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e-texts of classic and Golden Age mystery novels and short stories. A number
of the websites mentioned host other works by the authors in question, so it's
well worth checking the area around the scene of the crime to see what other
offerings are available. Suggestions for links are always welcome and
contributors will be credited, so feel free to trot a cyber along
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HERBERT ADAMS
The Body In The Bunker
The Chief Witness
Death Of A Viewer
REVIEW
Exit the Skeleton
The Judas Kiss
SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS
Average Jones stories
REVIEW
A. J. ALAN
My Adventure at Chiselhurst
CYNTHIA ASQUITH (COMPILER)
The Black Cap: New Stories of Murder & Mystery (Collection)
ANNE AUSTIN
Murder At Bridge
H. C. BAILEY
Call Mr. Fortune (Collection)
Mr Fortune Explains (Collection)
Mr Fortune Speaking (Collection)
Saving A Rope
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
R. Holmes & Co.: Being the Remarkable Adventures of Raffles Holmes, Esq.,
Detective and Amateur Cracksman by Birth
REVIEW
ANNA MAYNARD BARBOUR
That Mainwaring Affair
J. J. BELL
Till The Clock Stops
REVIEW
ROBERT BARR
The Absent-Minded Coterie
The Clue of the Silver Spoons
From Whose Bourne
Lord Chizelrigg's Missing Fortune
The Mystery of the Five Hundred Diamonds
Revenge! (Collection)
REVIEW
H. BEDFORD-JONES
Clancy, Detective
The Mardi Gras Mystery
ARNOLD BENNETT
Murder!
E. F. BENSON
The Blotting Book
E. C. BENTLEY
Trent's Last Case
ALGERNON BLACKWOOD
Three John Silence Stories
Three More John Silence Stories
LYNTON BLOW
The Moth Murder
MARGERY BOWEN
Cambric Tea
GUY BOOTHBY
The Childerbridge mystery
The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds
ERNEST BRAMAH
The Bunch of Violets
The Coin of Dionysius
The Game Played In The Dark
More Max Carrados Mysteries
Smothered In Corpses
The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage
BROUGHTON BRANDENBURG
The Mystery of the Steel Disc
PERCY JAMES BREBNER
The Master Detective: Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles
GEORGE IRA BRETT
The Murder at Jex Farm
MRS CHARLES BRYCE
The Ashiel Mystery: A Detective Story
JOHN BUCHAN
Greenmantle
The Thirty-Nine Steps
The Three Hostages REVIEW
MILES BURTON
Beware Your Neighbour REVIEW
The Chinese Puzzle
Death In A Duffle Coat
Death Paints A Picture
Death Takes A Detour
Death Takes The Living
Devil's Reckoning
Found Drowned
Heir To Lucifer
Heir To Murder
Look Alive
Milkchurn Murder
The Secret of High Eldersham REVIEW
CHRISTOPHER BUSH
The Case of the Amateur Actor
ELLIS PARKER BUTLER
The Hard-Boiled Egg
Philo Gubb's Greatest Case
GEORGE FRANK BUTLER
The Exploits of a Physician Detective
CHARLES WADSWORTH CAMP
The Abandoned Room: A Mystery Story REVIEW
JULIUS CHAMBERS
Seven, Seven, Seven, City: A Tale of the Telephone
G. K. CHESTERTON
The Complete Father Brown (Collection)
Four Faultless Felons
The Man Who Was Thursday
The Paradoxes of Mr Pond
ERSKINE CHILDERS
The Riddle Of The Sands
AGATHA CHRISTIE
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Secret Adversary
OCTAVUS ROY COHEN
Gray Dusk
Midnight REVIEW
GRACE ISABEL COLBRON & AUGUSTA GRONER
Joe Muller: Detective
WILKIE COLLINS
The Dead Alive
The Dead Secret
The Law and the Lady
The Moonstone
The Woman in White
CONTINENTAL CLASSICS
Mystery Tales (Collection)
BENNET COPPLESTONE
The Lost Naval Papers
FREEMAN WILLS CROFT
The Pit Prop Syndicate
NORBERT DAVIS
The Mouse in the Mountain
Sally's in the Alley
Oh, Murderer Mine
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
In The Fog
FREDERIC VAN RENSSELAER DAY & OTHERS
The Crime of the French Cafe and Other Stories: Three Complete Stories of
the Exploits of Nicholas Carter, America's Greatest Detective
