Detective Fiction

The Mansion of Mystery

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Chester K. Steele


Mr. and Mrs. Langmore were found mysteriously murdered in their mansion one morning. Their daughter Margaret, who was at home at the time of…

The Master Mystery

Read by Roger Melin


Arthur B. Reeve


While Harry Houdini didn't rise to fame as a screen actor, silent film makers of the day sought to capitalize on his fame. The Master Myster…

Jezebel's Daughter

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Wilkie Collins


A brilliant chemist and a shrewd businessman — die on the same day. The widow of the chemist, Mrs. Fontaine, is left with the poisons he was…

The House Of The Arrow

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A. E. W. Mason


A young English girl is accused in Dijon of murdering her French aunt. Hanaud to the rescue! Inspector Hanaud is a member of the French S&uc…

Caleb Williams or Things As They Are

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William Godwin


The novel describes the downfall of Ferdinando Falkland, a British squire, and his attempts to ruin and destroy the life of Caleb Williams, …

The Eight Strokes of the Clock

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Maurice Leblanc


The Eight Strokes of the Clock is a collection of eight short stories by Maurice Leblanc. The stories have his most famous creation, Ars&egr…

The Girl at Central

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Geraldine Bonner


Molly Morganthau, day operator in the telephone exchange, helps to solve a murder. (Summary by D. A. Frank)

The Clue of the Twisted Candle

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Edgar Wallace


Well-known mystery writer John Lexman is charged with murder and sent to Broadmoor Prison. His friend T.X., head of a special branch of Scot…

Max Carrados

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Ernest Bramah


Max Carrados is a blind detective who has developed his own remaining senses to a superior level and who has enlisted the superior observati…

The Mystery of the Iron Box

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Bruce Campbell


When Ken Holt's father, the famous newspaper writer, comes home for a Christmas visit, one of the gifts he brings is an antique iron box. So…

The History of the Caliph Vathek

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William Beckford


This is one of the earliest Gothic novels. The Caliph Vathek is one of the wealthiest and most powerful men who ever lived. But this is not …

El crimen de Orcival

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Émile Gaboriau


Émile Gaboriau (1832-1873) reconocidísimo escritor francés considerado uno de los padres de la novela de detectives. Su…

The Wanderer

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Frances Burney


This is the fourth and final novel by Fanny Burney, the author of Evelina, Cecilia, and Camilla. "Who is "Miss Ellis?" Why di…

Stories from The Detective's Album

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Mary Fortune


Mary Fortune is best known for The Detective's Album, the longest-running early detective serial anywhere in the world. Written under the na…

The Corner House

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Fred M. White


A deserted house with a troubled past. A mysterious countess who captivates everyone with her wealth and beauty -- well, almost everyone. An…

Basil

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Wilkie Collins


Basil, son of a father who values the family pedigree and who would not let him marry below his station, falls in love at first sight with a…

The Scarlet Pimpernel (Version 2)

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Baroness Emma Orczy


In the year 1792, the French Revolution is in the midst of its bloodiest stage. Aristocrats are being executed left and right by the Republi…

Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls

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L. Frank Baum


The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his …

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