THE MAYWRITE LIBRARY

E-TEXTS OF CLASSIC & GOLDEN AGE MYSTERY NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES

This list of titles kicks off an ongoing project to provide links to free 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 to maywrite@epix.net Thanks!

Clicking on REVIEW following selected texts will take you to Mary's review of the book. Look here for a list of all Mary's reviews

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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