The Great Spy System or Nick Carter's Promise to the President
Nick Carter, Detective: The Solution of a Remarkable Case
With Links of Steel
EARL DERR BIGGERS
The Agony Column
Behind The Curtain
The Black Camel
Charlie Chan Carries On (Abridged)
The Chinese Parrot
Fifty Candles
The House Without A Key
Keeper Of The Keys
Seven Keys To Baldpate
CHARLES DICKENS
Hunted Down
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
See also:
The Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot, Andrew Lang
CHARLES DICKENS, WILKIE COLLINS,
ELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELL & ADELAIDE ANNE
PROCTER
A House To Let
S S VAN DINE
The Benson Murder Case REVIEW
The Bishop Murder Case
The Canary Murder Case
The Casino Murder Case
The Dragon Murder Case
The Greene Murder Case
The Garden Murder Case
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
The Kennel Murder Case
The Kidnap Murder Case
The Scarab Murder Case REVIEW
The Winter Murder Case
DICK DONOVAN
The Problem of Dead Wood Hall
MARJORIE DOUIE
The Pointing Man: A Burmese Mystery
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Round The Fire Stories REVIEW
A Study in Scarlet
GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND
The Alibi
BRANDON FLEMING
The Crooked House
J. S. FLETCHER
The Borough Treasurer
The Chestermarke Instinct
Dead Men's Money
The Herapath Property
The Mayor's Parlour
The Middle Of Things
The Orange-Yellow Diamond
The Middle Temple Murder
The Paradise Mystery
Ravensdene Court
The Safety Pin
REVIEW
Scarhaven Keep
The Talleyrand Maxim
HULBERT FOOTNER
Death of a Celebrity
Easy to Kill
Murder Runs In The Family REVIEW
Sinfully Rich
Thieves' Wit: An Everyday Detective Story
Who Killed the Husband?
MARY FORTUNE
Traces of Crime
GILBERT FRANKAU
Who Killed Castelvetri?
R. AUSTIN FREEMAN
As A Thief In The Night
The Case of Oscar Brodski
The Case of the White Footprints
The Cat's Eye
REVIEW
A Certain Dr Thorndyke
The D'Arblay Mystery
Dr Thorndyke Short Story Omnibus
For The Defence, Dr Thorndyke
Helen Vardon's Confession
The Jacob Street Mystery REVIEW
John Thorndyke's Cases
Mr Polton Explains REVIEW
Mr Pottermack's Oversight
The Mystery of 31 New Inn
The Penrose Mystery
Pontifex, Son And Thorndyke
The Shadow of the Wolf REVIEW
A Silent Witness
The Singing Bone
The Stoneware Monkey REVIEW
The Red Thumb Mark
The Uttermost Farthing: A Savant's Vendetta
The Vanishing Man: A Detective Romance
When Rogues Fall Out
FRANK FROEST
The Grell Mystery
JACQUES FUTRELLE
The Thinking Machine
EMILE GABORIAU
The Lerouge Case
Monsieur Lecoq
The Mystery of Orcival
Within An Inch Of His Life
RUFUS GILLMORE
The Alster Case
ANNA KATHARINE GREEN
That Affair Next Door
Agatha Webb
The Chief Legatee
The Circular Study
Dark Hollow
A Difficult Problem
The Filigree Ball
The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange
The Gray Madam
The House In The Mist (Collection)
The House of the Whispering Pines
Initials Only
The Leavenworth Case
The Mill Mystery
The Millionaire Baby
The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow
The Old Stone House and Other Stories
The Staircase At The Heart's Delight
A Strange Disappearance
The Woman In The Alcove
ARTHUR GRIFFITHS
The Passenger from Calais
The Rome Express
THOMAS W. HANSHEW
Cleek, the Master Detective
The Riddle of the Frozen Flame
Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces
MARY E. & THOMAS W. HANSHEW
The Riddle of the Frozen Flame
JULIAN HAWTHORN
*Another's Crime: From The Diary of Inspector Byrnes*
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories
The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories
The Most Interesting Stories of All Nations
GRACE LIVINGSTON HILL
The Mystery of Mary
JAMES HILTON
Was It Murder?
