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| Agatha Christie | The Secret Adversary — Agatha Christie |
The Secret Adversary “The two young people greeted each other affectionately, and momentarily blocked the Dover Street Tube exit in doing so. The adjective "old" was misleading. Their united ages would …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Agatha Christie | The Mysterious Affair at Styles — Agatha Christie |
The Mysterious Affair at Styles “First Poirot Case.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anna Katherine Green | The Filigree Ball — Anna Katherine Green |
The Filigree Ball “For a detective whose talents, had not been recognized at headquarters, I possessed an ambition which, fortunately for my standing with the lieutenant of the precinct, had not yet …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anna Katherine Green | Initials Only — Anna Katherine Green |
Initials Only “For a day Sweetwater acknowledged himself to be mentally crushed, disillusioned and defeated. Then his spirits regained their poise. It would take a heavy weight indeed to keep the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anna Katherine Green | The Woman in the Alcove — Anna Katherine Green |
The Woman in the Alcove “I was, perhaps, the plainest girl in the room that night. I was also the happiest--up to one o'clock. Then my whole world crumbled, or, at least, suffered an eclipse. Why and how, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anna Katherine Green | A Strange Disappearance — Anna Katherine Green |
A Strange Disappearance “Mr. Blake was standing in the centre of the room when I entered, carelessly following with his eyes the motion of Mr. Gryce's finger as that gentleman pointed with unwearying assid…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anna Katherine Green | The Golden Slipper — Anna Katherine Green |
The Golden Slipper “"Yes, Miss Strange. I expect you to find the missing bullet which will settle the fact that murder and not suicide ended George Hammond's life. If you cannot, then a long litigatio…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anna Katherine Green | THE LEAVENWORTH CASE: A Lawyers Story — Anna Katherine Green |
THE LEAVENWORTH CASE: A Lawyers Story “First modern detective novel by a woman author--I think.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anna Katherine Green | The Mayor's Wife — Anna Katherine Green |
The Mayor's Wife “The moving silhouette of her figure, which was all that I could see, was not perfect enough in detail for me to determine. She was busy at some occupation which took her from one e…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anna Katherine Green | Dark Hollow — Anna Katherine Green |
Dark Hollow “But her faith had been sorely shaken in the interview just related. He was not the friend she had hoped to find. He had insisted upon her husband's guilt, when she had expected con…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anna Katherine Green | Agatha Webb — Anna Katherine Green |
Agatha Webb “The detective did so. A three-edged dagger, with a curiously wrought handle, met his eye. It had blood dried on its point, and was, as all could see, the weapon with which Agatha W…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anna Katherine Green | The Mill Mystery — Anna Katherine Green |
The Mill Mystery “I was not as unsuccessful in this attempt as one might anticipate. The lady of the house was a gossip, and the subject of Mr. Barrows' death was an inexhaustible topic of interest …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | The Ghost of Lord Clarenceux — ARNOLD BENNETT |
The Ghost of Lord Clarenceux “At length I stood in the doorway leading to the bedroom. I could feel the perspiration on my forehead and at the back of my neck. I fronted the inscrutable white face of Lord Clare…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | A Bracelet at Bruges. — Arnold Bennett |
A Bracelet at Bruges. “Of the four persons more or less interested in the affair, three were secretly active that night, in and out of the hotel. Only Kitty Sartorius, chief mourner for the bracelet, sle…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | In the Capital of the Sahara — Arnold Bennett |
In the Capital of the Sahara “"And that's the man," he meditated, astounded, "who must have planned the robbery of the Hotel St. James! And I never suspected it! I never suspected that his gendarme was a sham! …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | A Comedy on the Gold Coast — Arnold Bennett |
A Comedy on the Gold Coast “She held a newspaper in trembling hands, and she was uttering a succession of staccato "Oh-oh's," while everyone in the vicinity gazed at her with alarm. Then she dropped the paper…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | The Fire of London — Arnold Bennett |
The Fire of London “"I am the 'friend' on the telephone. I specially wanted you at the Devonshire to-night, and I thought that the fear of a robbery at Lowndes Square might make your arrival here more…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | Lo! 'Twas a Gala Night! — Arnold Bennett |
Lo! 'Twas a Gala Night! “The row of officials at the controle took the expensive gilt card from Cecil, examined it, returned it, and bowed low with an intimation that he should turn to the right and climb …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | A Solution of the Algiers Mystery. — Arnold Bennett |
A Solution of the Algiers Mystery. “He asked her to keep cool, not to be afraid, and to dress herself. Then he returned to his room and dressed as quickly as he could. The hotel was absolutely quiet, but out of the d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | The Card — Arnold Bennett |
The Card “However, the police never did learn this from the Countess (who had gone to Rome for the autumn). It appeared that her maid had merely said to the Countess that "a man" had called,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | The Dog — Arnold Bennett |
The Dog “The truth was that Ellis had been there on the previous night, when the Wakes was only half-opened, and he had come again to-night expressly in order to see her; but he would not h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Benjamin Reeve | The Silent Bullet — Arthur Benjamin Reeve |
The Silent Bullet “First of the Professor Kennedy Mysteries, and first novel by Reeve.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Benjamin Reeve | The Poisoned Pen — Arthur Benjamin Reeve |
The Poisoned Pen “Hello! Yes, this is Professor Kennedy. I didn't catch the name oh, yes - President Blake of the Standard Burglary Insurance Company. What - really? The Branford pearls - stolen? Ma…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Benjamin Reeve | The Clairvoyants and Other Stories — Arthur Benjamin Reeve |
The Clairvoyants and Other Stories “"H'm," considered Kennedy, turning the crisis over in his mind. "We've had alleged stolen and forged letters before, but alleged stolen and forged photographs are new. I'm not surp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Benjamin Reeve | The Campaign Grafter — Arthur Benjamin Reeve |
The Campaign Grafter “Bennett shrugged his shoulders hopelessly and looked at Kennedy in mock resignation as if to say, "What can you do with such a fellow?" Travis was excitedly pacing the floor and wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Benjamin Reeve | The Invisible Ray — Arthur Benjamin Reeve |
The Invisible Ray “The change was complete. It even extended to me. Some friend had told her of an eye and ear specialist, a Dr. Scott, who was engaged. Since then, I understand, a new will has been …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Benjamin Reeve | The Problem of the Steel Door — Arthur Benjamin Reeve |
The Problem of the Steel Door “There stood Kennedy, arrayed in all the glory of a sharp-pointed mustache and a goatee. He had put on evening clothes of decidedly Parisian cut, clothes which he had used abroad an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Benjamin Reeve | The White Slave — Arthur Benjamin Reeve |
The White Slave “Leaving out of account the class of disappearances such as embezzlers, blackmailers, and other criminals, there is still a large number of recorded cases where the subjects have dr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Benjamin Reeve | The Dream Doctor — Arthur Benjamin Reeve |
The Dream Doctor “"There it is," cried Craig scarcely able to restrain himself with the keenness of his chase, "there it is--the mark like an 'L.' This cartridge bears the one mark, distinct, not po…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Benjamin Reeve | The War Terror — Arthur Benjamin Reeve |
The War Terror “"A new invention," Craig explained. "All you need to do is to move it so that little dark spot falls directly on an object. Pull the trigger-- the bullet strikes the dark spot. Eve…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Benjamin Reeve | The Treasure-Train — Arthur Benjamin Reeve |
The Treasure-Train “"Sometimes," I heard the doctor venture, "I think it is aconite, but the symptoms are not quite the same. Besides, I don't see how it could have been administered. There's no mark …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Benjamin Reeve | The Romance of Elaine — Arthur Benjamin Reeve |
The Romance of Elaine “It was no use, however. They had to cut short the ride, and Kennedy returned to the house, glad to drop down in an easy chair on the porch, while Elaine hovered about him solicitou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Benjamin Reeve | The Ear in the Wall — Arthur Benjamin Reeve |
The Ear in the Wall “Dorgan was the political boss of the city at that time, apparently entrenched, with an organization that seemed impregnable. I knew him as a big, bullnecked fellow, taciturn to the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Benjamin Reeve | The Exploits of Elaine — Arthur Benjamin Reeve |
The Exploits of Elaine “Clutching Hand was now spraying the rug close to the dressing table of Elaine and was standing near the mirror. He stooped down to examine the rug. Then, as he raised his head, he …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Benjamin Reeve | The Gold of the Gods — Arthur Reeve |
The Gold of the Gods “"Yes," replied Lockwood, without hesitation, though with a glance at the averted head of Inez, and choosing his words very carefully, as if trying hard not to say more than she cou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Benjamin Reeve | Guy Garrick — Arthur Benjamin Reeve |
Guy Garrick “"Afraid--nothing. I tell you, we've got to do it. They're getting too close to us. We've either got to get Garrick or do something that'll call him off for good. Why, man, the whol…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Benjamin Reeve | Constance Dunlap — Arthur Benjamin Reeve |
Constance Dunlap “For the first time in several minutes Constance looked at the face of her friend. She was amazed to discover that Adele looked as if she had had a spell of sickness. Her eyes were …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Benjamin Reeve | The Film Mystery — Arthur Benjamin Reeve |
The Film Mystery “The heavy man was the only one of the company actually in the fabricated banquet hall itself. Clinging to him still were the grim flowing robes of the Black Terror. As though he we…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Sign of the Four — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Sign of the Four “Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel- piece, and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. With his long, white, nervous fingers he adjusted the d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | His Last Bow — Arthur Conan Doyle |
His Last Bow “The friends of Mr. Sherlock Holmes will be glad to learn that he is still alive and well, though somewhat crippled by occasional attacks of rheumatism. He has, for many years, live…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes “It was pleasant to Dr. Watson to find himself once more in the untidy room of the first floor in Baker Street which had been the starting-point of so many remarkable adventures. He…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Valley of Fear — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Valley of Fear “It was one of those dramatic moments for which my friend existed. It would be an overstatement to say that he was shocked or even excited by the amazing announcement. Without havin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Hound of the Baskervilles — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Hound of the Baskervilles “I confess at these words a shudder passed through me. There was a thrill in the doctor's voice which showed that he was himself deeply moved by that which he told us. Holmes leaned…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Parasite — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Parasite “Charles Sadler must know something of this! His vague words of warning take a meaning now. Oh, if I had only listened to him then, before I helped by these repeated sittings to for…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Disintegration Machine and Other Stories — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Disintegration Machine and Other Stories “PROFESSOR CHALLENGER was in the worst possible humour. As I stood at the door of his study, my hand upon the handle and my foot upon the mat, I heard a monologue which ran like thi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | A Study in Scarlet — Arthur Conan Doyle |
A Study in Scarlet “"By Jove!" I cried, "if he really wants someone to share the rooms and the expense, I am the very man for him. I should prefer having a partner to being alone." Young Stamford look…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes “To Sherlock Holmes she is always THE woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not tha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes “"I think that you know me well enough, Watson, to understand that I am by no means a nervous man. At the same time, it is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize dange…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Return of Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Return of Sherlock Holmes “T was in the year '95 that a combination of events, into which I need not enter, caused Mr. Sherlock Holmes and myself to spend some weeks in one of our great University towns, and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Lost World — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Lost World “Hey, there's supposed to be a TV show in Australia based on this Professor Challenger book.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Poison Belt — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Poison Belt “Being an account of another adventure of Prof. George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Prof. Summerlee, and Mr. E. D. Malone, the discoverers of "The Lost World"…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | Tales of Terror and Mystery — Arthur Conan Doyle |
Tales of Terror and Mystery “The idea that the extraordinary narrative which has been called the Joyce-Armstrong Fragment is an elaborate practical joke evolved by some unknown person, cursed by a perverted an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | Round the Red Lamp — Arthur Conan Doyle |
Round the Red Lamp “Doyle on medicine as a career -- OK, not a mystery.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Land of Mists — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Land of Mists “THE great Professor Challenger has been -- very improperly and imperfectly -- used in fiction. A daring author placed him in impossible and romantic situations in order to see how …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | Sir Nigel — Arthur Conan Doyle |
Sir Nigel “In those simple times there was a great wonder and mystery in life. Man walked in fear and solemnity, with Heaven very close above his head, and Hell below his very feet. God's vis…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | THE MYSTERY OF SASASSA VALLEY — Arthur Conan Doyle |
THE MYSTERY OF SASASSA VALLEY “I felt sad and disappointed enough myself; but presently, remembering what Tom had said about the pistol, I, too left the house, and made for the hut, leaving Madison open-mouthed …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | A Foreign Office Romance — Arthur Conan Doyle |
A Foreign Office Romance “"I dashed him back into his seat as he tried to turn the handle of the door. He roared for help. I clapped my palm across his mouth. He made his teeth meet though the side of it. I…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | THE LOST SPECIAL — Arthur Conan Doyle |
THE LOST SPECIAL “All argument failed to overcome his ungracious objections, and finally the plan had to be abandoned. Mr. Horace Moore left the station in great distress, after learning that his on…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Adventure of the Dying Detective — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Adventure of the Dying Detective “"He's dying, Dr. Watson," said she. "For three days he has been sinking, and I doubt if he will last the day. He would not let me get a doctor. This morning when I saw his bones st…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Leather Funnel — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Leather Funnel “"The charlatan is always the pioneer. From the astrologer came the astronomer, from the alchemist the chemist, from the mesmerist the experimental psychologist. The quack of yester…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Adventure of Merlin's Tomb — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Adventure of Merlin's Tomb “Note: Dramatized by Frank J. Morlock from an original story by. Sherlock Holmes meets Father Brown!…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | A Duet — A. Conan Doyle |
