Mystery Books

The Big Bow Mystery

Israel Zangwill

The 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 Rohmer

The 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 LeBlanc

The 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 Oppenheim

A 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 ..

Dorothy Dale's Queer Holidays

Margaret Penrose

Dorothy Dale's Queer Holidays is a juvenile fiction for young women written by Margaret Penrose and author of "Dorothy Dale: A Girl Of To-Day," "Dorothy Dale At Glenwood School," "Dorothy Da..

The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island

Edward Stratemeyer

The 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 Queux

The 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 Green

The 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..