Classic Detective & Mystery
Sherlock Holmes stalks fog-bound London, Poirot eyes a locked-room at Styles, Dupin cracks the first modern detective case. The genre that invented the puzzle-plot and the unreliable witness — character avatars act as memory jogs when a third-act suspect turns out to have been on page forty, and chapter music tightens as the screw turns.
179 books
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
The Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene
The Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene
The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie
The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Big Four by Agatha Christie
The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
The Lone Wolf by Louis Joseph Vance
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
The Patient in Room 18 by Mignon G. Eberhart
Little Caesar by W. R. Burnett
The Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton
The Powerhouse by John Buchan
The Mystery of Cabin Island by Franklin W. Dixon
The Dain Curse by Dashiell Hammett
The Shore Road Mystery by Franklin W. Dixon
Murder in the Maze by J. J. Connington
The House on the Cliff by Franklin W. Dixon
The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton
The Secret of the Old Mill by Franklin W. Dixon
The Secret of the Caves by Franklin W. Dixon
Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers
Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers
Payment Deferred by C. S. Forester
Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes by Maurice Leblanc
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Missing Chums by Franklin W. Dixon
Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers
Ashton-Kirk, Investigator by John T. McIntyre
The Lazy Detective by George Dilnot
The Mystery of 31, New Inn by R. Austin Freeman
The Roman Hat Mystery by Ellery Queen
The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley
813 by Maurice Leblanc
The Secret of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton
The Hollow Needle by Maurice Leblanc
Mystery at Lynden Sands by J. J. Connington
The Red Thumbmark by R. Austin Freeman
That Affair Next Door by Anna Katharine Green
The Incredulity of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton
The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers
The Eye of Osiris by R. Austin Freeman
The Wisdom of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton
Ashenden by W. Somerset Maugham
Lady Audley’s Secret by M. E. Braddon
Fantômas by Pierre Souvestre
The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey
Trent’s Last Case by E. C. Bentley
The Teeth of the Tiger by Maurice Leblanc
The Confessions of Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc
The Clue by Carolyn Wells
The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
The Red House Mystery by A. A. Milne
The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Murders in Praed Street by John Rhode
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
Memoirs of Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc
The Box Office Murders by Freeman Wills Crofts
The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green
The Three Hostages by John Buchan
The Footsteps at the Lock by Ronald A. Knox
The Golden Triangle by Maurice Leblanc
The House Without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers
The Eight Strokes of the Clock by Maurice Leblanc
The Crystal Stopper by Maurice Leblanc
The Bellamy Trial by Frances Noyes Hart
The Secret of Sarek by Maurice Leblanc
Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer
The Three Taps by Ronald A. Knox
Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
The Viaduct Murder by Ronald A. Knox
Behind a Mask by Louisa May Alcott
The Greene Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine
The Chinese Parrot by Earl Derr Biggers
No Name by Wilkie Collins
The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace
The D’Arblay Mystery by R. Austin Freeman
A Strange Disappearance by Anna Katharine Green
The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder by Edgar Wallace
The Canary Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine
The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes
The Paradise Mystery by J. S. Fletcher
The Rasp by Philip MacDonald
The Amateur Cracksman by E. W. Hornung
The Benson Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine
Room 13 by Edgar Wallace
The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Orczy
The Spy in Black by J. Storer Clouston
The Law of the Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace
The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace
Behind That Curtain by Earl Derr Biggers
The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Wyvern Mystery by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The Door with Seven Locks by Edgar Wallace
The Middle of Things by J. S. Fletcher
The Starvel Hollow Tragedy by Freeman Wills Crofts
The Three Just Men by Edgar Wallace
The Lerouge Case by Émile Gaboriau
The Club of Queer Trades by G. K. Chesterton
The Grand Babylon Hotel by Arnold Bennett
The Ponson Case by Freeman Wills Crofts
The Slaves of Paris by Émile Gaboriau
Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins
The Nebuly Coat by John Meade Falkner
The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins
The Middle Temple Murder by J. S. Fletcher
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler by Norbert Jacques
The Man Who Knew by Edgar Wallace
The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope
Inspector French’s Greatest Case by Freeman Wills Crofts
The Borough Treasurer by J. S. Fletcher
Blue Hand by Edgar Wallace
The Black Mask by E. W. Hornung
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume
The Sea Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts
The Secret House by Edgar Wallace
A Thief in the Night by E. W. Hornung
The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Kate Plus 10 by Edgar Wallace
Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope
Terror Keep by Edgar Wallace
The Avenger by Edgar Wallace
The Wrong Letter by Walter S. Masterman
Simon by J. Storer Clouston
The Informer by Liam O’Flaherty
The Council of Justice by Edgar Wallace
The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill
The Square Emerald by Edgar Wallace
The Just Men of Cordova by Edgar Wallace
The Melody of Death by Edgar Wallace
Murder in the Gunroom by H. Beam Piper
The Charing Cross Mystery by J. S. Fletcher
The Mystery of Orcival by Émile Gaboriau
The Cloven Foot by M. E. Braddon
The Clue of the Twisted Candle by Edgar Wallace
The Midnight Guest by Fred M. White
The Clue of the New Pin by Edgar Wallace
The Secret Tomb by Maurice Leblanc
Monsieur Lecoq by Émile Gaboriau
Aurora Floyd by M. E. Braddon
Call Mr. Fortune by H. C. Bailey
Blind Mice by C. Kay Scott
The Talleyrand Maxim by J. S. Fletcher
The Cask by Freeman Wills Crofts
The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley
The Jade God by Alan Sullivan
File No. 113 by Émile Gaboriau
Scarhaven Keep by J. S. Fletcher
The Story of Ivy by Marie Belloc Lowndes
The Pit-Prop Syndicate by Freeman Wills Crofts