A Duet “They could never understand why he begged for that extra five minutes. Perhaps it was that he had some mad hope of persuading the bank manager to allow him to overdraw to that amou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The White Company — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The White Company “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | THE REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES — Arthur Conan Doyle |
THE REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES “Note: Dramatized from an original story by Frank J. Morlock…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | Beyond the City — A. Conan Doyle |
Beyond the City “He must have known or noticed something before he would speak upon such a subject. And then again Mrs. Westmacott had herself said that she hoped to change her style of living shor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | Sherlock Holmes and the Grand Horizontals. — FRANK J. MORLOCK |
Sherlock Holmes and the Grand Horizontals. “Liane: You see he is not married, and being an absolute autocrat--there is nothing to prevent him marrying me--which I expect he will do-- therefore, I refuse to become his mistres…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | THE MAN WHO FELL FROM HEAVEN — Arthur Conan Doyle |
THE MAN WHO FELL FROM HEAVEN “Note: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery By Frank J. Morlock…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Adventure of the Cardboard Box — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box “"You remember," said he, "that some little time ago when I read you the passage in one of Poe's sketches in which a close reasoner follows the unspoken thoughts of his companion, y…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge “"Quite so. Why did they fly? There is a big fact. Another big fact is the remarkable experience of our client, Scott Eccles. Now, my dear Watson, is it beyond the limits of human i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales “From the first moment of their conversation a horrible misgiving had come over me. It seemed more than confirmed as I gazed at what lay before me. It was a little square box made o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Mystery of Cloomber — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Mystery of Cloomber “At this moment he fell back upon his pillow as if he had been shot, while the same look of horror came over his face which I had observed when I first entered the room. At the same…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Colbrun And Brunner | The Case of The Pocket Diary Found in the Snow — Colbrun And Brunner |
The Case of The Pocket Diary Found in the Snow “Joseph Muller, Secret Service detective of the Imperial Austrian police, is one of the great experts in his profession.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Colbrun And Brunner | The Case Of The Pool of Blood in the Pastor's Study — Colbrun And Brunner |
The Case Of The Pool of Blood in the Pastor's Study “In personality he differs greatly from other famous detectives.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Colbrun And Brunner | THE CASE OF THE GOLDEN BULLET — Colbrun And Brunner |
THE CASE OF THE GOLDEN BULLET “He has neither the impressive authority of Sherlock Holmes, nor the keen brilliancy of Monsieur Lecoq.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Colbrun And Brunner | The Case of The Registered Letter — Colbrun And Brunner |
The Case of The Registered Letter “Muller is a small, slight, plain-looking man, of indefinite age, and of much humbleness of mien.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Colbrun And Brunner | The Case of the Lamp That Went Out — Colbrun And Brunner |
The Case of the Lamp That Went Out “A naturally retiring, modest disposition, and two external causes are the reasons for Muller's humbleness of manner, which is his chief characteristic.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Colbrun And Brunner | The Story in the Notebook — Colbrun And Brunner |
The Story in the Notebook “Müller nodded. "I want to see the wagon tracks before they are lost. It may help me to discover something else. You can read the book and make any arrangements you find necessary a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Colbrun And Brunner | The Pool of Blood in the Pastor's Study — Colbrun And Brunner |
The Pool of Blood in the Pastor's Study “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Colbrun And Brunner | The Pocket Diary Found in the Snow — Colbrun And Brunner |
The Pocket Diary Found in the Snow “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Colbrun And Brunner | The Case of the Registered Letter — Colbrun And Brunner |
The Case of the Registered Letter “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Colbrun And Brunner | The Case of The Lamp That Went Out — Colbrun And Brunner |
The Case of The Lamp That Went Out “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Debunked | SOME FAMOUS EXPOSURES — David P. Abbott |
SOME FAMOUS EXPOSURES “At one time he detected one of the sisters passing a slate to the other, and substituting another in its place. He saw the edge of one of the slates protruding from behind the dres…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Debunked | How Spirits Materialize — Debunked |
How Spirits Materialize “The writing was exactly on the ruled lines although written in absolute darkness. The hand and arm, although luminous, did not give out a particle of light. The arm had been at lea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Debunked: David P Abbott | MIND READING IN PUBLIC — Debunked: David P Abbott |
MIND READING IN PUBLIC “He gave most marvelous exhibitions to prove his strange and miraculous power. My friend stated that he thought he had at last found a person with at least some queer psychical gift…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Debunked: David P Abbott | THE NAME OF THE DEAD — Debunked: David P Abbott |
THE NAME OF THE DEAD “It was only afterwards that I thought out the explanation, which I will give farther on. As to the raps, they had the sound as of a pencil tapping loudly on a thin strip of wood, o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Debunked: David P Abbott | Fraudulent Spiritualism Unveiled — Debunked: David P Abbott |
Fraudulent Spiritualism Unveiled “I was informed that his performances were of the most wonderful nature; that there was no possibility of trickery of any kind; that he told you whatever you desired to know, withou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Debunked: David P Abbott | HOW THE TRICKS SUCCEEDED — Debunked: David P Abbott |
HOW THE TRICKS SUCCEEDED “Holding the envelope toward the window, he called to my notice the fact that my paper was within, and that I could see it plainly. I could see the shadow of the two papers, which a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Debunked: Hereward Carrington | DECEPTION EXPLAINED BY THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY — Debunked: Hereward Carrington |
DECEPTION EXPLAINED BY THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY “I must first of all call the reader's attention to one or two rules which every conjurer learns at the commencement of his study, and which he learns to apply so constantly that it…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Debunked: Hereward Carrington | "MATTER THROUGH MATTER" — Debunked: Hereward Carrington |
"MATTER THROUGH MATTER" “The medium has provided himself with TWO rings exactly alike; one of these the audience is free to examine, the other the medium is wearing on his right arm, under his coat. When t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E Phillips Oppenheim | Havoc — E Phillips Oppenheim |
Havoc “Bellamy, King's Spy, and Dorward, journalist, known to fame in every English-speaking country, stood before the double window of their spacious sitting-room, looking down upon the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E Phillips Oppenheim | The Malefactor — E Phillips Oppenheim |
The Malefactor “"Don't lie to me, sir," Wingrave said sharply. "I have been wondering what the --- you meant by hanging around after me, giving the deck steward five shillings to put your chair ne…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E Phillips Oppenheim | The Illustrious Prince — E Phillips Oppenheim |
The Illustrious Prince “Along Pall Mall the taxi in which she was seated gained considerably, but in the Park and along the Bird Cage Walk both the other taxies, risking the police regulations, drew almos…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E Phillips Oppenheim | The Yellow Crayon — E Phillips Oppenheim |
The Yellow Crayon “"I am an old man," he said softly, "but I will live to see them suffer who have done this evil thing."…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E Phillips Oppenheim | The Kingdom of the Blind — E Phillips Oppenheim |
The Kingdom of the Blind “"That I venture to doubt," Major Thomson replied. "At any rate, there is enough circumstantial evidence against you in this book to warrant my taking the keenest interest in your f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E Phillips Oppenheim | Peter Ruff and the Double Four — E Phillips Oppenheim |
Peter Ruff and the Double Four “The whole epitome of modern life was, he argued, to be found among the columns of the daily press. The police news, perhaps, was his favourite study, but he did not neglect the adv…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E Phillips Oppenheim | The Zeppelin's Passenger — E Phillips Oppenheim |
The Zeppelin's Passenger “A new tenseness seemed to have crept into the situation. The conversation, never without its emotional tendencies, at once changed its character. Philippa, cold and reserved, with …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E Phillips Oppenheim | The Vanished Messenger — E Phillips Oppenheim |
The Vanished Messenger “There were very few people upon Platform Number Twenty-one of Liverpool Street Station at a quarter to nine on the evening of April 2 - possibly because the platform in question is…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E Phillips Oppenheim | A Millionaire of Yesterday — E Phillips Oppenheim |
A Millionaire of Yesterday “Was he to fall without a struggle from amongst the high places, to be stripped of his wealth, shunned as a man who was morally, if not in fact, a murderer, to be looked upon with n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E Phillips Oppenheim | The Devil's Paw — E Phillips Oppenheim |
The Devil's Paw “Julian, therefore, saw nothing more of Catherine until she came into the drawing-room, a few minutes before the announcement of dinner, wearing a wonderful toilette of pale blue si…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E Phillips Oppenheim | Jeanne Of The Marshes — E Phillips Oppenheim |
Jeanne Of The Marshes “"Sometimes," Kate said slowly, "I have had strange thoughts about him. Mr. Cecil and the other man, Major Forrest they call him, are still at the Hall, and the servants say that th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E Phillips Oppenheim | The Tempting of Tavernake — E. Phillips Oppenheim |
The Tempting of Tavernake “"That is just like Elizabeth," she declared. "You must have made her very angry. When she wants anything, she wants it very badly indeed, and she will never believe that every pers…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E Phillips Oppenheim | The Evil Shepherd — E Phillips Oppenheim |
The Evil Shepherd “"I have seen a spook," Francis rejoined, with almost passionate seriousness, "a spook who lifted an invisible curtain with invisible fingers, and pointed to such a drama of horrors…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E Phillips Oppenheim | The Great Impersonation — E. Phillips Oppenheim |
The Great Impersonation “"Von Ragastein," he said, "my decree of banishment against you was a just one. The morals of my people are as sacred to me as my oath to win for them a mightier empire. You first o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E W Hornung | Raffles — Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman |
Raffles “I am still uncertain which surprised me more, the telegram calling my attention to the advertisement, or the advertisement itself. The telegram is before me as I write. It would ap…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E W Hornung | The Amateur Cracksman — E W Hornung |
The Amateur Cracksman “"Do you prefer the alternative?" asked my companion, with a sneer. "No, hang it, that's unfair!" he cried apologetically in the same breath. "I quite understand. It's a beastly ord…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E W Hornung | Dead Men Tell No Tales — E W Hornung |
Dead Men Tell No Tales “"You mean when Ready asked him if we were out of our course? I must say I thought it was a silly question to put. It was the same the other evening about the cargo. If the skipper …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E W Hornung | A Thief in the Night — E W Hornung |
A Thief in the Night “If I must tell more tales of Raffles, I can but back to our earliest days together, and fill in the blanks left by discretion in existing annals. In so doing I may indeed fill some…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E W Hornung | A Costume Piece — E W Hornung |
A Costume Piece “'Grotesque enough, but I rather wish they had let him go the whole hog and blaze away. He was as keen as knives to show us how he could take care of his purple diamonds; and, do yo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E W Hornung | Gentlemen and Players — E W Hornung |
Gentlemen and Players “'My dear Bunny, that's exactly where you make a mistake. To follow crime with reasonable impunity you simply must have a parallel ostensible career -- the more public the better. T…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E W Hornung | The Gift of the Emperor — E W Hornung |
The Gift of the Emperor “Not a hitch occurred. Everything had been foreseen; everything happened as I had been assured everything must. Nobody was about below, only the ship's boys on deck, and nobody on t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E W Hornung | The Ides of March — E W Hornung |
The Ides of March “I laughed aloud in my misery. 'There's been a bill of sale on every stick for months!' And at that Raffles stood still, with raised eyebrows and stern eyes that I could meet the be…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E W Hornung | Nine Points of the Law — E W Hornung |
Nine Points of the Law “Mr. Bennett Addenbrooke occupied substantial offices in Wellington Street, Strand, and was out when we arrived; but he had only just gone "over the way to the court"; and five minu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E W Hornung | Le Premier Pas — E W Hornung |
Le Premier Pas “'Well, I managed to write a line to W. F. with my own hand, which, as you will gather, was not very badly wounded; it was simply this third finger that was split and in splints; th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E W Hornung | The Return Match — E W Hornung |
The Return Match “'But listen to this; here's an account of the escape; with just the addition which puts the thing on a higher level. "The fugitive has been traced to Totnes, where he appears to ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E W Hornung | Wilful Murder — E W Hornung |
Wilful Murder “'My dear Bunny, it's the very worst thing you can do. As long as you look unsuspecting they'll keep their distance, and so long as they keep their distance you stand a chance. Once…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E W Hornung | A Bushranger at Bay — E W Hornung |
A Bushranger at Bay “The notorious eye-glass dangled against that kindred vanity, the spotless white jacket which he affected in summer-time; the brown, attentive face, even as Kentish saw it in less t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E W Hornung | The Black Hole of Glenranald — E W Hornung |
The Black Hole of Glenranald “And it seemed that the knighthood of the up-country road had been an extinct order from the extirpation of the Kellys to the appearance of this same Stingaree, who was reported a m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E W Hornung | The Honor of the Road — E W Hornung |
The Honor of the Road “"And yet it's the logical climax of his career; it might have happened long ago, but it's not his first blood as it is," argued Hardcastle, when he had drained his glass. "Didn't h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E W Hornung | The Taking of Stingaree — E W Hornung |
The Taking of Stingaree “In a few seconds they had leaped their horses into a tiny clearing on the banks of a creek as relatively minute. And the gunyah -- a mere funnel of boughs and leaves, in which a ma…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E W Hornung | To the Vile Dust — E W Hornung |
To the Vile Dust “Speckled eyeballs stood out of a sanded face as Vanheimert saw himself adrift and drowning in the dust. He was a huge young fellow, and it was a great smooth face, from which the g…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E W Hornung | A Voice in the Wilderness — E W Hornung |
A Voice in the Wilderness “"Silence over there!" cried Stingaree, sternly. "I'm here on a perfectly harmless errand. If you know anything about me at all, you may know that I have a weakness for music of any…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E W Hornung | Mr. Justice Raffles — E W Hornung |
Mr. Justice Raffles “"And you prefer the other alternative," said Raffles, "to loosing your grip upon a man who's done you no harm whatever! In interest alone he's almost repaid all you lent him in the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edgar Wallace | The Four Just Men — Edgar Wallace |
The Four Just Men “The first intimation of their intentions had excited widespread interest. But the fact that the threat had been launched from a small French town, and that in consequence the dange…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edgar Wallace | THE GREEN RUST — Edgar Wallace |
THE GREEN RUST “"It should interest you very much," he said. "The effect of Bromocine," he went on, speaking with the quiet precision of one who was lecturing on the subject to an interested audie…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edgar Wallace | THE GHOST WALKER — Edgar Wallace |
THE GHOST WALKER “There was a king of the N'gombi who had seven sons and the youngest of these was a weakling who had never been heard to utter a word until he was twelve, though there were tales to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edgar Wallace | The Council of Justice — Edgar Wallace |
The Council of Justice “Note: Sequel to the Four Just Men.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Emile Gaboriau | Caught in the Net — Emile Gaboriau |
Caught in the Net “The observer might have fancied it a robbers' den, but he would have been wrong; for the inhabitants were fairly honest. The Hotel de Perou was one of those refuges, growing scarce…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Emile Gaboriau | Other People's Money — Emile Gaboriau |
Other People's Money “When, on the morning after this dinner, which was to form an era in her life, Mme. Favoral woke up, her husband was already up, pencil in hand, and busy figuring.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Emile Gaboriau | The Mystery of Orcival — Emile Gaboriau |
The Mystery of Orcival “On Thursday, the 9th of July, 186-, Jean Bertaud and his son, well known at Orcival as living by poaching and marauding, rose at three o'clock in the morning, just at daybreak, to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Emile Gaboriau | The Count's Millions — Emile Gaboriau |
The Count's Millions “This was the final blow; and for more than a minute Pascal stood motionless in front of the gate, stupefied with mingled rage and sorrow. His condition was not unlike that of a man…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Emile Gaboriau | Baron Trigault's Vengeance — Emile Gaboriau |
Baron Trigault's Vengeance “Sequel to "The Count's Millions…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Emile Gaboriau | Within an Inch of His Life — Emile Gaboriau |
Within an Inch of His Life “"No, no. I fear my child has been hurt in her heart's heart. Did you not see how white she looked, and how faint her voice was? Great God! wilt thou leave me all alone here upon ea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Emile Gaboriau | The Champdoce Mystery — Emile Gaboriau |
The Champdoce Mystery “Sequel to Caught in the Net. Thanks, Dagny for the info and the typing.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Emile Gaboriau | THE LEROUGE CASE — Emile Gaboriau |
THE LEROUGE CASE “Considered by some (OK, a lot) to be the first modern detective novel. Special thanks to Dagny for help in proofing.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Emile Gaboriau | FILE NO. 113 — Emile Gaboriau |
FILE NO. 113 “Special thanks to Dagny for giving us this advance copy of another Gaboriau tour de force featuring M. Lecoq.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Emile Gaboriau | MONSIEUR LECOQ — Emile Gaboriau |
MONSIEUR LECOQ “He literally flew over the ground, and strange to say he no longer experienced any fatigue from the labors of the preceding night. Never had he felt so strong and alert, either in …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Emile Gaboriau | The Honor of The Name — Emile Gaboriau |
The Honor of The Name “"Since I have served the good cause, at the peril of my life, people seem to suppose that they have a right to come to me with their money in their hands, when they desire any dirt…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Emile Gaboriau | TICTOCQ, THE GREAT FRENCH DETECTIVE, IN AUSTIN — O. Henry |
TICTOCQ, THE GREAT FRENCH DETECTIVE, IN AUSTIN “"I then began to think. I reasoned. No man, said I, would carry a Populist's socks in his pocket without wrapping them up. He would not want to do so in the hotel. He would want a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Emile Gaboriau | THE CLIQUE OF GOLD — Emile Gaboriau |
THE CLIQUE OF GOLD “I can find no words to convey to you the exaggerated expressions of his gratitude. He refused to shake hands with M. Elgin, he said, because he was no longer worthy of such honor. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ernest Bramah | Kai Lung's Golden Hours — Ernest Bramah |
Kai Lung's Golden Hours “Short stories in the Kai Lung ouevre.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ernest Bramah | The Wallet of Kai Lung — Ernest Bramah |
The Wallet of Kai Lung “First in the Kai Lung series.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ernest Bramah | The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage — Ernest Bramah |
The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage “"I should have told you that," replied Lieutenant Hollyer. "I happened to strike up with a newspaper man whose office is in the same block as Creake's. When I mentioned the name he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ernest Bramah | The Mystery of the Poisoned Dish of Mushrooms — Ernest Bramah |
The Mystery of the Poisoned Dish of Mushrooms “Dr. Herbert Ingpenny, consulting pathologist to St. Martin's Hospital, stated that he had made an examination of the contents of the stomach and viscera of the deceased. He found e…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ernest Bramah | The Ghost at Massingham Mansions — Ernest Bramah |
The Ghost at Massingham Mansions “"Then the light went out. While my hand was within an inch of the handle the light went out, as clean as if I had been watched all along and the thing timed. It went out all at onc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ernest Bramah | The Last Exploit of Harry the Actor — Ernest Bramah |
The Last Exploit of Harry the Actor “"If only you would not trust your dear, blundering old eyes so implicitly you would get nearer that limit yourself," retorted Carrados. "The man carried a five-yard aura of spirit …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ernest Bramah | The Holloway Flat Tragedy — Ernest Bramah |
The Holloway Flat Tragedy “"Some trouble or little difficulty, I suppose, umph? But first let me get your name right and have your address for reference. You can rely on this, Mr. Poleash"-- the inclination …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ernest Bramah | The Knight's Cross Signal Problem — Ernest Bramah |
The Knight's Cross Signal Problem “"My dear chap, you mustn't let your retentive memory of obscure happenings run away with you," he remarked wisely. "In nine cases out of ten the obvious explanation is the true one…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ernest Bramah | The Disappearance of Marie Severe — Ernest Bramah |
The Disappearance of Marie Severe “"Don't rely on anything, Inspector," he warned him. "I am afraid that this resolves itself into a game of chance. Just one touch of luck may give us a winning point, or it may go t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ernest Bramah | The Ingenious Mr. Spinola — Ernest Bramah |
The Ingenious Mr. Spinola “Carrados had already been shown the theory of the contrivance. He now followed Spinola's operations as the game proceeded. The old man picked up the twelve cards dealt to the autom…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ernest Bramah | The Mirror of Kong Ho — Ernest Bramah |
The Mirror of Kong Ho “At this point a person of degraded ancestry endeavoured to remove the undoubted cloud of depression by feigning the nocturnal cry of the domestic cat; but in this he was not succes…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frank Packard | The White Moll — Frank Packard |
The White Moll “It was like some shadowy pantomime: The dark mouth of an alleyway thrown into murky relief by the rays of a distant street lamp...the swift, forward leap of a skulking figure...a g…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frank Packard | The Adventures of Jimmie Dale — Frank Packard |
The Adventures of Jimmie Dale “He stepped across to the sidewalk and proceeded slowly along. A month had gone by and he had not heard a word from--HER. The break on West Broadway, the murder of Metzer in Moriart…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frank Packard | The Miracle Man — Frank Packard |
The Miracle Man “"I guess youse are de kind," he said, with a grim smile, "dat ain't had to kill yerself worryin' much about any kind of trouble, an' it ain't nothin' to you to cut de ground of hop…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frank Packard | The Night Operator — Frank Packard |
The Night Operator “"Bad!" Hawkeye brought his elbow sharply around to focus his lamp on the coin; then he leaned over and rang it on the window sill -- only it wouldn't ring. It was indubitably bad. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gaston Leroux | The Secret of the Night — Gaston Leroux |
The Secret of the Night “The mysterious hand held a phial and poured the entire contents into the potion. Then the hand withdrew as it had come, slowly, prudently, slyly, and the key turned in the lock and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gaston Leroux | The Mystery of the Yellow Room — Gaston Leroux |
The Mystery of the Yellow Room “First appearance of detective Rouletabille.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gaston Leroux | The Phantom of the Opera — Gaston Leroux |
The Phantom of the Opera “The Opera ghost really existed. He was not, as was long believed, a creature of the imagination of the artists, the superstition of the managers, or a product of the absurd and imp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gaston Leroux | The Mystery of the Yellow Room — Gaston Leroux |
The Mystery of the Yellow Room “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| GK Chesterton | Manalive — GK Chesterton |
Manalive “All next day at Beacon House there was a crazy sense that it was everybody's birthday. It is the fashion to talk of institutions as cold and cramping things. The truth is that when…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| GK Chesterton | The Trees of Pride — GK Chesterton |
The Trees of Pride “It was more than a month before the legend of the peacock trees was again discussed in the Squire's circle. It fell out one evening, when his eccentric taste for meals in the garde…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| GK Chesterton | The Wisdom of Father Brown — GK Chesterton |
The Wisdom of Father Brown “THE consulting-rooms of Dr Orion Hood, the eminent criminologist and specialist in certain moral disorders, lay along the sea-front at Scarborough, in a series of very large and we…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| GK Chesterton | The Innocence of Father Brown — GK Chesterton |
The Innocence of Father Brown “As Ivan explained to the guests, their host had telephoned that he was detained for ten minutes. He was, in truth, making some last arrangements about executions and such ugly thin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| GK Chesterton | The Man Who Knew Too Much — GK Chesterton |
The Man Who Knew Too Much “This tale begins among a tangle of tales round a name that is at once recent and legendary. The name is that of Michael O'Neill, popularly called Prince Michael, partly because he …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| GK Chesterton | The Club of Queer Trades — GK Chesterton |
The Club of Queer Trades “And in the chaos and complexity of those perpendicular streets anything may dwell or happen, and it is in one of them, I believe, that the inquirer may find the offices of the Club…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| GK Chesterton | Tales of the Long Bow — GK Chesterton |
Tales of the Long Bow “These tales concern the doing of things recognized as impossible to do; impossible to believe; and, as the weary reader may well cry aloud, impossible to read about. Did the narrat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| GK Chesterton | The Oracle of the Dog — GK Chesterton |
The Oracle of the Dog “"I'll tell you what happened then," said Fiennes with a grim emphasis. "When we got back into that garden the first thing we saw was Traill the lawyer; I can see him now with his b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| GK Chesterton | The Adventure of Merlin's Tomb — GK Chesterton |
The Adventure of Merlin's Tomb “Note: Dramatized by Frank J. Morlock from an original story by. Sherlock Holmes meets Father Brown!…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| GK Chesterton | The Ball and The Cross — G.K. Chesterton |
The Ball and The Cross “"Because it was the quickest cut to you," cried Evan, stamping. "Stand up and fight, you crapulous coward. You dirty lunatic, stand up, will you? Have you any weapons here?"…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| GK Chesterton | The Man Who Was Thursday — GK Chesterton |
The Man Who Was Thursday “"Excuse me if I enjoy myself rather obviously!" he said to Gregory, smiling. "I don't often have the luck to have a dream like this. It is new to me for a nightmare to lead to a lo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| GK Chesterton | The Angry Street — G. K. Chesterton |
The Angry Street “"I looked at the long grey street, and for a moment it seemed to me to be exactly like the long grey neck of a horse flung up to heaven. But in a moment my sanity returned, and I s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | THE ADVENTURE OF THE SUPERCILIOUS ATTACHE — Grant Allen |
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SUPERCILIOUS ATTACHE “'Nonsense, child, nonsense! Your courage and promptitude were worth ten times that sum,' she exclaimed, positively slipping her arm round my neck. 'It was your courage I particular…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | THE ADVENTURE OF THE AMATEUR COMMISSION AGENT — Grant Allen |
THE ADVENTURE OF THE AMATEUR COMMISSION AGENT “When my inner self goes wrong, my bangle turns dusky.' She held up her right hand with an Indian silver bangle on it; and sure enough, it was tarnished with a very thin black depos…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | THE EPISODE OF THE ARREST OF THE COLONEL — Grant Allen |
THE EPISODE OF THE ARREST OF THE COLONEL “If so, how had he found it out? I had an inkling, myself--but, under all the circumstances, I did not mention it to Charles. It was clear that Cesarine intensely disliked this new …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | THE ADVENTURE OF THE CANTANKEROUS OLD LADY — Grant Allen |
THE ADVENTURE OF THE CANTANKEROUS OLD LADY “The Cantankerous Old Lady flared up. 'Yes, and have my jewel-case stolen! Or find she was an English girl without one word of German. Or nurse her on the boat when I want to give m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | THE EPISODE OF THE DRAWN GAME — Grant Allen |
THE EPISODE OF THE DRAWN GAME “Great heavens, how I winced! I knew what his words meant. They were the very words I had said myself to Colonel Clay, as the Count von Lebenstein, about the purchase-money of the s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | The Episode Of The Diamond Links — Grant Allen |
The Episode Of The Diamond Links “They were beautiful diamonds. We found out afterwards the little curate's account was quite correct: these stones had come from the same necklet as Amelia's riviere, made for a fav…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | THE EPISODE OF THE GERMAN PROFESSOR — Grant Allen |
THE EPISODE OF THE GERMAN PROFESSOR “Sir Charles was bland, but peremptory. 'Now, observe,' he said, 'a grave responsibility rests on your shoulders. The Market depends upon you. You must not ask in any number of outs…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | The Great Ruby Robbery: A Detective Story — Grant Allen |
The Great Ruby Robbery: A Detective Story “Lady Maclure threw her head back in surprise at so unwonted an intrusion. "What do you want to know that for, child?" she asked, somewhat curtly. "Why, to be cut, of course. All th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | THE ADVENTURE OF THE IMPROMPTU MOUNTAINEER — Grant Allen |
THE ADVENTURE OF THE IMPROMPTU MOUNTAINEER “Fortunately, we had a good long coil of new rope in the house, which Mrs. Evelegh had provided in case of accident. I slipped it on my arm, and set out on foot; for the path was by…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | THE ADVENTURE OF THE INQUISITIVE AMERICAN — Grant Allen |
THE ADVENTURE OF THE INQUISITIVE AMERICAN “At a turn of the corner, however, as luck would have it I was pulled up short by a mounted policeman. He blocked the road with his horse, like an ogre, and asked me, in a very gruf…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | THE EPISODE OF THE JAPANNED DISPATCH-BOX — Grant Allen |
THE EPISODE OF THE JAPANNED DISPATCH-BOX “The doctor, too, was a precious clever fellow. He knew something of chemistry--and of most other subjects, including, as I gathered, the human character. For he talked to Charles a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | Jerry Stokes — Grant Allen |
Jerry Stokes “Next morning, as soon as the court was open, Jerry Stokes was in his place again, craning his bull neck eagerly. All day long he craned that bull neck and listened. The public was …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | THE ADVENTURES OF THE MAGNIFICENT MAHARAJAH — Grant Allen |
THE ADVENTURES OF THE MAGNIFICENT MAHARAJAH “'You do not share it yourself, then?' I asked. He drew himself up and opened his palms, with a twinkling of pendant emeralds. 'I am royal,' he answered, with naive dignity, 'and th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | THE EPISODE OF THE MEXICAN SEER — Grant Allen |
THE EPISODE OF THE MEXICAN SEER “The Seer turned to him with a sullen air. "You want a better sign?" he said, in a very impressive voice. "A sign that will convince you! Very well: you have a letter in your left w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | THE EPISODE OF THE OLD MASTER — Grant Allen |
THE EPISODE OF THE OLD MASTER “Of course, what he'll try to do will be to vanish into thin air at once, as he did at Nice and Paris; but, this time, we'll have the police in waiting and everything ready. We'll a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | Pallinghurst Barrow — Grant Allen |
Pallinghurst Barrow “"Oh! Mr. Cameron, how can you?" Mrs. Bouverie-Barton cried, quite pettishly; for even advanced ladies are still feminine enough at times to be distinctly pettish. "I take the great…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | THE EPISODE OF THE SELDON GOLD-MINE — Grant Allen |
THE EPISODE OF THE SELDON GOLD-MINE “'Just what I should expect,' Charles murmured, 'He varies the programme. The fellow has tried White Heather as the parson's wife, and as Madame Picardet, and as squinting little Mr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | THE EPISODE OF THE TYROLEAN CASTLE — Grant Allen |
THE EPISODE OF THE TYROLEAN CASTLE “We knocked at the door--for there was really no bell, but a ponderous, old-fashioned, wrought-iron knocker. So deliciously mediaeval! The late Graf Von Lebenstein had recently died…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | WOLVERDEN TOWER — GRANT ALLEN |
WOLVERDEN TOWER “From the recesses of the temple -- if temple it were -- from the inmost shrines of the shrouded cavern, unearthly music began to sound of itself; with wild modulation, on strange r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Grant Allen | Recalled to Life — Grant Allen |
Recalled to Life “As I entered the house the weird sense of familiarity that pursued me throughout rose to a very high pitch. I couldn't fairly say, indeed, that I remembered the different rooms. Al…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Hungarian | The Living Death — Ferencz Molnar |
The Living Death “Day after day I troubled my head about this mystery in the chamber, but said not a word to anybody. I went into the studio, as usual, but I did not notice anything peculiar. Not a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Hungarian | Thirteen at Table — Maurus Jokai |
Thirteen at Table “Meanwhile Barnabas had hurried to the attic, where several large fragments of iron had been stowed away, and dragging them to a window which overlooked the entrance, he waited unti…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Margaret Oliphant | The Library Window: A Story of the Seen and Unseen — Margaret Oliphant |
The Library Window: A Story of the Seen and Unseen “First it occurred to me, with a little sensation of discovery, how absurd to say it was not a window, a living window, one to see through! Why, then, had they never seen it, these …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Margaret Oliphant | The Secret Chamber — Margaret Oliphant |
The Secret Chamber “The story went, that somewhere hid amid the massive walls and tortuous passages there was a secret chamber in Gowrie Castle. Everybody knew of its existence; but save the earl, his…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Margaret Oliphant | A Beleaguered City — Margaret Oliphant |
A Beleaguered City “But I recovered my calm. What she said reached my understanding at last. "Submit!" I said, "but to what? To come and turn us from our homes, to wrap our town in darkness, to banish…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Margaret Oliphant | The Portrait — Margaret Oliphant |
The Portrait “And then, with a superstition for which I never could give any reason even to myself, having removed the packings, we closed and locked the door, leaving the candles about the room…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | A Poor Wise Man — Mary Roberts Rinehart |
A Poor Wise Man “Woslosky began to doubt. The pigeons might have seen his flashlight, might have heard his own stealthy movements. He was intensely irritated. The shooting, if the alarm had been fa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | The After House — Mary Roberts Rinehart |
The After House “With the disappearance of Schwartz, the Ella was short-handed: I believe Captain Richardson made an attempt to secure me to take the place of Burns, now moved up into Schwartz's po…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | The Confession — Mary Roberts Rinehart |
The Confession “"Hold on," he said smiling. "I think she wrote that confession. Yes. As a matter of fact, I'm quite sure she did. And she has established a system of espionage on you by means of t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | The Amazing Interlude — Mary Roberts Rinehart |
The Amazing Interlude “The end of December, 1914, found Sara Lee quite contented. If it was resignation rather than content, no one but Sara Lee knew the difference. Knitting, too; but not for soldiers. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | When a Man Marries — Mary Roberts Rinehart |
When a Man Marries “"So I do--I did," I supplemented. "But whether I like him or not has nothing to do with it. He has been injured--perhaps murdered"--I choked a little. "Which--which of you did it?"…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | The Circular Staircase — Mary Roberts Rinehart |
The Circular Staircase “"If you're going to be murdered," I retorted, "it won't make any difference whether they are shut or open. But you may stay in the dressing-room, if you will lie on the couch: when…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | The Bat — Mary Roberts Rinehart |
The Bat “"You've got to get him, boys - get him or bust!" said a tired police chief, pounding a heavy fist on a table. The detectives he bellowed the words at looked at the floor. They had …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | The Man in Lower Ten — Mary Roberts Rinehart |
The Man in Lower Ten “The man in it was on his back, the early morning sun striking full on his upturned face. But the light did not disturb him. A small stain of red dyed the front of his night clothes…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | Sight Unseen — Mary Roberts Rinehart |
Sight Unseen “It was sinister, mysterious, dark. Its immediate effect on my imagination was apprehension - almost terror. Murder or suicide, here among the shadows a soul, an indestructible thin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | The Breaking Point — Mary Roberts Rinehart |
The Breaking Point “The Tribune had carried a photograph of the cabin where Clark had according to the Donaldson woman spent the winter following the murder, and there were the usual reports that he h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | When There's A Will — Mary Roberts Rinehart |
When There's A Will “"I thought I was a murderess!" she cried. "Oh, the thought! Blood on my soul! Why, Minnie Waters, wherever did you get that sealskin coat!"…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | The Street of Seven Stars — Mary Roberts Rinehart |
The Street of Seven Stars “"The branch of a tree was thrown out in front of the sled to send us over the bank. It was murder, if intention is crime."…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | Long Live the King — Mary Roberts Rinehart |
Long Live the King “She was nearly distracted by that time. She was a brave woman, physically and mentally of hard fiber, but the very name signed to the paper set her nerves to twitching. It was the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | The Case of Jennie Brice — Mary Roberts Rinehart |
The Case of Jennie Brice “I'm worried, Mr. Sergeant. I think a woman from my house has been murdered, but I don't know.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | Dangerous Days — Mary Roberts Rinehart |
Dangerous Days “"I told Dr. Haverford that we would like to give him a car, Natalie," he began directly. It was typical of him, the "we."…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | The Window at the White Cat — Mary Roberts Rinehart |
The Window at the White Cat “Finally, after knocking over an ornament that shattered on the hearth and sounded like the crash of doom, I found on the mantel a heavy brass candlestick, and with it in my hand I …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | TISH: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions — Mary Roberts Rinehart |
TISH: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions “She looked up at me, and from being very red and suffused she went quite pale. It seems that with my bare legs and sandals and my hair down, which was Tish's idea for making it com…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | TWENTY-THREE AND A HALF HOURS' LEAVE — Mary Roberts Rinehart |
TWENTY-THREE AND A HALF HOURS' LEAVE “Outside in the brilliant street thousands of feet passed, carrying people fully clothed and entitled to a place in the sun. Momentarily he expected the climax of his wretchedness--…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Maurice Leblanc | The Crystal Stopper — Maurice Leblanc |
The Crystal Stopper “Notwithstanding my friendly relations with Lupin and the many flattering proofs of his confidence which he has given me, there is one thing which I have never been quite able to fa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Maurice Leblanc | Arsene Lupin in Prison — Maurice Leblanc |
Arsene Lupin in Prison “"Upon my word, monsieur le baron, I must be very eager to build an additional storey to the little house in which I mean to end my days, to accept so elementary a job as this. I sh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Maurice Leblanc | THE ARREST OF ARSENE LUPIN — Maurice Leblanc |
THE ARREST OF ARSENE LUPIN “From the diamond star, the pendant of uncut rubies, the broken necklaces and bracelets, he had removed not the largest but the finest, the most precious stones -- those, in fact, w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Maurice Leblanc | TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND FRANCS REWARD! — Maurice Leblanc |
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND FRANCS REWARD! “The fellow seemed so positive that I did as he told me. Besides, I could not help confessing that there was something rather curious about the ordered frequency of those gleams on …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Maurice Leblanc | The Escape of Arsene Lupin — Maurice Leblanc |
The Escape of Arsene Lupin “With the mechanical movement of a smoker he put it to his ear and crackled it. An exclamation escaped him. The cigar had given way under the pressure of his fingers! He examined it…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Maurice Leblanc | The Mysterious Railway Passenger — Maurice Leblanc |
The Mysterious Railway Passenger “"There are such things as curious coincidences, it is true.... But calm yourself. Admitting that Arsene Lupin is in one of these carriages, he is sure to keep quiet, and, rather th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Maurice Leblanc | THE WEDDING-RING — Maurice Leblanc |
THE WEDDING-RING “"So those are the means employed? The Comte d'Origny, I presume? . . . I also saw that he locked you in . . . . But then the pneumatic letter? . . . Ah, through the window! How car…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Maurice Leblanc | THE SIGN OF THE SHADOW — Maurice Leblanc |
THE SIGN OF THE SHADOW “But, suddenly, there was an outcry, promptly followed by shouts of rage: and one and all, men and women alike, rushed in disorder toward the well. One of the workman's brats was at…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Maurice Leblanc | Arsene Lupin — Edgar Jepson and Maurice Leblanc |
Arsene Lupin “The heavy knocker fell again and again and again. Between the knocking there was a sound like the roaring of lions. Husband and wife stared at one another with white faces. Firmin …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Maurice Leblanc | The Hollow Needle — Maurice Leblanc |
The Hollow Needle “Beautrelet's resolve was soon taken: he would act alone. To inform the police was too dangerous. Apart from the fact that he could only offer presumptions, he dreaded the slowness …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Maurice Leblanc | The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar — Maurice Leblanc |
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar “"A bluff! Some of my friends secured that old unused van and wished to make the attempt. But I considered it impractical without the concurrence of a number of unusual circumstance…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Robert Barr | The Absent-Minded Coterie — Robert Barr |
The Absent-Minded Coterie “"You are a very, very clever man, Monsieur Valmont, so all I need say is that the question which brought me here is the same as that on which the American election was fought. Now,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Robert Barr | The Clue of the Silver Spoons — Robert Barr |
The Clue of the Silver Spoons “"Really, my mind is in such a whirl, I don't know what to think. But it's perfectly absurd to suspect Dacre. If you knew the man you would understand what I mean. He comes of an ex…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Robert Barr | IN THE GRIP OF THE GREEN DEMON — Robert Barr |
IN THE GRIP OF THE GREEN DEMON “He went on unconcernedly taking in the empty chairs and tables. A few minutes later there swaggered up to the cafe two of the most disreputable, low-browed scoundrels I had ever se…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Robert Barr | Lord Chizelrigg's Missing Fortune — Robert Barr |
Lord Chizelrigg's Missing Fortune “"One moment, my lord," I rejoined, waving him to his chair again. "Although I am unprepared to accept a commission on the terms you suggest, I may, nevertheless, be able to offer a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Robert Barr | THE ODDITIES OF THE ENGLISH — Robert Barr |
THE ODDITIES OF THE ENGLISH “Now, I knew Felini's handiwork, either in murder or in housebreaking, as well as I know my own signature on a piece of white paper, and as soon as I saw the body of the murdered ma…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Robert Barr | THE SIAMESE TWIN OF A BOMB THROWER — Robert Barr |
THE SIAMESE TWIN OF A BOMB THROWER “I realized for the first time since joining the anarchist association years before that I was in genuine danger. A single false step, a single inadvertent word, might close the car…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | The Amputated Arms — Jorgen Wilhelm Bergsoe |
The Amputated Arms “We burst out into loud laughter at this remarkable answer, but Solling continued: "Can you imagine it? Both arms are gone, cut off at the shoulder joint;--and the strangest part of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | The Dancing Bear — Etienne Barsony |
The Dancing Bear “The Captain and Joco looked at each other. The powerful young bear-leader was as pale as death. He trembled as if something terrible had befallen him. Captain Winter looked at him …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | The General's Will — Vera Jelihovsky |
The General's Will “"Well, it will be burned yet. Do not fear. Especially if God in His mercy prolongs my husband's life. You see, he has always had a mysterious passion for writing new documents, pow…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | Knights of Industry — Vsevolod Vladimirovitch Krestovski |
Knights of Industry “It will be remembered that, as a result of Natasha's act of vengeance, the elder Princess Chechevinski left behind her only a fraction of the money her son expected to inherit. And…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | The Queen of Spades — Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin |
The Queen of Spades “For all that, the letter caused her to feel exceedingly uneasy. For the first time in her life she was entering into secret and confidential relations with a young man. His boldnes…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | The Rector of Veilbye — Steen Steensen Blicher |
The Rector of Veilbye “It was during the seventeenth year of my term of office that the terrible event happened in the neighborhood which filled all who heard of it with shock and horror, and brought sha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | The Safety Match — Anton Chekhoff |
The Safety Match “"You can't do without an ax and bloodstained sheets. Those jurists! Very well, I'll prove it to you! You will stop sneering at the psychological side of the affair! To Siberia with…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | The Sealed Room — Bernhard Severin Ingemann |
The Sealed Room “With a boastful laugh he repeated his assertion that it didn't take much courage to open a sealed door, especially when there might be a fortune concealed behind it. In his opinion…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | The Tower Room — Arthur Elck |
