Mystery Books
The Poison Belt
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Poison Belt is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, the second book about Professor Challenger. Written in 1913, much of it takes place in a single room in Challenger's ho..
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
James Hadley ChaseNo Orchids For Miss Blandish is a 1939 crime novel by the British writer James Hadley Chase. The novel was influenced by the American crime writer James M. Cain and the stories in the pulp magazine Bl..
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo
William Le QueuxMademoiselle of Monte Carlo is a collection of mystery and detective stories written by William Le Queux, an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat, a traveller, a flying..
Jack O' Judgment
Edgar WallaceJack O'Judgment by Edgar Wallace Pining for a gripping tale from the classic early years of detective fiction? Dip into Jack O' Judgment by Edgar Wallace...
The Avenger
E. Phillips OppenheimHerbert Wrayson, a bachelor returns to his flat one night to find a young lady rifling his desk. He questions her and finds she thought she was in the apartment of his neighbor, Morris Barnes, who liv..
The Problem of Cell 13
Jacques FutrelleThe Problem of Cell 13 is a short story by Jacques Futrelle. It was first published in 1905 and later collected in The Thinking Machine, which was featured in crime writer H. R. F. Keating's list of t..
The Thirty-Nine Steps
John BuchanThe Thirty-Nine Steps is an adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. It first appeared as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine in August and September 1915 before being published in book form i..
The Woman in White
Wilkie CollinsThe Woman in White is Wilkie Collins' fifth published novel, written in 1859. It is considered to be among the first mystery novels and is widely regarded as one of the first in the genre of "sensatio..