. He stalks her and discovers she is M..
The Clique of Gold
Emile GaboriauThere is not in all Paris a house better kept or more inviting-looking than No. 23 in Grange Street. As soon as you enter, you are struck by a minute, extreme neatness, which reminds you of Holland, a..
The Secret Passage
Fergus HumeExcellent murder mystery. On September 9, 1905, the NY Times Saturday Review of Books described this book as follows: "That painstakingly ingenious person, Fergus Hume, has devised another of his hide..