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Anna Katharine Green - Leavenworth Case (Version 2)

The Leavenworth Case is a gripping detective novel set in New York, and is one of the first detective fiction novels to be written by a female. Indeed, it was the first novel by Anna Katharine Green who came to be...

Kevin Green 12 hours 6 minutes

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Children's Fiction

460

Laura Lee Hope - Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat

The Bobbsey family are are staying on a houseboat for summer vacation! At first all seems to be going well — what with fishing, playing with friends, and exploring the river. But then a mean farmer arrives, who seems...

deongines and 4 more 3 hours 56 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

468

Carolyn Wells - Mystery Girl

Was it murder or suicide? All entrances to the study where the body was found were locked from the inside. The future college president and groom-to-be had no known cause for suicide, yet no clues in either direction...

Roger Melin 8 hours 8 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Sylvanus Cobb, Jr - Smuggler of King's Cove

Young Percy Maitland is a naval pilot and guides his late father's brig to safety, thereby saving the ship, her crew and cargo despite being pursued by the King's excise collectors. But has his father's successor...

Phil Splendid and 8 more 6 hours 24 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Valley of Fear (Version 3)

Receiving a mysterious cypher message from a Fred Porlock, apparent agent of the infamous Professor Moriarty, Holmes and Watson set about deciphering the message, taking them into the mysterious murder of John...

David Clarke 6 hours 6 minutes

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Bid For Fortune; Or, Dr Nikola's Vendetta

Detective Fiction

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Guy Boothby - Bid For Fortune; Or, Dr Nikola's Vendetta

Guy Newell Boothby (1867 – 1905) was a prolific Australian writer. He moved to London in 1894 and became most well-known for his Dr.Nikola mysteries. This book is the first in a series of five and introduces the good...

Peter John Keeble 7 hours 41 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Jennette Lee - Green Jacket

An early example of the female private detective, Jennette Lee’s Millicent Newberry made her first appearance in The Green Jacket in 1917 and was also featured in two later books, The Mysterious Office in 1922 and...

J. M. Smallheer 5 hours 11 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Return of Sherlock Holmes (Version 3)

The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on March 7, 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (London) and was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had «died» in The...

David Clarke 11 hours 51 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Anna Katharine Green - Sword of Damocles

Anna Katharine Green is best known as one of the first women detective writers, and The Sword of Damocles, first published in 1881, does indeed include several mysteries. There is a very brief appearance by her famous...

Mary Bard 16 hours 39 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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G. K. Chesterton - Sign of the Broken Sword

In the freezing English countryside, Father Brown leads Flambeau to the many monuments and shrines of the great General St. Claire. «Sacred to the Memory of General Sir Arthur St. Clare, Hero and Martyr, who Always...

Phil Chenevert 48 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Version 3)

This is the second book of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning the adventures of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his side kick Dr Watson. It contains 12 stories published in The Strand as...

David Clarke 8 hours 53 minutes

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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (version 4)

Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (version 4)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 12 short stories that were originally illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first set of short stories that were published and followed the publishing of his...

David Clarke 10 hours 56 minutes

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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

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