Detective Fiction
Amusement Only
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Richard Marsh
This is a collection of 12 short stories of mystery and humor, which are, as the title says, for amusement only. (Summary by Carolin)
Kastle Krags
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Absalom Martin
A series of murders occur at the remote seaside mansion of a millionaire in Florida. The mystery is heightened via local lore of pirates an…
Silver Blaze
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A famous race horse disappears a week before an important race; the trainer is found dead on the desolate moor and the police are completely…
Grave Danger
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Frank Kane
Johnny Liddell cleans up the crime-ridden New York water front by making a dope charge stick against the head of the "organization"…
The Tower Treasure
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Franklin W. Dixon
The Hardy boys were sons of a celebrated American dectective and from their father learned the particulars of a number of unusual crimes. Th…
The Cat's Paw
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Natalie Sumner Lincoln
Susan Baird is found dead at her tea-table and all the evidence points to murder. She is supposed to have been penniless but when her will i…
The Ghost Beyond the Gate
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Mildred A. Wirt Benson
PENNY PARKER is a teen-aged sleuth and amateur reporter with an uncanny knack for solving unusual, sometimes bizarre mysteries. The only da…
The Exploits of Juve
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Marcel Allain
The second book in the Fantômas series by the prolific authors Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre (they published 32 Fantômas no…
With Links of Steel
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Nicholas Carter
Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom …
The Last Drive
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Rex Stout
From celebrated crime author Rex Stout, creator of the long-running Nero Wolfe detective stories, comes this early mystery, that served as …
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A governess comes to Sherlock Holmes for advice on an offer of a excellent position with a new employer. But the conditions are odd and exp…
Captain Ted
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Mary T. Waggaman
When tragedy hits his family, in the form of a sudden illness to his father, young Teddy Thornton is forced to leave school and find work to…
Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery
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Freeman Wills Crofts
A railway engineer by training, Freeman Wills Crofts often relied on railway themes for his plots, with careful attention to details and sch…
The Carved Lions
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Mary Louisa Molesworth
When two life sized carved lions from the east are given as a gift to an English household, the children of the house are enchanted, especia…
The Man Who Knew
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Edgar Wallace
Saul Arthur Mann is a meticulous and eccentric individual. His life revolves around the gathering of every fact and statistic he can possibl…
As A Thief In The Night
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R. Austin Freeman
As one of the many stories written by R. Austin Freeman this book includes the most interesting character of Dr. Thorndyke. He commands the …
The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons
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James Francis Thierry
The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons: Being one of the Exciting Episodes in the Career of the Famous Detective Hemlock Holmes as Record…
Danger at the Drawbridge
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Mildred A. Wirt Benson
The groom fails to show up for his wedding at a mysterious old estate, and Penny Parker is there to solve the mystery! (Summary by Amanda Le…
The Cat Saw Murder
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Dolores Hitchens
Detective Lieutenant Stephen Mayhew has been heard to complain that the murder of the Sticklemann woman was the damnedest case that he ever …
A Broken Bond
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Nicholas Carter
Nick Carter is a fictional private detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking …