Detective Books
The Survivor
E. Phillips OppenheimThe Survivor is a mystery story written by Edward Phillips Oppenheim, an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers...
The Duke in the Suburbs
Edgar WallaceThe Duke in the Suburbs is a mystery story written by Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace, an English writer. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He..
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventure of Wisteria Lodge is one of the fifty-six Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle, a British writer, who created the character Sherlock Holmes...
A Fair Mystery - The Story of a Coquette
Charlotte M. BrameA Fair Mystery: The Story of a Coquette is a story of love in many forms, A Fair Mystery is part romance, part tragedy, and part social commentary, one which asks us to pause a moment and reflect on w..
Average Jones
Samuel Hopkins AdamsAverage Jones is a mystery story written by Samuel Hopkins Adams, an American writer, best known for his investigative journalism and muckraking.Excerpts:Average Jones had come by his nickname inevita..
The Yellow Claw
Sax RohmerThe Yellow Claw is a 1915 crime novel by Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward, known better under his pseudonym, Sax Rohmer. The story features Gaston Max, a Parisian criminal investigator and master of disgui..
Never-Fail Blake
Arthur StringerNever-Fail Blake is a detective short story written by Arthur Stringer, a Canadian novelist, screenwriter, and poet who later moved to the United States. He published 45 works of fiction and 15 other ..
Revenge!
Robert BarrRevenge! is a collection of mystery & detective fiction short stories written by Robert Barr, a Scottish-Canadian short story writer and novelist. Elements of the style of Alfred Hitchcock ma..