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J. S. Fletcher - Middle of Things
A habitual late night stroll down Markendale Square plunges Viner into the middle of things most mysterious and most perplexing. A murder, an imposter, secret papers, all combine to mystify even the police themselves....
Nathalie J.
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Charles Norris Williamson - Second Latchkey
Jewelry thefts, society parties, clairvoyance, and romance marks this mystery, which is set in England and the US in the early 20th century. (Summary by Gesine)
Esther
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A. Frank Pinkerton - Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective - Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express
Dyke Darrel investigates an audacious train robbery that included the murder of a friend, and embarks on a man-hunt. High Victorian serial melodrama at its best! (Summary by Sibella Denton).
Sibella Denton
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Anne Austin - Murder at Bridge
Inhabitants of the small town of Hamilton joke that they are afraid of being the dummy when playing Bridge, for fear of being murdered. Meanwhile, Special Investigator Bonnie Dundee demands a re-enactment of the...
Gesine
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G. K. Chesterton - Club of Queer Trades
A collection of six wonderfully quirky detective stories, featuring the 'mystic' former judge Basil Grant. Each story reveals a practitioner of an entirely new profession, and member of the Club of Queer Trades....
David Barnes
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes
In this collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, the great detective continues doing what he does best: averting political scandals, tracking down murderers, dragging Dr. Watson into unpleasant situations. As always,...
Kalynda
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Mary Roberts Rinehart - Case of Jennie Brice
The flood brings in not only the muddy waters but a series of suspicious clues that convinced Mrs. Pitman, a boarding house keeper, that a murder has been committed at her boarding house. Jennifer Ladley aka Jennie...
Wina Hathaway
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Israel Zangwill - Big Bow Mystery
It's a cold and foggy night in London. A man is horribly murdered in his bedroom, the door locked and bolted on the inside. Scotland Yard is stumped. Yet the seemingly unsolvable case has, as Inspector Grodman says,...
Adrian Praetzellis
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Return of Sherlock Holmes
Having left Sherlock Holmes apparently deceased at the conclusion of The Final Problem (in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes), we now find that he is alive after all! In this collection, first published in 1905, the...
Sibella Denton
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Edgar Wallace - Angel of Terror
When this was written, literary traditions still decreed beauty to be the outward sign of inner saintliness, whereas evil characters tended to be “ugly as sin.” Jean Briggerland defies these expectations by being...
Lee Elliott
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Baroness Emma Orczy - Old Man in the Corner
Created by Baroness Orczy, author of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel series, The Old Man in the Corner was one of the earliest armchair detectives, popping up with so many others in the wake of the huge popularity...
J. M. Smallheer
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Study in Scarlet (version 2)
A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was first published in 1887. It is the first story to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes, who would later become one of...
Mark Norman
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