Mystery Books
The Vertical City
Fannie HurstThe 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. MasonAt 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 QueuxThis 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 FreemanThis 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 HumeThe 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 OppenheimPeter 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...
The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler
Francis W. DoughtyThe Bradys and the Girl Smuggler is a mystery and detective story written by Francis W. Doughty, an American screenwriter and novelist. Doughty held unorthodox views about the age of humans...
The Gray Madam
Anna Katharine GreenThe Gray Madam is a short mystery story written by Anna Katharine Green, an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself ..