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Detective Fiction
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ReadThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
The work is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, written by Arthur Conan Doyle, that places the famed…
ReadThe Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a detective‑mystery story that begins in the familiar setting of 1880s…
A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle
The work is a Victorian detective story that begins with a first‑person account from a wounded army surgeon…
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2
Edgar Allan Poe
The volume gathers Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories, fantasy fiction, and horror tales, all rooted in…
ReadPoirot Investigates
Agatha Christie
Poirot Investigates is a detective story set in inter‑war England, featuring the famed Belgian sleuth Hercule…
ReadThe Sign of the Four
Arthur Conan Doyle
The opening of this work places the reader squarely in the world of Victorian‑London private investigation,…
ReadThe Murder on the Links
Agatha Christie
The opening places you aboard a quiet Calais express, where a weary narrator, recently back from Paris and…
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1
Edgar Allan Poe
The volume gathers the fantasy‑inflected horror and detective stories that have made Edgar Allan Poe a…
ReadThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a late‑Victorian detective narrative that picks up a decade after the famed…
ReadThe Man in the Brown Suit
Agatha Christie
The novel opens in a glittering theatre where the celebrated dancer Madame Nadina receives a fervent ovation…
ReadThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
The work is a Sherlock Holmes memoir in which the famed detective and his chronicler, Dr.
ReadThe Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie
The opening places the novel squarely in the tradition of British detective fiction, introducing a narrator…
ReadWhose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel
Dorothy L. Sayers
Whose Body? is a detective novel that places its famed amateur sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, at the centre of a…
ReadThe innocence of Father Brown
G. K. Chesterton
The story opens aboard a ferry that has just arrived at Harwich, where a crowd of passengers disembarks like…
ReadThe Moonstone
Wilkie Collins
The novel opens as a quasi‑memoir addressed from India to English relatives, in which the narrator explains…
The wisdom of Father Brown
G. K. Chesterton
The Wisdom of Father Brown is a detective story that begins in the tranquil Temple Gardens, where the retired…
ReadThe Secret Adversary
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie’s first foray into the detective‑adventure genre introduces two restless young adults, Tommy…
ReadThe Valley of Fear
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Valley of Fear is a Sherlock Holmes detective story that begins with a cryptic exchange between Holmes…
ReadHis last bow: Some later reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
The work is a Sherlock Holmes adventure, presented as a classic English detective tale set in the…
ReadThe Hand in the Dark
Arthur J. Rees
The Hand in the Dark is a classic detective‑mystery that opens amid the aftermath of a murder at a country…
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a late‑Victorian detective narrative that continues the famed…
ReadThe Red House Mystery
A. A. Milne
The Red House Mystery is a British detective tale set in an English country house, introduced through a…
ReadThe Mystery of the Yellow Room
Gaston Leroux
The Mystery of the Yellow Room is a classic detective tale that centers on the baffling murder of…
The Secret of the Night
Gaston Leroux
The Secret of the Night is a detective‑mystery that plunges the reader straight into the tangled affairs of a…