Detective Books

The Gloved Hand

Burton E.Stevenson

The Gloved Hand is a detective story written by Burton Egbert Stevenson, an American author, anthologist, and librarian. Mr. Lester, a private investigator, and his friend Godfrey are caught..

The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

Anatole France

The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard is a detective story translated from its French version Le crime de Sylvestre Bonnard. Written by Anatole France, a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several be..

The Survivor

E. Phillips Oppenheim

The Survivor is a mystery story written by Edward Phillips Oppenheim, an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers...

The Duke in the Suburbs

Edgar Wallace

The Duke in the Suburbs is a mystery story written by Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace, an English writer. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He..

The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge is one of the fifty-six Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle, a British writer, who created the character Sherlock Holmes...

A Fair Mystery - The Story of a Coquette

Charlotte M. Brame

A Fair Mystery: The Story of a Coquette is a story of love in many forms, A Fair Mystery is part romance, part tragedy, and part social commentary, one which asks us to pause a moment and reflect on w..

Average Jones

Samuel Hopkins Adams

Average Jones is a mystery story written by Samuel Hopkins Adams, an American writer, best known for his investigative journalism and muckraking.Excerpts:Average Jones had come by his nickname inevita..

The Yellow Claw

Sax Rohmer

The Yellow Claw is a 1915 crime novel by Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward, known better under his pseudonym, Sax Rohmer. The story features Gaston Max, a Parisian criminal investigator and master of disgui..