The Tower Room “"I did not understand him, but the older I became the better did I feel that there was a sad secret germinating in the bottom of his soul, where it grew like a spreading tree, the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | A SIMPLE ACT OF PIETY — Alexander Nikolayevitch Romanoff |
A SIMPLE ACT OF PIETY “And the man-child came -- golden-haired, blue-eyed, yellow-skinned, and named Brian in honor of Fanny's apocryphal uncle who owned the Bowery saloon. For the christening Nag Hong F…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | The Snowstorm — Alexander Pushkin |
The Snowstorm “At last she got up, paler than usual, and with a genuine headache. Her father and mother noticed her uneasiness; their tender solicitude and constant questions 'What is it, Masha?'…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu — Sax Rohmer |
The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu “What became of the Grand Duke Stanislaus? Elopement? Suicide? Nothing of the kind. He alone was fully alive to Russia's growing peril. He alone knew the truth about Mongolia. Why w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu — Sax Rohmer |
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu “I suppose the presence of Eltham and the irritating recollection of his half-confidence were the responsible factors, but my mind persistently dwelt upon the subject of Fu-Manchu a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | The Golden Scorpion — Sax Rohmer |
The Golden Scorpion “"Placing his bag upon the floor, he lingered, looking to left and right, when suddenly a big closed car painted dull yellow drew up beside the pavement. It was driven by a brown-fa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | The Quest of the Sacred Slipper — Sax Rohmer |
The Quest of the Sacred Slipper “"The most mysterious case I have ever had anything to do with, sir," he said. The power of speech seemed to desert me. It was unthinkable that Deeping, with whom I had been speakin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | The Yellow Claw — Sax Rohmer |
The Yellow Claw “Then--his brows drawn together--he stooped to the body of the murdered woman. Partially raising the fur cloak, he suppressed a gasp of astonishment. "Why! she only wears a silk nig…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | Dope — Sax Rohmer |
Dope “That Pyne had planned this trick, with Rita Irvin's consent, he did not doubt, and his passive dislike of the man became active hatred of the woman he dared not think. He had for l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | Fire-Tongue — Sax Rohmer |
Fire-Tongue “His investigation of the case of the man with the shaven skull afforded an instance of this, and even more notable was his first meeting with Major Jack Ragstaff of the Cavalry Clu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | The Hand of Fu-Manchu — Sax Rohmer |
The Hand of Fu-Manchu “Last of the public domain Fu-Manchus; occasionally known as The Si-Fan Mysteries. (Fans are advised to look for the Australian Guy Boothby, whose Dr. Nikola series I will be postin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | THE GREEN EYES OF BÂST — Sax Rohmer |
THE GREEN EYES OF BÂST “He was in evening dress and a light top-coat had been packed into the crate beside him. In this had been found a cigar-case and a pair of gloves; a wallet containing £20 in Treasur…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | BROOD OF THE WITCH-QUEEN — Sax Rohmer |
BROOD OF THE WITCH-QUEEN “There was sincerity in the appeal, spoken in the softest, most silvern tone which he had ever heard. He stood beside the veiled woman, and met the glance of her dark eyes with a co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | Tcheriapin — Sax Rohmer |
Tcheriapin “Again the cloak touched me, but it was without entirely resigning myself to the compelling influence that I followed my mysterious acquaintance up an uncarpeted and nearly dark sta…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | The Mysterious Mummy — Sax Rohmer |
The Mysterious Mummy “A sudden silence fell upon the room so that people running about in other apartments could be plainly heard. And presently, from somewhere behind the glass doors surrounding the pl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | THE DANCE OF THE VEILS — Sax Rohmer |
THE DANCE OF THE VEILS “Zahara, staring into the mirror, observed that there was not a wrinkle upon her face, not a flaw upon her perfect skin. Nor in this was she blinded by vanity. Nature, indeed, had c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | THE HOUSE OF GOLDEN JOSS — Sax Rohmer |
THE HOUSE OF GOLDEN JOSS “"Now you know, Jim," said he, "why we must get aboard the Patna to-night. My wife is really too ill to travel; in fact, I shall have to carry her down to the cab, and such a procee…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | THE HAND OF THE MANDARIN QUONG — Sax Rohmer |
THE HAND OF THE MANDARIN QUONG “His chambers were ornately furnished; indeed, the room in which we sat more closely resembled a scene from an Oscar Asche production than a normal man's study. There was something …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | THE DAUGHTER OF HUANG CHOW — Sax Rohmer |
THE DAUGHTER OF HUANG CHOW “Many of the larger pieces about the place contained drawers and cupboards, and these he systematically opened one after another, without making any discovery of note. Some of the c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | KERRY'S KID — Sax Rohmer |
KERRY'S KID “His knowledge of the Limehouse area was extensive and peculiar, so that twenty minutes later, having made only one mistake in the darkness, he was pressing an electric bell set bes…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | THE KEY OF THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN — Sax Rohmer |
THE KEY OF THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN “"The Temple of Heaven stands in the outer or Chinese City of Pekin, and is fabulously wealthy. No European, I can swear, had ever entered its secret chambers until last year. One o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | MAN WITH THE SHAVEN SKULL — Sax Rohmer |
MAN WITH THE SHAVEN SKULL “We stood in the doorway of a fairly large apartment having a divan round three of its sides. This divan was occupied by ten or a dozen men of mixed nationalities--Arabs, Greeks, la…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | THE PIGTAIL OF HI WING HO — Sax Rohmer |
THE PIGTAIL OF HI WING HO “The police theory of the murder (and I was prepared to accept it) was that the assassin had been crouching in hiding behind or beside the cab--or even within the dark interior. He …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | Tales of Chinatown — Sax Rohmer |
Tales of Chinatown “"Found drowned," too, is a verdict which has covered many a dark mystery of old Thames, but "Found in the river, death having been due to the action of some poison unknown," is a f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | THE WHITE HAT — Sax Rohmer |
THE WHITE HAT “As a matter of fact, his sudden request had positively astounded me, but ere I had time for any reply a door suddenly banged open above and a respectable-looking woman, who might h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | The Death-Ring of Sneferu — Sax Rohmer |
The Death-Ring of Sneferu “Into the brazier Abû Tabâh dropped one by one fragments of the paper upon which he had written what I presumed to be a form of invocation. Immediately, standing between the smoking…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | Breath of Allah — Sax Rohmer |
Breath of Allah “The illusion persisting, I determined that it was due to the unnatural strain imposed upon my vision, and although I recognized that time was precious I found myself compelled temp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sax Rohmer | Bat Wing — Sax Rohmer |
Bat Wing “"It seems to be pretty certain," he said, "that this thing is the wing of a Desmodus or Vampire Bat. Now, according to our authority"--he touched a work which lay open on the other…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | The Man in the Iron Mask — Andrew Lang |
The Man in the Iron Mask “This legend was circulated in 1801, and is referred to in a proclamation of the Royalists of La Vendee. In the same year, 1801, Roux Fazaillac, a Citoyen and a revolutionary legisl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | ORIGINAL PAPERS IN THE CASE OF ROUX DE MARSILLY. — Andrew Lang |
ORIGINAL PAPERS IN THE CASE OF ROUX DE MARSILLY. “Roux Marsilly has prudently declared hee had some what of importance to say but it should bee to the King himselfe wch may be means of respiting his processe and as he hopes interc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | Saint-Germain the Deathless — Andrew Lang |
Saint-Germain the Deathless “He pretended to have the secret of removing flaws from diamonds. The King showed him a stone valued at 6,000 francs--without a flaw it would have been worth 10,000. Saint-Germain s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | The New Secret Service of the United States — Judson C Welliver |
The New Secret Service of the United States “Not many hours later a roughly dressed man was found in the woods on the American side and arrested on suspicion. Under examination be confessed. Yes, he had blown up the bridge. H…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | The Poison Bugaboo-Samuel Hopkins Adams — True Crime |
The Poison Bugaboo-Samuel Hopkins Adams “"Deadly" is the master word of the cult. The rattlesnake is "deadly." The copperhead and moccasin are "deadly." So is the wholly mythical puff adder. In hardly less degree is the t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | She Stands Accused — Victor MacClure |
She Stands Accused “It is quite probable that there are moments in a woman's life when she does become more deadly than the male. The probability is one which no man of age and experience will lack in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SOUL — Daniel Clark |
A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SOUL “A very astonishing part of this is, that, which relates to his writing music in his sleeping state, which it is said he did with perfect precision. He asked for certain things, and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | TRACES of CRIME — Mary Fortune |
TRACES of CRIME “He had hacked away at the sole with an old but sharp butcher's knife, but it almost defied his attempts to separate it into pieces, and at length he gave it up in despair, and gath…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | A Murder Conspiracy — Arthur Train |
A Murder Conspiracy “That night Jones and Patrick met, and it was agreed (according to Jones) that Rice must not be allowed to survive until Monday. They still hoped that he might die without any furth…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | THE MYSTERY OF THE PENCIL FACTORY — Sidney Sutherland |
THE MYSTERY OF THE PENCIL FACTORY “The Constitution carried a story that on the evening of the murder Leo had telephoned her, frantically demanding a room in her house for himself and a young girl. "It's a matter of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | The Feats of the Magnetic Girl Explained — Nelson W. Perry |
The Feats of the Magnetic Girl Explained “So wonderful were her performances described to be, that people made long pilgrimages to see her and to marvel. Not alone were the uneducated mystified, but even those who pass for…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | THE CONFESSION AND EXECUTION OF Letitia Wigington of Ratclif — True Crime |
THE CONFESSION AND EXECUTION OF Letitia Wigington of Ratclif “I humbly desire all you that have been my loving Neighbours and Friends, and all other good Christians, that have heard of this horrid and dreadful misfortune that hath befallen me…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | Courts and Criminals — Arthur Train |
Courts and Criminals “I began to get interested. Supposing I dug out all the homicide cases I had ever tried, what would the result show as to motive for the killing? Would drink and women account for s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | Sawney Bean and His Family — John Nicholson |
Sawney Bean and His Family “The number of people these savages destroyed was never exactly known; but it was generally computed that in the twenty-five years they continued their butcheries, they had washed t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | Lights and Shadows of the South — Charles M. Skinner |
Lights and Shadows of the South “After a little he slackened pace, and a farmer, who was standing at the roadside, asked, in astonishment, "How did you get across? There is a freshet, and the ferryman was drowned …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | Jim Cummings — Frank Pinkerton |
Jim Cummings “Full title: JIM CUMMINGS OR THE GREAT ADAMS EXPRESS ROBBERY With a portrait of the notorious Jim Cummings and illustrations of scenes connected with the great robbery (waiting on i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | THE LIFE, CRIME, AND CAPTURE OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH — GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND |
THE LIFE, CRIME, AND CAPTURE OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH “On the Friday night of the murder the departments were absolutely paralyzed. The murderers had three good hours for escape; they had evaded the pursuit of lightning by snapping the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | A MURDER CASE — Shiga Naoya |
A MURDER CASE “"Yes, Your honour. Two years ago the wife gave birth to a premature child, who died three days later, and ever since then their lives gradually seemed to become discordant. Very tr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 — J.T. Headley |
The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 “The origin of the term "Dead Rabbits," which became so well known this year from being identified with a serious riot, is not certainly known. It is said that an organization known…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | The Leatherwood God — William Dean Howells |
The Leatherwood God “"What makes you say all-powerful? Haven't you seen time and time again when good didn't prevail against evil, and don't you suppose He'd have helped it if He could? And why do you …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime | The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series — Sabatini |
The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series “He lied, for never had Amy Dudley been in better health. And yet he spoke the truth, for in so much as her life depended upon his will, it was as good as spent. This was, he knew, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime: John Wilson Murray | THE BOX-CAR BATTLE OF SWEETMAN, AND THE THRASHERS WITH THE WHEAT — True Crime: John Wilson Murray |
THE BOX-CAR BATTLE OF SWEETMAN, AND THE THRASHERS WITH THE WHEAT “"They broke the seal, slid the door, climbed in and began to open the boxes. When they were well along with their work we made a break for the car. Two of the three ran, with Dixon…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime: John Wilson Murray | THE COURSE OF A CAREER — True Crime: John Wilson Murray |
THE COURSE OF A CAREER “Burglaries, murders, assaults, forgeries, counterfeitings, all classes of crime and all classes of criminals were known to the Province at that time, as they have been known to it …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime: John Wilson Murray | THE FEMININE FIRM OF HALL AND CARROLL — True Crime: John Wilson Murray |
THE FEMININE FIRM OF HALL AND CARROLL “"Then it could not have been my old scrubwoman, for I had her in sight every minute. However, I determined to pay her a visit. I took Jake Sandusky of the police force, who now is …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime: John Wilson Murray | APROPOS OF HUNKER CHISHOLM — True Crime: John Wilson Murray |
APROPOS OF HUNKER CHISHOLM “Clark offered to reveal the names and get the evidence to convict those who did the job. I told the Government officials that I did not believe the letter, but I went to Kingston a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime: John Wilson Murray | WITH THE HELP OF JESSIE MCLEAN — True Crime: John Wilson Murray |
WITH THE HELP OF JESSIE MCLEAN “"The answer came in Jessie McLean. The 250-pound Scotch girl told me she had seen Johnnie Hanley as he came hurriedly off the back steps just before the fire. It completed the case…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime: John Wilson Murray | THE EPISODE OF POKE SOLES — True Crime: John Wilson Murray |
THE EPISODE OF POKE SOLES “"Anthony produced the coat. In the first pocket in which I thrust my hand I found a roll of something wrapped in a handkerchief. I drew it out and found $1,000 in counterfeit $20 a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime: John Wilson Murray | WHEN RALPH FINDLAY LURCHED AND FELL — True Crime: John Wilson Murray |
WHEN RALPH FINDLAY LURCHED AND FELL “"All was confusion and excitement around the place. Farmers were talking, and women were gathered in groups, some weeping, others full of anger or fear. I saw the hired girl out ne…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime: John Wilson Murray | SANCTIMONIOUS BOND — True Crime: John Wilson Murray |
SANCTIMONIOUS BOND “"I quietly got my warrant for Bond's arrest, and slipped away to Chicago. Bill McGrogle was chief in Chicago in those days. Later, he foolishly hurried over into Canada for a sojou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime: John Wilson Murray | TEN YEARS OF CRIME — Henry Lysing |
TEN YEARS OF CRIME “But not with crime and the criminal! That was a battle that was never ended. If you caught one criminal, prevented one crime, there was another criminal to take his place, or the s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime: John Wilson Murray | THE TINKLING HOUSE OF WELLINGTON SQUARE — True Crime: John Wilson Murray |
THE TINKLING HOUSE OF WELLINGTON SQUARE “The old man raised a great hubbub and four men were arrested in Hamilton, taken before a police magistrate and promptly acquitted. They were very highly connected and a large numbe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime: John Wilson Murray | KNAPP: A WEAZENED WONDER — True Crime: John Wilson Murray |
KNAPP: A WEAZENED WONDER “"He parried us at every point. We searched his place, barn, house, and outbuildings and found nothing. Yet I was morally certain we had our man. As I sat in the shade by the barn I…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime: P H Woodward | AN ASPIRANT FOR CONGRESS — True Crime: P H Woodward |
AN ASPIRANT FOR CONGRESS “Unfortunately for the political aspirations of "Hon." John Whimpery Brass, the authorities not long after made a descent upon the den of Wogan &Co., finding a great many letters fr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime: P H Woodward | AN ERRING SHEPHERD — True Crime: P H Woodward |
AN ERRING SHEPHERD “One of the most villainous and at the same time successful devices was built up on the offer of counterfeit currency at a heavy discount. In substance, the circulars, emanating fro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime: P H Woodward | A FORMIDABLE WEAPON — True Crime: P H Woodward |
A FORMIDABLE WEAPON “This remarkable implement, equally useful for peace or war, is offered to an eager public at the low price of $1.50 each, or $13 per dozen. On the score of cheapness, the inventor …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime: P H Woodward | AN OLD GAME REVIVED — True Crime: P H Woodward |
AN OLD GAME REVIVED “"A lady who boarded with me died on last Saturday of apoplexy. She left a trunk containing the following property: One very fine ladies' gold watch and chain, one ladies' gold neck…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime: P H Woodward | THE FORTUNE OF SETH SAVAGE — True Crime: P H Woodward |
THE FORTUNE OF SETH SAVAGE “In conclusion the writer adroitly suggests that he desires the fortunate man to exhibit the money to his neighbors, stating how he obtained it, and mentioning particularly the addr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime: P H Woodward | Adventures in the Secret Service of the Post-Office Department — True Crime: P H Woodward |
Adventures in the Secret Service of the Post-Office Department “The detective laid aside the papers with a light heart, knowing that at last he was complete master of the situation. Below Camden on the infested route the post-office was kept in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime: P H Woodward | A Flight into Texas — Arthur Train |
A Flight into Texas “The flight and extradition of Charles F. Dodge unquestionably involved one of the most extraordinary battles with justice in the history of the criminal law. The funds at the dispo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| True Crime: P H Woodward | A WISH UNEXPECTEDLY GRATIFIED — True Crime: P H Woodward |
A WISH UNEXPECTEDLY GRATIFIED “"The fact is, Mr. Morris, some friends of mine propose to go into a little speculation, which will involve a large correspondence; and for reasons that I need not specify to a man …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | The Moonstone — Wilkie Collins |
The Moonstone “A gift that keeps on giving.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | Cases Worth Looking At — Wilkie Collins |
Cases Worth Looking At “TOWARD the beginning of the eighteenth century there stood on a rock in the sea, near a fishing village on the coast of Brittany, a ruined tower with a very bad reputation. No mort…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | The Law and the Lady — Wilkie Collins |
The Law and the Lady “I vaguely felt--if I left things as they were--that I could never hope to remove the shadow which now rested on the married life that had begun so brightly. We might live together,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | The Guilty River — Wilkie Collins |
The Guilty River “The moonlight, pouring its unclouded radiance over open space, failed to throw a beauty not their own on those sluggish waters. Broad and muddy, their stealthy current flowed onwar…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | The Haunted Hotel — Wilkie Collins |
The Haunted Hotel “A Mystery of Modern Venice…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | Miss or Mrs.? — Wilkie Collins |
Miss or Mrs.? “"Now for the Law of Clandestine Marriage!" said Lady Winwood. "Mr. Linzie, we will take it sitting." She led the way to one of the benches in the garden, and placed Launce between …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | My Lady's Money — Wilkie Collins |
My Lady's Money “He suggested waiting a little before any reply was sent to Paris; and he engaged meanwhile to consult a London solicitor who had great experience in cases of theft, and whose advic…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | Armadale — Wilkie Collins |
Armadale “Excuse me for noticing it," added Allan, as the man, in sheer nervous helplessness, let his hat fall, instead of putting it back on his head; "but you seem a little out of sorts; a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | The Woman in White — Wilkie Collins |
The Woman in White “But the Law is still, in certain inevitable cases, the pre-engaged servant of the long purse; and the story is left to be told, for the first time, in this place. As the Judge migh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | A Rogue's Life — Wilkie Collins |
A Rogue's Life “Regard for the lovers of the Old Masters, and for the moral well-being of society, forbids me to be particular about the nature of my labors, or to go into dangerous detail on the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | The Queen of Hearts — Wilkie Collins |
The Queen of Hearts “At the last word his voice rose, and he grew restless on a sudden. I saw him shudder on the straw; his withered face became distorted, and he threw up both his hands with a quick h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | The New Magdalen — Wilkie Collins |
The New Magdalen “The tone in which those words were spoken was an insult in itself. Mercy suddenly lifted her head; the angry answer was on her lips. She checked it, and submitted in silence. "I wi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | Man and Wife — Wilkie Collins |
Man and Wife “In three months from the memorable day when his solicitor had informed him that he was a free man, Mr. Vanborough possessed the wife he desired, to grace the head of his table and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | Little Novels — Wilkie Collins |
Little Novels “Not in the obscurity of midnight, but in the searching light of day, did the supernatural influence assert itself. Neither revealed by a vision, nor announced by a voice, it reache…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | The Legacy of Cain — Wilkie Collins |
The Legacy of Cain “AT the request of a person who has claims on me that I must not disown, I consent to look back through a long interval of years and to describe events which took place within the w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | I Say No — Wilkie Collins |
I Say No “As an aid to the vigilance of the sentinel, the door had been left ajar. Through the narrow opening, a creaking of the broad wooden stairs of the old house became audible. In anoth…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | Poor Miss Finch — Wilkie Collins |
Poor Miss Finch “He found several persons running from the farther side of Pardon's Piece towards a boy who was standing at the back of a cattle-shed, in a remote part of the enclosure, screaming w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | Antonina, Or the Fall of Rome — Wilkie Collins |
Antonina, Or the Fall of Rome “THE perusal of the title to this chapter will, we fear, excite emotions of apprehension, rather than of curiosity, in the breasts of experienced readers. They will doubtless imagin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | The Black Robe — Wilkie Collins |
The Black Robe “It may be that women have no positive appreciation of what is beautiful in form and color--or it may be that they have no opinions of their own when the laws of fashion have spoken…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | The Frozen Deep — Wilkie Collins |
The Frozen Deep “"If I could only cut the thoughts out of me," he said to himself, "as I am going to cut the billets out of this wood!" He attacked the bed-place with the ax, like a man who well kn…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | The Evil Genius — Wilkie Collins |
The Evil Genius “The conventional graduations in the outward expression of grief, which lead from black clothing to gray, formed no part of this afflicted lady's system of mourning. She laid her be…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | The Dream Woman: A Mystery in Four Narratives — Wilkie Collins |
The Dream Woman: A Mystery in Four Narratives “He stops and grows restless on a sudden. We see him writhing on the straw. He throws up both his hands and gasps hysterically for breath. His eyes open suddenly. For a moment they …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | Basil — Wilkie Collins |
Basil “I loved her! All that I felt, all that I knew, was summed up in those few words! Deteriorating as my passion was in its effect on the exercise of my mental powers, and on my candou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | MR. LISMORE AND THE WIDOW — Wilkie Collins |
MR. LISMORE AND THE WIDOW “The one security that he could offer was open, it must be owned, to serious objections on the score of risk. He wanted an advance of twenty thousand pounds, secured on a homeward-b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | A Fair Penitent — Wilkie Collins |
A Fair Penitent “Never was woman more amazed or more angry than I, when I first read this letter. "What!" cried I to myself, "does this man seriously recommend me to lash my own shoulders? Just Hea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | Jezebel's Daughter — Wilkie Collins |
Jezebel's Daughter “After no very long reflection, I decided that my best course would be to severely caution Joseph, and to say nothing to the partners of what had happened--for the present, at least…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | Blind Love — Wilkie Collins |
Blind Love “It was impossible to doubt that the object of the proposed meeting at the milestone had been to take measures for the preservation of the young man's life. A coward is always more …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | The Dead Alive — Wilkie Collins |
The Dead Alive “For my part, I did the little I could to make myself useful. With the silent sanction of Mr. Meadowcroft and his daughter, I went to Narrabee, and secured the best legal assistance…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | Heart and Science — Wilkie Collins |
Heart and Science “"Ask as often as you like--provided Mrs. Gallilee doesn't accompany you. If she's obstinate, it may not be amiss to give your wife a word of warning. In my opinion, the old nurse i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Wilkie Collins | The Fallen Leaves — Wilkie Collins |
The Fallen Leaves “The doctors declined to answer for her life. Her father thought it time to look to her banker's pass-book. Out of her six thousand pounds she had privately given no less than four …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Trent's Last Case |
Trent's Last Case “Identified by Dorothy L. Sayers as the first modern mystery novel. Author E.C. Bentley was primarily a newspaperman.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Book of Remarkable Crimes |
A Book of Remarkable Crimes “H.B. Irving compiled this anthology.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Pit-Prop Syndicate |
The Pit-Prop Syndicate “Murder, Scotland Yard, bidness. What more could you want? By Freeman Wills Croft…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Okewood of the Secret Service |
Okewood of the Secret Service “Detective fiction by author Valetine Williams.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An Historical Mystery |
An Historical Mystery “Also known as the Gondreville Mystery. By Honore de Balzac.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Blotting Book |
The Blotting Book “And in a copse close by to where the body of the murdered man was found had been discovered a thick bludgeon of a stick, broken it would seem by some violent act, into two halves. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Agony Column |
The Agony Column “In the days of Sherlock Holmes it was in the Times that it flourished, and many a criminal was tracked to earth after he had inserted some alluring mysterious message in it. Later …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lady Audley's Secret |
Lady Audley's Secret “CHAPTER IV. THE HUSH THAT SUCCEEDS THE TEMPEST. -- by M.E. Braddon…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Mystery of the Steel Disk |
The Mystery of the Steel Disk “he called me up to tell me t'at when he opened t'e wault a little while ago he found t'at since he closed it t'e night before a package wit' more t'an a million dollars in bonds wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Fatal House |
The Fatal House “The hands pinning me down did not for an instant relax their grasp; yet they might safely have done so. Situated as I was I felt that my only chance of life was to lie still and co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Drummer Ghost |
The Drummer Ghost “"Mr. Underhill, I am almost crazy," he said. "I don't know but I am quite crazy. If I am, it is the drummer -- the invisible, ghostly, fiendish, infernal drummer -- who has made me…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Lock and Key Library |
The Lock and Key Library “Mystery collection, includes works by Charles Dickens.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Clue of the Twisted Candle |
The Clue of the Twisted Candle “The duties of T. X. were multifarious. People said of him - and like most public gossip, this was probably untrue - that he was the head of the "illegal" department of Scotland Yar…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Case of the White Footprints |
The Case of the White Footprints “And then, as if in commentary on this last statement, the housemaid burst into the room and, with hardly dissembled agitation, exclaimed: "If you please, sir, the page from Bedding…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Pathological Lying, Accusation, And Swindling — A Study In Forensic Psycho |
Pathological Lying, Accusation, And Swindling “Not a mystery novel as such, but a great character study.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Mystery of a Hansom Cab |
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab “By Fergus Hume, who is not -- definitely not, an Australian.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Manuscript |
The Manuscript “Their daily business was to occupy themselves with literature. At the present moment they were engaged in drinking whisky,--an occupation both agreeable and useful,--and in chattin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Maddened by Mystery and Other Stories |
Maddened by Mystery and Other Stories “"Sir," said the young man in intense excitement, "a mystery has been committed!"…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Cruise of the Jasper B. |
The Cruise of the Jasper B. “You shouldn't ask it, Loge," he said. The crisis of the conflict which he was living over passed presently, and he murmured, with contracted brows, and as if talking to himself: "I…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Danny's Own Story |
Danny's Own Story “"Sixteen minutes past eleven," he says. "AT EXACTLY TWENTY-NINE MINUTES TO TWELVE MR. MURRAY WILL BE DEAD. I got the harmless one. I can tell by the taste." By Don Marquis, author …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In the Bishop's Carriage |
In the Bishop's Carriage “An early blockbuster mystery. By Miriam Michaelson.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Red House Mystery |
The Red House Mystery “"Something's happened," said Cayley. He was breathing quickly. "I heard a shot-it sounded like a shot - I was in the library. A loud bang - I didn't know what it was. And the door'…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Autobiography Of A Quack And The Case OfGeorge Dedlow |
The Autobiography Of A Quack And The Case OfGeorge Dedlow “Two Atlantic Monthly pieces by Rest Cure prescriber Dr. S. Weir Mitchell.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Case of the Ward Lane Tabernacle |
The Case of the Ward Lane Tabernacle “She glanced quickly in Hewitt's face and went on: "I am not accustomed to needless ceremony, Mr. Hewitt. My name is Mallett--Mrs. Mallett--and here is my card. I have come to consu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Ninescore Mystery and Other Tales |
The Ninescore Mystery and Other Tales “Lady Molly stories by Baroness Orczy, the author of The Scarlet Pimpernel.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Bittermeads Mystery |
