Mystery Books

Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society

L. Frank Baum

Written under pseudonym of Edith Van Dyne. The story continues the adventures of three cousins, Louise, Patsy and Beth,with their debuts in society and the appearance of suitors, one of whom is reject..

The Passenger from Calais

Arthur Griffiths

An army officer, and a mysterious lady with a maid and baby in tow, are the only passengers on the Engadine express from Calais. The lady is afraid that someone is following her. Who is she? And what ..

The Vertical City

Fannie Hurst

The Vertical City is a collection of mystery and detective stories written by Fannie Hurst, an American novelist and short-story writer whose works were highly popular during the post-World War I..

At the Villa Rose

A. E. W. Mason

At the Villa Rose is a collection of mystery and detective stories written by A. E. W. Mason, an English author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel of courage and coward..

The House of Whispers

William Le Queux

This is a story about a young lady and her blind father who live in a House of Whispers. "There is a legend that those who hear the whispers die quickly and suddenly." Story written by William Le Queu..

The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural

Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

This is a collection of short stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. The stories all have different topics, there are mysterious deaths, haunted houses, ghosts, moving shadows, and all other ingredients ..

The Green Mummy

Fergus Hume

The Green Mummy is a mystery story written by English novelist Fergus Hume. Excepts from the book below:The young man smiled and frowned and sighed and laughed in the space of thirty seconds—something..

Peter Ruff and the Double Four

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Peter Ruff and the Double Four is mystery novel written by E. Phillips Oppenheim, an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers...