Detective Fiction

Stolen Souls

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William Le Queux



This is a collection of 14 of William le Queux' best mystery stories. (Summary by Carolin)

The Great Diamond Syndicate

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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 …

Monsieur Lecoq Part 1: The Inquiry

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Émile Gaboriau



Monsieur Lecoq is a captivating mystery, historical and love story :Around 11 o'clock, on the evening of Shrove Sunday 18.., close to the ol…

Doom Castle

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Neil Munro



Doom Castle is the story of young Count Victor's journey to Scotland after the Jacobite Rebellion, searching for a traitor to the Jacobite c…

The Crime of the French Cafe and Other Stories

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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 …

Messengers of Evil

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Marcel Allain



Fantômas was introduced a few years after Arsène Lupin, another well-known thief. But whereas Lupin draws the line at murder, F…

The Sleuth of St. James Square

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Melville Davisson Post



Slightly connected detective stories which are developed in a rather unusual way. The solutions are logical and less miraculous than those o…

The Pagan Madonna

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Harold Macgrath



The Pagan Madonna, one of Harold MacGrath's numerous novels, set in Shanghai, tells a story of intrigue, murder, and illicit art “collecting…

The Loot Of Cities

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Arnold Bennett



Published in 1917, this is a collection of a novella and seven short stories by one of the cleverest authors of the early twentieth century.…

The Whispering Eye, A Black Hood Novel

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G. T. Fleming-Roberts



Hunted by the police ... framed for robbery and murder by the Eye, master fiend and vicious ruler of the underworld ... loathed by Barbara S…

Four Noncanonical Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle



Although the Sherlock Holmes canon traditionally consists of four novels and 56 short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle, there are many …

The Dream Doctor

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Arthur B. Reeve



The Dream Doctor is a compilation of detective stories featuring Professor Craig Kennedy, a Sherlock-like character who uses his scientific …

Guy Garrick

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Arthur B. Reeve



Private detective Guy Garrick is at the dawning age of modern criminal forensics in the early twentieth century. He and his friend and assis…

The Woman in the Alcove (Version 2)

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Anna Katharine Green



Rita Van Arsdale falls in love and is proposed to by the gentleman Mr. Durand during a fancy high society party. She has landed the man of h…

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