The Bittermeads Mystery “That they were friends of the man he had just overthrown and whose huge bulk lay motionless in the darkness at his feet, seemed plain, and it also seemed plain to him that the mome…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Darrow Enigma |
The Darrow Enigma “Gwen heard me through in silence and then said wearily, in a voice which had now neither intensity nor elasticity, "I understand fully the apparent absurdity of my position, yet I …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Case of Euphemia Raphash |
The Case of Euphemia Raphash “She had but time to slam her door, when he dashed himself frantically against it, where-upon she fancies she heard the angry remonstrance of another voice. Here, however, her evide…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Golf Course Mystery |
The Golf Course Mystery “There was considerable excitement when it became known to the crowd, as it speedily did, that Harry Bartlett, almost universally accepted as the fiance of Viola Carwell, had been h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Wrong Box |
The Wrong Box “'It's much worse than that,' said Gideon; 'a combination of circumstances really providentially unjust--a--in fact, a syndicate of murderers seem to have perceived my latent abilit…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | St. Ives |
St. Ives “Now, I was asking myself, how far will a gentleman go? Not surely so far as to help hush a murder up? So that - when I heard you tell how you knew nothing of the matter, and were o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Under the Andes |
Under the Andes “It was really a question. Mercy and murder were alike impossible. We finally compromised by binding his wrists and ankles and trussing him up behind, using a portion of one of the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Number Seventeen |
Number Seventeen “"Mr. Furneaux and I have the inquiry in hand, Mr. Theydon," the detective was saying. "We called at your flat, and Bates told us of the sounds you both heard about 11:30 last night…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Lost Stradivarius |
The Lost Stradivarius “if you are anxious for the return of the violin and willing to pay a sum of money, small compared with the value of the violin, I think we can make a deal. You can put a personal i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Little Room |
The Little Room “"When they got to the house, mother wanted to take father right off into the little room; she had been telling him about it, just as I am going to tell you and she had said that of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Steadfast Falters |
Steadfast Falters “Like a wounded thing stricken unto death, Betty sat alone, hardly aware that her aunt had gone. Her great eyes, distended and dark with pain, gazed out into the fading twilight. Sh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Sleuth of St. James Street |
The Sleuth of St. James Street “"It is the inspirational quality in these cases" he said, "that impresses me. It is very nearly absent in our modern methods of criminal investigation. We depend now on a certain f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Search Party |
The Search Party “Her experience of the people of Clonmore went far beyond her worst expectations. She made up her mind that Dr. O'Grady had been murdered; that everybody in the place knew the fact;…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Slave of the Lamp |
The Slave of the Lamp “In a vague manner he had connected the Jesuit party with the disturbances in Paris and the importation of the English rifles wherewith the crowd had been armed. The gay capital was…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Pagan's Cup |
The Pagan's Cup “The two went round it carefully, but could find nothing for a long time likely to enlighten them as to the cause of the robbery. Then in the lepers' window, a small opening at the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Red Harvest |
Red Harvest “"A mere gew-gaw," he said. "But it is proof of your identity. It belonged to King Milan--his name is even now engraved at the foot of it. It will carry you unharmed through the ran…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Gold Bag |
The Gold Bag “I was impressed not so much by her beauty as by her effect of power and ability. I had absolutely no reason, save Parmalee's babblings, to suspect this woman of crime, but I could …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Riddle of the Sands |
Riddle of the Sands “I didn't get at much that night. It was all so sudden. The only thing I could have sworn to from the first was that he had purposely left me in the lurch that day. I pieced out the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Many Waters |
Many Waters “"It's all right," he said; "it's perfectly safe, as far as the verdict goes; but--" he stopped and frowned. It was evident that the plan did not please him. But for the once Amy di…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | LADY MOLLY OF SCOTLAND YARD |
LADY MOLLY OF SCOTLAND YARD “The complete collection of Lady Molly stories by Baroness Orczy…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Firefly Of France |
The Firefly Of France “"The German secret-service agent. The best in the world, they say." A sort of reluctant admiration showed in Van Blarcom's face. "There isn't any one that can get him; he does what…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Great Valdez Sapphire — Anonymous |
The Great Valdez Sapphire “It was so exciting that I clean forgot the bishop, till a low gasp at my elbow startled me. He was lying back in his chair, his mighty shaven jowl a ghastly white, his fierce imper…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lady Betty's Indiscretion — Anonymous |
Lady Betty's Indiscretion “He looked after her, partly because there was something odd in her manner--she kept her face averted; and partly because she was wearing a new and striking gown, and he admired her…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Last of the Costellos — Anonymous |
The Last of the Costellos “The inquest furnished no new light. Medical testimony swept away the theory of murder, for death was proved to have resulted from organic disease of the heart. The coffin might hav…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Lost Duchess — Anonymous |
The Lost Duchess “"If you have perused those documents which you have in your hand, you will have some faint idea. Ivor, when it's your funeral, I'LL smile. Mabel, Duchess of Datchet, it is beginnin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Minor Canon — Anonymous |
The Minor Canon “Now at last, I thought, something is going to happen in my uneventful life--something to break the monotony of existence. Of course, he must have inquired my name--he could get tha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | After Death — What--William Hamilton Osborne |
After Death “That night three cars were stolen from the Claremont garage the while their owners wined and dined within. One of them was a new and up-to-date Torrenza -- a big blue machine worth…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Confessions of a Consulting Chemist — William Faitoute Munn |
The Confessions of a Consulting Chemist “Now here is where my confession comes in. When first I tasted his sample, I knew that it lacked salt; but it would scarcely have been good business for me to have told him so at th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Happy Solution — Raymund Allen |
A Happy Solution “Then at Lord Churt, as he bare possibility occurred to his mind that, in a Christmas freak of characteristic generosity, he might have somehow contrived to get it enclosed with her…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Gates of Chance — Van Tassel Sutphen |
The Gates of Chance “"Once I had you in the hypnotic condition, the rest was simple enough. I had only to suggest to your mind the three objects on the table, and you saw them. The bank-note, the revol…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In a Cellar-Harriet Prescott |
In a Cellar-Harriet Prescott “Why not continue with my coffee in the morning, my kings and cabinets and national chess at noon, my opera at night, and let the poor devil go? Why, but that justice is brought hom…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Hinda Mystery — W. Clark Russell |
The Hinda Mystery “I took notice of her rings: the wedding-ring was thick, the jewelled one nothing very wonderful. They were white, plump hands, perhaps not so highly finished as her hair and eyes m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Sheridan Road Mystery — Paul and Mabel Thorne |
The Sheridan Road Mystery “When Morgan reached the second floor on his way down, he paused a moment before Marsh's door. So far as he had gone in this case, Morgan was confronted with two factors; the connec…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Grey Room — Eden Phillpotts |
The Grey Room “Henry joined them, and detailed his experience. While he talked, Hardcastle appraised him, and perceived that certain nebulous opinions, which had begun to crystallize in his own m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Market-Place — Harold Frederic |
The Market-Place “A sudden rage at Kervick flamed up. He clearly had played the fool--clumsily over-plying the simpleton with drink till he had killed him. The shadow of murder indubitably hung over…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Red Seal — Natalie Sumner Lincoln |
The Red Seal “"You are inconsistent, Babs," chided Kent gently. "One moment you reproach yourself for being the cause of bringing on Jimmie's heart attack, and the next you declare you believe h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE MURDER AT JEX FARM |
THE MURDER AT JEX FARM “The facts of the case were simple enough. A young woman had been found lying at the orchard gate of the farm, 37 1/2 yards from the house, dead, with a bullet in her head. Suicide …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | AN AFFAIR OF HONOR — F. BRITTEN AUSTIN |
AN AFFAIR OF HONOR “Bruce said nothing. He just gasped in the shock. Plan C -- he had seen it, of course; the general had explained it to Hathaway, Fanshaw, Rolfe, and him before locking it away -- Pl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE COMPENSATION HOUSE — Charles Collins |
THE COMPENSATION HOUSE “He gave one long piercing look into it, turned deadly pale, and seizing the glass, dashed it into a hundred pieces on the floor, and then stamped upon the fragments and ground them…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | What Did Miss Darrington See? — Emma B. Cobb |
What Did Miss Darrington See? “During the singing of the first stanza Raphael kept his position on the sofa, but the second had not proceeded far when, with a smothered exclamation, he started upright, and sat l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Four-Fifteen Express — Amelia B. Edwards |
The Four-Fifteen Express “Before I had reached the end of my sentence I became aware of something ominous in the faces of the guests. I felt I had said something which I had better have left unsaid, and tha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE FOURTH DEGREE — F. BRITTEN AUSTIN |
THE FOURTH DEGREE “"That intuition of yours is positively uncanny, Sebright, he said. "You may be quite right, of course. It may just as well be Oglethorpe as another. That it was one of Arbuthnot's …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Gerrard Street Mystery |
The Gerrard Street Mystery “"Doctor," I exclaimed, with some exasperation in my tone--"pray dismiss from your mind the idea that what I have told you is the result of diseased imagination. I am as sane as you…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | At La Glorieuse — M.E.M. Davis |
At La Glorieuse “"Good God!" He leaped to his feet at the thought. He would go and thunder at Madame Arnault's door, and demand an explanation. But no; not yet. He calmed himself with an effort. By…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | My Lodger — Mary Fortune |
My Lodger “"But, bless my heart, is he an old fool after all?" This exclamation was drawn from me by the fact that a moment had scarcely elapsed after Miss Perkins' disappearance from the str…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The REMITTANCE MAN: A TALE OF A PRODIGAL — W.A. Fraser |
The REMITTANCE MAN: A TALE OF A PRODIGAL “Divers games of more or less scientific interest helped while away the time, and the Club steward had received orders to pass the word in time for them to reach the station before …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | SEVEN, SEVEN, SEVEN — CITY--JULIUS CHAMBERS |
SEVEN, SEVEN, SEVEN “True, there had been a heavy shower while I was in the cab, but so intent was I in pursuit of my only object in life that I had hardly observed it. I understood the chemist's meani…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Simon the Jester — William J. Locke |
Simon the Jester “The murder is out. A paragraph has appeared in the newspapers to the effect that the marriage arranged between Mr. Simon de Gex and Miss Eleanor Faversham will not take place. It h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Tragedy of South Carolina — Sarah Morgan Dawson |
A Tragedy of South Carolina “Suddenly, a satisfactory reply seemed vouchsafed. The raw dough of the hoecake still clung to the dead woman's hands. Going from the hearth to her death, there had been no thought …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Amour Dure: PASSAGES FROM THE DIARY OF SPIRIDION TREPKA — Violet Paget |
Amour Dure: PASSAGES FROM THE DIARY OF SPIRIDION TREPKA “They must have torn a blank page off some old letter; but that either of them should have had the ingenuity of inventing such a hoax, or the power of committing such a forgery, ast…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Louquier's Third Act |
Louquier's Third Act “Had it been human, its breath would have suffocated him, so close was its invisible countenance to his. He could not move his legs or feet, or his left arm, but his right elbow, pu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A MOVE ON THE "FORTY" — William Le Queux |
A MOVE ON THE "FORTY" “At one moment I felt absolutely positive that the man had really been watching me, and was now endeavouring to escape recognition, yet at the next I saw the absurdity of such a tho…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE SIX NEW NOVELS — William Le Queux |
THE SIX NEW NOVELS “The actions of our friend, Sir Charles Blythe, were also rather puzzling. He seemed to be taking no part in whatever scheme was in progress. If I met him in public on the Esplanade…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | POPEAU INTERVENES — Marie Belloc Lowndes |
POPEAU INTERVENES “What would they both have felt had it suddenly been revealed to them that their every word had been overheard, each passionate gesture witnessed, by an invisible listener and watch…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A RUN WITH ROSALIE — William Le Queux |
A RUN WITH ROSALIE “He was a thin, cadaverous-looking Frenchman, hollow-cheeked, rather shabbily dressed, and wore pince-nez. I watched him back into the town and lingered near him in a café until nea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A SENTIMENTAL SWINDLE — William Le Queux |
A SENTIMENTAL SWINDLE “There was an air of refined ingenuousness about her that was particularly attractive. She walked well, holding her skirt tightly about her as only a true Parisienne can, and displa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE STORY OF A SECRET — William Le Queux |
THE STORY OF A SECRET “When I entered the little place I found the Count seated at a table with Blythe and Henderson. The two latter were dressed shabbily, while the Count himself was in dark grey, with …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE AFFAIR OF THE "AVALANCHE BICYCLE &TYRE CO., LTD." — Arthur Morrison |
THE AFFAIR OF THE "AVALANCHE BICYCLE &TYRE CO., LTD." “"Well," Stedman answered, "of course I can't say. I don't know much about the firm -- nobody does, as far as I can tell -- but they seem to have got a business together in almost n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Azteck Opal — Rodrigues Ottolengui |
The Azteck Opal “"That is the story which I was asked to unravel," continued Mr. Barnes, "and I must now relate to you what steps I have taken towards that end. It appears that, because of the loss…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE BARGAIN OF RUPERT ORANGE — Vincent O'Sullivan |
THE BARGAIN OF RUPERT ORANGE “She dismissed the carriage. As soon as the servant had gone she tried to make some trivial remark, and, half turning, looked at Orange, who rose. For an instant those two stood gaz…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE CASE OF JANISSARY — ARTHUR MORRISON |
THE CASE OF JANISSARY “It was a noisy evening in the Commercial Room at the "Crown". Chaff and laughter flew thick, and Richard Telfer threatened Naylor with a terrible settling day. More was drunk than …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE DUFFIELD PEERAGE CASE — Baroness Orczy |
THE DUFFIELD PEERAGE CASE “Lord Duffield seemed as if he would like to prolong the interview. He looked to me as if he had something on his mind which he could not bring himself to tell, even to his lawyer. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Fenchurch Street Mystery — Baroness Orczy |
The Fenchurch Street Mystery “"Oddly enough he seemed to be a very absent-minded sort of person, for on this second occasion, no sooner had he left than the waiter found a pocket-book in the coffee-room, undern…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Montezuma Emerald — Rodrigues Ottolengui |
