Detective Books
At the Villa Rose
A. E. W. MasonAt the Villa Rose is a collection of mystery and detective stories written by A. E. W. Mason, an English author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel of courage and coward..
The Green Mummy
Fergus HumeThe Green Mummy is a mystery story written by English novelist Fergus Hume. Excepts from the book below:The young man smiled and frowned and sighed and laughed in the space of thirty seconds—something..
A String of Pearls
UnknownThe tale of Sweeney Todd has had many incarnations, most famously the stage and movie musical by Stephen Sondheim. But it all started in 1846 with a serialized telling of the story titled “The String ..
The Room in the Dragon Volant
Joseph Sheridan Le FanuJ. Sheridan LeFanu's Gothic mystery novel is narrated by Richard Beckett, a young Englishman abroad in Napoleonic-era France. He falls instantly in love with a mysterious and imperiled Countess, whom ..
The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler
Francis W. DoughtyThe Bradys and the Girl Smuggler is a mystery and detective story written by Francis W. Doughty, an American screenwriter and novelist. Doughty held unorthodox views about the age of humans...
The Continental Classics, Volume XVIII., Mystery Tales
Various AuthorsThe Continental Classics, Volume XVIII., Mystery Tales Including Stories by Feodor Mikhailovitch Dostoyevsky, Jörgen ilhelm Bergsöe and Bernhard Severin Ingemann.RUSSIAN MYSTERY STORIES:Alexander Serg..
The Poisoned Pen
Arthur B. ReeveThe Poisoned Pen is a short mystery stories collection written by Arthur Benjamin Reeve, an American mystery writer. He is best known for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, s..
Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective
Frank PinkertonDyke Darrel investigates an audacious train robbery that included the murder of a friend, and embarks on a man-hunt. High Victorian serial melodrama at its best! (Summary by Sibella Denton)...