Detective and mystery stories, English books

The 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…

Poirot Investigates

Agatha Christie

Poirot Investigates is a detective story set in inter‑war England, featuring the famed Belgian sleuth Hercule…

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated

Arthur Conan Doyle

This volume gathers several of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s celebrated Sherlock Holmes adventures, presented in…

The 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…

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

The work is a Sherlock Holmes memoir in which the famed detective and his chronicler, Dr.

The 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…

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…

His 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…

Tales of Terror and Mystery

Arthur Conan Doyle

The volume gathers two of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s longer pieces, each presented as a first‑person account…

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a late‑Victorian detective narrative that continues the famed…

The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English

The volume is a nineteenth‑ and early‑twentieth‑century anthology that gathers short mystery and detective…

The case-book of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Case‑Book of Sherlock Holmes gathers the twelve short stories Doyle added to the famous detective’s canon…

The Big Four

Agatha Christie

The story is a classic Christie detective adventure, starring the celebrated Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot…

The secret of Father Brown

G. K. Chesterton

The story opens with Father Brown, the unassuming Catholic priest‑detective, interrogating a suspect in a…

The mysterious Mr. Quin

Agatha Christie

The story opens in a winter‑time country house where a small, eclectic group of guests has gathered for New…

Jack O' Judgment

Edgar Wallace

Jack O’ Judgment is a detective‑mystery that opens with a tangled web of intrigue surrounding “Snow” Gregory,…

The Red Triangle: Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator

Arthur Morrison

The Red Triangle is a Victorian‑era detective tale that follows the private investigator Martin Hewitt as he…

Partners in crime

Agatha Christie

The story opens in the modest flat of Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, a married couple who have long ago…

The Secret House

Edgar Wallace

The Secret House is a detective‑mystery short story by Edgar Wallace, set in a bustling office building that…

Lucretia — Complete

Edward Bulwer Lytton

Edward Bulwer‑Lytton’s Lucretia, Complete is a sprawling nineteenth‑century crime novel that blends detective…

The Man Who Knew Too Much

G. K. Chesterton

The Club of Queer Trades

G. K. Chesterton

John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman

R. Austin Freeman

The Amateur Cracksman

E. W. Hornung