Detective Fiction

305 books

All Stories Novels

New TOP Discussed

Children's Fiction

531

Augusta Huiell Seaman - Dragon's Secret

Sixteen year old Leslie Crane has come to the New Jersey shore as a companion to ailing Aunt Marcia, whose doctor has sent her there for a some quiet rest and recuperation. While the beach is lovely in October, Leslie...

J. M. Smallheer 3 hours 29 minutes

No comments

Detective Fiction

529

George Manville Fenn - Dark House

An extremely wealthy but reclusive man has died, leaving an eccentric will which hints at great riches hidden somewhere in the house. Most of the people at the reading of the will did not know the deceased in person,...

Lucy Burgoyne 4 hours 33 minutes

No comments

Action & Adventure Fiction

562

John Buchan - Thirty-nine Steps

Richard Hannay’s boredom is soon relieved when the resourceful engineer is caught up in a web of secret codes, spies, and murder on the eve of WWI. This exciting action-adventure story was the inspiration for Alfred...

Adrian Praetzellis 4 hours 20 minutes

No comments

Detective Fiction

490

Frank Froest - Grell Mystery

Mr Robert Grell, millionaire and socialite, is found murdered in his study on a stormy evening. It's up to Heldon Foyle, the detective, to unravel the mystery. (Summary by Christine Blachford — to be expanded)

Christine Blachford 7 hours 48 minutes

No comments

Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Version 2)

Detective Fiction

553

Mark Twain - Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Version 2)

It was published in 1893–1894 by Century Magazine in seven installments, and is a detective story with some racial themes. The plot of this novel is a detective story, in which a series of identities — the judge's...

John Greenman 5 hours 24 minutes

No comments

Detective Fiction

503

Lock and Key Library

A collection of classic mystery and detective stories, collected and edited by Julian Hawthorne. Note: the second chapter of Dickens’ The Haunted House is not included in this edition. (Summary by Julie VW)

Julie VW and 4 more 14 hours 33 minutes

No comments

Horror & Supernatural Fiction

556

Unknown - String of Pearls

The tale of Sweeney Todd has had many incarnations, most famously the stage and movie musical by Stephen Sondheim. But it all started in 1846 with a serialized telling of the story titled “The String of Pearls” in...

musil and 13 more 11 hours 41 minutes

No comments

Detective Fiction

517

Allan Pinkerton - Expressman and the Detective

Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884), a Scotsman by birth and a barrel-maker by trade, settled in Chicago in its infancy and founded the Pinkertons, the world's first detective agency. Though events associated with the agency...

Pete Williams Pittsburgh PA 7 hours 23 minutes

No comments

Detective Fiction

576

Arthur J. Rees - Hampstead Mystery

A murder whodunit… Location: Hampstead, England. Victim: Sir Horace Fewbanks, a distinguished High Court judge. Cause of death: gun shot wound. Investigator: Private Detective Crewe, a wealthy bachelor...

Lars Rolander and 3 more 12 hours 25 minutes

No comments

Detective Fiction

566

E. Phillips Oppenheim - Cinema Murder

Phillip Romilly is a poor art teacher in London. He finds out that his wealthy cousin Douglas has been seeing his girl friend Beatrice behind his back. He strangles Douglas, throws him in the canal, and assumes his...

Julie Levi and 13 more 8 hours 6 minutes

No comments

Detective Fiction

576

Arthur B. Reeve - Film Mystery

The Film Mystery is one of eighteen detective novels by Arthur B. Reeve starring his best known character Professor Craig Kennedy and his trusty sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter. The pair bears an...

Sibella Denton and 12 more 8 hours 28 minutes

No comments

Detective Fiction

512

George Barr McCutcheon - Graustark

The Graustark novels are stories of court intrigue, royal disguise, and romance similar to Anthony Hope's 1894 novel, The Prisoner of Zenda, and its sequels. They were popular best-sellers at the time they were...

Maire Rhode and 4 more 10 hours 29 minutes

No comments

New

Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

Show all