Mystery Books

His Last Bow

Arthur Conan Doyle

His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of previously published Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, including the titular short story, "His Last Bow. The War Ser..

Messengers of Evil

Marcel Allain

Messengers of Evil being a further account of the lures and devices of fantômas the fantômas detective novels by pierre souvestre and marcel allain authors of "fantômas," "the exploits of juve," etc.&..

The House in the Mist

Anna Katharine Green

The House in the Mist is a mystery story collection written by Anna Katharine Green, an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished h..

The Innocence of Father Brown

G. K. Chesterton

The first compilation of Father Brown short stories, The Innocence of Father Brown, is the best place to start when diving into the world of G.K. Chesterson's classic detective stories. Father Brown i..

The Blonde Lady

Maurice LeBlanc

The Blonde Lady: Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective is collection of mystery stories written by Maurice LeBlanc, a French novelist and writer o..

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar

Maurice LeBlanc

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar is the first collection of stories by Maurice Leblanc recounting the adventures of Arsène Lupin, released on 10 June 1907. Containing the first eight stories depicting ..

The House of a Thousand Candles

Meredith Nicholson

A top ten bestseller of 1906, The House of a Thousand Candles is part adventure/mystery and part romance. The book begins with young Jack Glenarm returning from various exploits in Europe and Africa f..

Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries

Melville Davisson Post

Fourteen mysteries from the pages of the Saturday Evening Post, the Metropolitan, Red Book, and Pictorial Review magazines featuring Uncle Abner, who solves crimes in the pre-Civil War West Virginia h..