E. W. HORNUNG
The Amateur Cracksman
Mr Justice Raffles
Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman
A Thief in the Night
FERGUS HUME
The Bishop's Secret
The Green Mummy
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
Madame Midas
The Mystery Queen
The Opal Serpent
Red Money
The Secret Passage
The Silent House
CUTCLIFFE HYNE
The Tragedy of a Third Smoker
CHARLES ROSS JACKSON
Quintus Oakes: A Detective Story
HERBERT JENKINS
Malcolm Sage, Detective REVIEW
EDGAR JEPSON
The Loudwater Mystery
EDGAR JEPSON & ROBERT EUSTACE
The Tea Leaf
OWEN JOHNSON
Murder in Any Degree
HARRY STEPHEN KEELER
The Mysterious Mr I
MAURICE LEBLANC
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The Confessions of Arsene Lupin
The Eight Strokes of the Clock (Collection)
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar
WILLIAM LE QUEUX
The Four Faces: A Mystery
The House of Whispers
Hushed up! : A Mystery of London
The Secret of the Fox Hunter
The Seven Secrets
The Stretton Street Affair
GASTON LEROUX
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
NATALIE SUMNER LINCOLN
I Spy
The Red Seal
E. C. R. LORAC
Murderer's Mistake
Rope's End, Rogue's End
MARIE BELLOC LOWNDES
The Lodger
LAWRENCE LYNCH
The Last Stroke: A Detective Story
ROBERT MACHRAY
The Mystery of Lincoln's Inn
WILLIAM MAGNAY
The Hunt Ball Mystery REVIEW
RICHARD MARSH
The Beetle: A Mystery
A. E. W. MASON
At The Villa Rose REVIEW
The House in Lordship Lane
The House of the Arrow
The Prisoner in the Opal
Witness For The Defence
JOHN T. McINTYRE
Ashton-Kirk, Investigator
L. T. MEADE & ROBERT EUSTACE
The Blood-Red Cross
The Face of the Abbot
A Master of Mysteries
REVIEW
L.T. MEADE AND CLIFFORD HALIFAX, M.D.
The Ponsonby Diamonds
HUAN MEE
The Russian Cipher
A. A. MILNE
The Red House Mystery
CLEVELAND MOFFETT
Through The Wall
ARTHUR MORRISON
The Case of Laker, Absconded
Detective Stories
The Dorrington Deed-Box (Collection)
Martin Hewitt, Investigator
The Red Triangle
GEORGE NORSWORTHY
Crime At The Villa Gloria
HARVEY O'HIGGINS
The Adventures of Detective Barney
E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
The Black Box
The Cinema Murder
The Evil Shepherd
Jeanne Of The Marshes
The New Tenant
The Vanished Messenger
The Yellow Crayon
BARONESS ORCZY
The Duffield Peerage Case
The Fenchurch Street Mystery
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard
The Murder In Saltashe Woods
The Old Man In The Corner
RANDALL PARRISH
The Case and the Girl REVIEW
The Strange Case of Cavendish
MAX PEMBERTON
The Ripening Rubies
EDEN PHILLPOTTS
The Grey Room
The Red Redmaynes
CHARLES FELTON PIDGIN
The Chronicles of Quincy Adams Sawyer, Detective
FRANK PINKERTON
Dyke Darrel, The Railroad Detective or The Crime of the Midnight Express
H. BEAM PIPER
Murder In The Gunroom
CATHERINE LOUISA PIRKIS
The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective (Collection)
EDGAR ALLAN POE
The Mystery of Marie Roget
The Murders In The Rue Morgue
The Purloined Letter
MELVILLE DAVISSON POST
The Sleuth of St. James Square REVIEW
Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries
HESKETH PRICHARD
November Joe: Detective Of The Woods
E. R. PUNSHON
The Bittermeads Mystery REVIEW
WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE
Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story
ARTHUR J. REES
The Moon Rock
ARTHUR B. REEVE
The Azure Ring
Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective (Collection)
The Ear In The Wall
The Exploits of Elaine
The Dream Doctor (Collection)
The Film Mystery
The Gold of the Gods
The Invisible Ray
The Master Mystery
The Mystery Mind
The Poisoned Pen
The Silent Bullet
The Terror in the Air
The War Terror
FRANCIS J. REYNOLDS
Master Tales of Mystery (Collection)
CRAIG RICE
Crime On My Hands
To Catch A Thief
MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
The Bat REVIEW
The Case of Jennie Brice
The Circular Staircase
The Confession
The Man In Lower Ten
Sight Unseen
When A Man Marries REVIEW
The Window At The White Cat
SAX ROHMER
Bimbashi Baruk of Egypt (Collection)
The Blue Monkey
The Golden Scorpion
The Yellow Claw
Fire-Tongue
SAPPER
Ronald Standish (Collection) REVIEW
DOROTHY L. SAYERS
Whose Body?
AUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN
The Slipper Point Mystery
MELVIN L. SEVERY
The Darrow Enigma REVIEW
M. P. SHIEL
The Case of Euphemia Raphash
The Race of Orven
CHESTER K. STEELE
The Diamond Cross Mystery
The Golf Course Mystery
The Mansion of Mystery
BURTON EGBERT STEVENSON
The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet: A Detective Story
The Gloved Hand: A Detective Story
The Holladay Case: A Tale
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
RALPH STRAUS
The Most Maddening Story In The World
The Room On The Fourth Floor
JOSEPHINE TEY
The Daughter of Time
The Franchise Affair
To Love and Be Wise
Miss Pym Disposes
A Shilling For Candles
The Singing Sands
PAUL & MABEL THORNE
The Sheridan Road Mystery
LOUIS TRACY
The Albert Gate Mystery: Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett,
Barrister Detective
The Bartlett Mystery
Number Seventeen REVIEW
The Postmaster's Daughter
The Stowmarket Mystery
The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley REVIEW
What Would You Have Done?
MARK TWAIN
A Double-Barrelled Detective Story
CHARLES EDMONDS WALK
The Paternoster Ruby
EDGAR WALLACE
The Angel of Terror REVIEW
Big Foot
Blue Hand
The Clue of the Twisted Candle REVIEW
The Clue of the New Pin
The Clue of the Silver Key
The Coat of Arms
The Crimson Circle
The Daffodil Mystery
REVIEW
The Dark Eyes of London
The Door with Seven Locks
The Fellowship of the Frog
Flat 2
The Flying Squad
The Forger
The Frightened Lady
The Green Rust
The Green Archer
The Guv'nor
The India-Rubber Men
Jack O' Judgment
The Joker
The Man At The Carlton
The Man Who Knew
The Man Who Passed
The Mind of Mr J. G. Reeder
Mr J. G. Reeder Returns
Mr Justice Maxell
Red Aces
Room l3
The Secret House
The Square Emerald
Terror Keep
The Valley of Ghosts
White Face
JOHN WATSON
The Mystery of the Downs
JOHN R. WATSON & ARTHUR J. REES
The Hampstead Mystery
JEAN WEBSTER
The Four Pools Mystery
CAROLYN WELLS
The Gold Bag
Raspberry Jam
STEVEN WESTLAW
The Mystery of Lombardy Chambers
EDITH WHARTON
A Bottle of Perrier
EDWARD M. WHEELER
Buck Hawk, Detective or The Messenger Boy's Fortune
ETHEL LINA WHITE
She Faded Into Air
The Spiral Staircase aka Some Must Watch REVIEW
ANOTHER REVIEW
FREDERICK MERRICK WHITE
The Crimson Blind
The Mazaroff Rifle
The Mystery of the Four Fingers
The Slave of Silence
VICTOR L. WHITECHURCH
The Affair of the Corridor Express
A Warning In Red
EMLYN WILLIAMS
Night Must Fall (play)
VALENTINE WILLIAMS
The Man with the Clubfoot
Okewood of the Secret Service
A. M. WILLIAMSON
The Castle of the Shadows
C.N. & A. M. WILLIAMSON
The Second Latchkey
P. G. WODEHOUSE
Death at the Excelsior
GEORGE M. WORTS
The Hospital Homicides Murder Case
SYDNEY FOWLER WRIGHT
The Attic Murder
The Bell Street Murders
The Jordans Murder
Murder in Bethnal Square
The Rissole Mystery
Too Much For Mr Jellipot
Was Murder Done?
Who Murdered Reynard?
ISRAEL ZANGWILL
The Big Bow Mystery
REVIEW