Crime & Mystery Fiction
The Viaduct Murder
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Ronald Knox
A badly battered corpse is found on the golf links. The first verdict was suicide; but four leisurely gentlemen staying at the country club …
Celebrated Crimes
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Alexandre Dumas
Dumas, with the assistance of several friends, compiled Celebrated Crimes, an eight-volume collection of essays on famous criminals and crim…
The Blind Man's Eyes
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William Macharg
Five years before the story begins, a man convicted of murdering a powerful, corrupt financier escaped and disappeared. Now, five years late…
The Adventuress
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Arthur B. Reeve
Another adventure in the series starring scientist/detective Craig Kennedy, a Sherlock Holmes type of character. This one features family fe…
Number Seventeen
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Louis Tracy
The number Seventeen refers (at first) to the London apartment of a young widow who is strangled (off-scene) at the beginning of the book. H…
Short Mystery and Suspense Collection
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Various
We present you with our 11th collection of short mystery and suspense stories. Several are taken from the magazine Weird Tales and they are …
The Criminal from Lost Honour
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Friedrich Schiller
"In the whole history of man there is no chapter more instructive for the heart and mind than the annals of his errors. On the occasion…
The Queen's Necklace
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Alexandre Dumas
This 3rd volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins a decade after the close of "The Mesmerist’s Victim” and is based on a real sca…
Stories in Black and White
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Various
Stories in Black and White is a captivating anthology that brings together a diverse array of short mystery tales, each penned by a differen…
The Stolen Singer
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Martha Bellinger
Agatha Redmond, a popular soprano, is kidnapped in New York City by thugs unknown, shortly after she learns of a hefty inheritance from a fr…
The Yellow Face
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Fred M. White
Who is Nostalgo ? Posters with his unsettlingly grinning face are appearing on scaffolds all over London. A murdered body, horribly disfigur…
Blotted Out
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Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
The story about a young man who immigrates to the US and is contacted by a mysterious woman. - Summary by Howard Skyman
The House Opposite
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Elizabeth Kent
While trying to escape the heat, a doctor witnesses some strange behavior of his neighbors. Suddenly, everyone and no one become suspects in…
Cradock Nowell
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Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Cradock Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, …
The Hours After Midnight
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Joseph Hayes
When Julie gets in a fight with her beau Phil, she is thrown into the arms of the greasy, long-haired delinquent Nolan who has plans for Jul…
The Dancing Silhouette
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Natalie Sumner Lincoln
Following a professional call in the home of an old friend, Dr. Joseph Kane is found dead beneath the window of the room he had occupied. Th…
Murder by the Clock
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Rufus King
Lieutenant Valcour must solve the murder of a man who was murdered twice! At 8:34 P.M. the body of Mr. Endicott is first discovered. By midn…
The Cloven Foot
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
John Traverton goes to visit his uncle Jasper. Jasper wishes John to marry his adopted daughter, Laura. If he does so within one calendar y…
Till The Clock Stops
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J. J. Bell
Multimillionaire Christopher Craig is dying, and his only relative and heir, nephew Alan Craig, disappeared while on an Arctic expedition ab…
Masterpieces of Mystery
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Joseph Lewis French
A selection of detective mysteries by a variety of well known authors. This collection is edited by Joseph Lewis French. - Summary by Miche…