Detective and mystery stories books

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…

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle

The work is a Sherlock Holmes detective story set on the bleak Dartmoor landscape, where the famed private…

The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu

Sax Rohmer

The Insidious Dr. Fu‑Manchu is a detective‑mystery adventure that thrusts its protagonists into a night‑time…

Fantômas

Souvestre, Pierre; Allain, Marcel

The novel is a French detective adventure that plunges the reader straight into a tangled investigation in…

The mystery of the Blue Train

Agatha Christie

The novel is a classic Agatha Christie detective tale that opens with a cryptic love‑letter about precious…

A Woman at Bay; Or, A Fiend in Skirts

Nicholas Carter

The story is a classic detective yarn featuring the hard‑boiled sleuth Nick Carter and his resourceful…

Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter

Lawrence L. Lynch

Lawrence L. Lynch’s “Madeline Payne, the Detective’s Daughter” is a detective‑mystery story that thrusts its…

The Diamond Coterie

Lawrence L. Lynch

The Diamond Coterie is a detective‑mystery that opens with a vivid, almost theatrical chase through the…

The Missing Will

Agatha Christie

The story opens with Miss Violet Marsh, a determined young woman, seeking the help of Hercule Poirot to…

Unnatural death

Dorothy L. Sayers

Unnatural Death gathers together a series of short pieces by Dorothy L.

The Plymouth Express Affair

Agatha Christie

The story opens aboard the Plymouth Express, where a nervous Lieutenant Simpson discovers a concealed…

The Hunter's Lodge Case

Agatha Christie

The Hunter’s Lodge Case is a compact detective story that places the celebrated Belgian sleuth, Hercule…

The Grell Mystery

Frank Froest

The Grell Mystery is a detective tale set against the rain‑slicked streets of early‑twentieth‑century London.

The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective

Louis Tracy

The Albert Gate Mystery is a detective adventure starring Reginald Brett, a barrister who doubles as a…

The Bishop's Secret

Fergus Hume

The Bishop’s Secret is a Victorian‑era detective tale set amid the cloistered world of a small English…

The Stretton Street Affair

William Le Queux

The Stretton Street Affair is a first‑person detective narrative by William Le Queux, introduced through the…

The Master Mummer

E. Phillips Oppenheim

The Master Mummer is a detective‑and‑mystery story that begins in a cluttered writer’s study, where the…

Anderson Crow, Detective

George Barr McCutcheon

Anderson Crow, Detective thrusts the reader straight into a chaotic night in the small Midwestern town of…

The Crooked House

Brandon Fleming

The Crooked House is a detective‑mystery that begins with a vivid, almost theatrical encounter in a London…

The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters

Edward Sylvester Ellis

The story opens with a brisk exchange between a self‑styled detective, Stockham Calvert, and three teenage…

The Man Who Knew

Edgar Wallace

The novel opens in a dim laboratory where a masked chemist conducts a pungent experiment, his work…

The Mandarin's Fan

Fergus Hume

The Mandarin’s Fan is a detective‑mystery novel by Fergus Hume, the author of the celebrated The Mystery of a…

Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas

Souvestre, Pierre; Allain, Marcel

Messengers of Evil is a French detective tale by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain, the creators of the…

The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island; or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box

Edward Stratemeyer

The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island is a youthful adventure that blends the brisk excitement of a school‑yard…