Mystery Books

That Affair Next Door

Anna Katharine Green

That affair next door is mystery novel written by Anna Katharine Green, an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself b..

The Monk - A Romance

Matthew Lewis

The Monk: A Romance is a Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, published in 1796. A quickly written book from early in Lewis's career, it was published before he turned twenty. It is a prime example ..

The Sign of the Four

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Sign of the Four, also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring the fictiona..

Three Ghost Stories

Charles Dickens

Three Ghost Stories is a collection of ghost stories written by Charles Dickens. The stories in this book are The Haunted House, The Trial For Murder, and The Signal-Man."The Haunted House" ..

The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale

Frank L. Packard

The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale is a collection of detective stories written by Frank L. Packard,  a Canadian novelist whose other novels include The Wire Devils, The White Moll, From ..

Caught in the Net

Emile Gaboriau

Caught in the Net is detective fiction novel written by Emile Gaboriau, a French writer, novelist, journalist, and a pioneer of detective fiction...

The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu

Sax Rohmer

The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu is the first novel in the Dr. Fu Manchu series by Sax Rohmer. It collates various short stories published the preceding year. The novel was also published in US under the ..

The School by the Sea

Angela Brazil

The School by the Sea is a mystery novel written for young readers by Angela Brazil, who was one of the first British writers of "modern schoolgirls' stories", written from the characters' point ..