The Montezuma Emerald “Ten minutes later he decided upon a course of action, and proceeded to a telegraph office, where he found that, as he had supposed, the dispatch had come from the Paris firm of jew…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Nameless Man — Rodrigues Ottolengui |
The Nameless Man “As Mr. Barnes spoke, he gazed from one to the other of his companions, with a half-quizzical, and wholly pleased expression on his face. Mr. Mitchel appeared much interested, but t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE NARRATIVE OF MR. JAMES RIGBY — ARTHUR MORRISON |
THE NARRATIVE OF MR. JAMES RIGBY “Then, as was his invariable habit, he launched into anecdote. He told me of the crimes of the Maffia, that Italian secret society, larger even and more powerful than the Camorra, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE PONSONBY DIAMONDS — L.T. MEADE AND CLIFFORD HALIFAX, M.D. |
THE PONSONBY DIAMONDS “No one else suspects you at present at Beeches, but that state of things will not continue there much longer. As soon as the detectives from London arrive, their suspicions will na…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE REGENT'S PARK MURDER — Baroness Orczy |
THE REGENT'S PARK MURDER “"But that's just it," he quietly interrupted, "you don't know -- Mr. Walter Hatherell, of course, you mean. So did every one else at once. The friend, weak and willing, committing …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Ripening Rubies — Max Pemberton |
The Ripening Rubies “The punishment of the woman would scarce stop the widespread conspiracy; the arrest of her for the possession of a crescent brooch, hid suspiciously it is true, but a brooch of a p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE ROBBERY IN PHILLIMORE TERRACE — Baroness Orczy |
THE ROBBERY IN PHILLIMORE TERRACE “"The detective and the inspector went up to have a look at the safe. The lock had in no way been tampered with--it had been opened with its own key. The detective spoke of chlorofo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Sting of Conscience — P. G. McColl |
The Sting of Conscience “John Edwards, Alfred Ryan and William Arnold deposed that they remembered being in company with the deceased and his brother Robert on the night of Wednesday, 4th November, and tha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE STORM OF BADAJOZ — W.H. Maxwell |
THE STORM OF BADAJOZ “I turned down an unfrequented lane. I remembered that a lamp before an image of the Virgin had formerly burned at the corner, but of course it had been unattended to during the hor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An Unposted Letter — Newton MacTavish |
An Unposted Letter “"I looked at her, and gradually closed my knife and straightened up from that sneakin' shape a feller gets into. I remembered a verse that she used to read to me, 'Ye shall not go …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | WITHOUT WITNESSES — L.T. MEADE AND CLIFFORD HALIFAX, M.D. |
WITHOUT WITNESSES “The human eye tells a doctor a good deal. The lips may falter out certain utterances, which the eyes will belie. I read truth and sincerity in the honest eyes of this young man. He…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE YORK MYSTERY — Baroness Orczy |
THE YORK MYSTERY “"You may imagine," said the man in the corner, "how keen was the excitement of that moment in court. Coroner and jury alike literally hung breathless on every word that shabby, vul…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE NATURE OF THE EVIDENCE — May Sinclair |
THE NATURE OF THE EVIDENCE “I don't know what sort of excuse he made to Pauline the next morning. He said she was very stiff and sulky all day; and no wonder. He was still infatuated with her, and I don't thi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Peter Rugg, the Missing Man — William Austin |
Peter Rugg, the Missing Man “Just at twilight last summer a person stopped at the door of the late Mrs. Rugg. Mrs. Croft on coming to the door perceived a stranger, with a child by his side, in an old weather-…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Scrap Iron — Charles E. Van Loan |
Scrap Iron “"Me," was the calm reply. "Why not? It's a set-up you're after, ain't it? O'Day is the card, no matter who he meets. And then there's a lot of people round this town who have alway…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE BLOOD-RED CROSS — L.T. MEADE AND ROBERT EUSTACE |
THE BLOOD-RED CROSS “From the moment that Geoffrey Rowland took possession of the necklace there had been several attempts made to deprive him of it. Sword, fire, water, poison, had all been used, but …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Face of the Abbot — L.T. MEADE AND ROBERT EUSTACE |
The Face of the Abbot “During the remainder of the evening this extraordinary case occupied my thoughts to the exclusion of almost everything else. I made up my mind to take it up, to set every inquiry o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Mystery of the Five Hundred Diamonds — Robert Barr |
The Mystery of the Five Hundred Diamonds “"These here shiners are valuable; they belong to my friend who has just gone out. Casting no reflections on the generality of people in this room, there are, never- theless, half a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | HOW HE LEFT THE HOTEL — Louisa Baldwin |
HOW HE LEFT THE HOTEL “Sometimes, when he was alone in the lift, he'd speak to me. He asked me in what regiment I'd served, and said he knew the officers in it. But I can't say he was comfortable to talk…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Madame Sara — L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace |
Madame Sara “She turned red as she spoke, and the worried, uneasy expression became more marked on her face. I had noticed for some time that she had been looking both nervous and depressed. I …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE MINIONS OF MIDAS — Jack London |
THE MINIONS OF MIDAS “The police have so far been unable to obtain the slightest clue. Barely had he finished this when the police arrived--the Inspector himself and two of his keenest sleuths. Alarm sa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Scoring of the Raja — W.A. Fraser |
The Scoring of the Raja “"You're pretty slick, Mr. Frank," Woolson muttered; and he bid on the mare. This started it, and in the end May Queen fetched nearly as good a price as Saladin. It went that way al…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | LEVELLING WITH ELISHA — Charles E. Van Loan |
LEVELLING WITH ELISHA “"Hah!" ejaculated the presiding judge, tugging at his stubby grey moustache. "Old Man Curry put one over on the boys, or I miss my guess. Yes, sir, he beat the good thing and spill…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A MYSTERY OF THE SAND-HILLS — R. AUSTIN FREEMAN |
A MYSTERY OF THE SAND-HILLS “'Apparently they are the same,' he said, putting away his tape; 'indeed, they could hardly be otherwise. But the mystery is, what has become of the man? He couldn't have gone away …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | ON MURDER — THOMAS DE QUINCEY |
ON MURDER “Full Title: ON MURDER, CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE FINE ARTS, AND OTHER RELATED TEXTS…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Man in Grey — Baroness Orczy |
The Man in Grey “M. de Saint-Tropèze had raised his aristocratic eyebrows, and tried to wither the audacious malapert with his scornful glance, but the little Man in Grey appeared quite unconscious…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Secret Passage — Fergus Hume |
The Secret Passage “"Humph! Never heard of them," said Jennings, lighting his cigarette, "but it is strange you should talk of coining. I and several other fellows are looking for a set of coiners now…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Nonsense Novels — Stephen Leacock |
Nonsense Novels “"I intend," he announced, "to try a bold, a daring experiment, which, if it succeeds, will bring us into immediate connection with the world of spirits. My plan is to leave two sov…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo — William Le Queux |
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo “"And if Mademoiselle dies the assailant, whoever he was, will be guilty of wilful murder; while you, on your part, will never know the truth concerning your father's death," remark…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | At the Villa Rose — A.E.W. Mason |
At the Villa Rose “"They came to me a little while ago in that cupboard there--Adele and the old woman Jeanne. They made me get up. They told me they were going to take me away. They brought my cloth…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Half a Rogue — Harold MacGrath |
Half a Rogue “The anonymous letter is still being written. This is the weapon of the cowardly and envious heart, so filled with venom and malice that it has the courage or brazenness to go about…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Madame Midas — Fergus Hume |
Madame Midas “Hastily waving for the men to go away, she applied remedies, and Madame soon revived. Vandeloup had gone outside with McIntosh, and was asking him about the robbery, and then told …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Red Thumb Mark — R. Austin Freeman |
The Red Thumb Mark “"This theory of yours, Jervis, does great credit to your ingenuity. We may disregard the improbability, seeing that the alternative theories are almost equally improbable, and the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Singing Bone — R. Austin Freeman |
The Singing Bone “"Wonderful!" exclaimed Boscovitch, when the case lay open before him, displaying its rows of little re-agent bottles, tiny test-tubes, diminutive spirit-lamp, dwarf microscope and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of Salome — Amelia B. Edwards |
The Story of Salome “Persuaded that she had not observed me, I lingered for an instant looking at her. Something in the grace and sorrow of her attitude, something in the turn of her head and the flow …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Was it an Illusion? A Parson's Story — Amelia B. Edwards |
Was it an Illusion? A Parson's Story “What had become of him? And what lad was that going up the path by which I had just come-that tall lad, half-running, half-walking, with a fishing-rod over his shoulder? I could ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Problem of Dead Wood Hall — Dick Donovan |
The Problem of Dead Wood Hall “The post-mortem examination, which was necessarily held, revealed the curious fact that the blood in the body had become thin and purplish, with a faint strange odour that could no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE HOLDING UP OF LADY GLANEDALE — HERBERT JENKINS |
THE HOLDING UP OF LADY GLANEDALE “"Although there had been a shower and the mould was wet," proceeded Malcolm Sage, "there were no marks of mud or mould on the pipe, on the window-sill, or in Lady Glanedale's bedro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE MISSING HEAVYWEIGHT — HERBERT JENKINS |
THE MISSING HEAVYWEIGHT “During the run to Stainton both men were silent. Mr. Doulton was speculating as to what would happen at the Olympia on the following night if Burns failed to appear, whilst Malcolm…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE STOLEN ADMIRALTY MEMORANDUM — HERBERT JENKINS |
THE STOLEN ADMIRALTY MEMORANDUM “"Something terrible has happened, Sage," broke in the Prime Minister, his voice shaking with excitement. He had with difficulty contained himself whilst Malcolm Sage was taking off…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Bomb — Frank Harris |
The Bomb “But already when I thought of the trial I began to grow indignant, for strong as their case was I began to fear, and this was the heart of my fear. The police had already asserted …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Beetle — Richard Marsh |
The Beetle “A face looked into mine, and, in front of me, were those dreadful eyes. Then, whether I was dead or living, I said to myself that this could be nothing human,--nothing fashioned in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE SCULPTOR OF BRUGES. — Dinah Maria Craik |
THE SCULPTOR OF BRUGES. “Three days after this, two armed officers of justice made their appearance in the dwelling of the sculptor of Bruges. They came to take prisoner the master of the house, accused of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Fortune Hunter |
The Fortune Hunter “He put the ten in his pocket, when Dippel's eyes closed he stooped and retrieved the twenty with stealth--and skill. When the twenty was hidden, and the small but typical operation…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Crowned Skull — Fergus Hume |
The Crowned Skull “'You don't know?' repeated the coroner. 'Yet I presume you placed the skull on the table yourself so as to add to the effect of your fortune-telling?'…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Paradise Mystery — J. S. Fletcher |
The Paradise Mystery “Something unusual, something curiously noticeable--yet he could not exactly tell what--made Bryce go closer to the sleeping man. There was a strange stillness about him--a rigidity…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Raspberry Jam — Carolyn Wells |
Raspberry Jam “"Why you came to my 'gambling house' to try to pick up a little ready cash! I know. But now looky here, Eunice, you've got to decide--either you're with me or agin me! I won't have…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An Historical Mystery |
An Historical Mystery “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mary Louise — Edith van Dyne |
Mary Louise “"I'm dreadfully worried over Gran'pa Jim," said she, "for those terrible agents of the Secret Service seem bent on catching him. And he doesn't wish to be caught. If they arrested …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Cri du Coeur — M. Kenyon Charboneaux |
Cri du Coeur “She knew there was a dark side to The Religion, an irreducible, and perhaps even unescapable, nightside. She heard stories of zombies. Someone always knew someone who was a relativ…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Voice on the Wire — Eustace Hale Ball |
The Voice on the Wire “Shirley spoke rapidly, in a low tone. The girl in the dark summer-house marveled at the rapid change of mien, as Jim suddenly ran down the steps to gaze into the taxicab, then nodd…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Race of Orven — M. P. Shiel |
The Race of Orven “What part did the burglars play in the tragedy? Were they in collusion with Cibras? Had the strange behaviour of at least one of the inmates of Orven Hall no hidden significance? T…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Mystery of Edwin Drood — Charles Dickens |
The Mystery of Edwin Drood “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | HAGAR OF THE PAWN-SHOP — Fergus Hume |
HAGAR OF THE PAWN-SHOP “Hagar hesitated. The article, notwithstanding its workmanship, its age, and its historical associations, was worth very little. Had its interest consisted of these merely, she woul…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Green Fancy — George Barr McCutcheon |
Green Fancy “Barnes held up his hand for silence. "Listen," he said in a low voice, "I will tell you who they were looking for." As briefly as possible he recounted his experience with the stra…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Yollop — George Barr McCutcheon |
Yollop “Instead of obeying Cassius beckoned to him. Then followed a long, whispered conference between lawyer and client, at the end of which the former, visibly annoyed, declared that the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective — Frank Pinkerton |
Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective “Full title: DYKE DARREL THE RAILROAD DETECTIVE Or THE CRIME OF THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mr. Bingle — George Barr McCutcheon |
Mr. Bingle “They did not know this man, they did not know whether he was a blackguard or a gentleman. He was a destroyer; that much they knew. He had wrecked a human life. The detective had de…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | At Midnight and Other Stories — Ada Cambridge |
At Midnight and Other Stories “His job! Great heavens, what a job! He did not realize the horror of it until it was too late. When the revels of the day were over--when night came, and that voiceless solitude, f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Jane Cable — George Barr McCutcheon |
Jane Cable “"Not distinctly," answered Droom. "He struck me as being a slim young fellow, that's all." Of one thing he was assured: the evidence of these two men would prove that he had acted …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Mystery Queen — Fergus Hume |
The Mystery Queen “"Yes. I think it's a good idea, Freddy. And the perfume? Did Durwin or the Inspector tell you anything about the perfume? No, I can see by your blank stare that they didn't. Listen…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Right of Way — Gilbert Parker |
The Right of Way “During the first two days of the trial the case had gone wholly against the prisoner, who had given his name as Joseph Nadeau. Witnesses had heard him quarrelling with the murdered…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Hollow of Her Hand — George Barr McCutcheon |
The Hollow of Her Hand “Not long ago in an adjoining State a man, who had served seventeen years of a life sentence for murder, was found to be wholly innocent. What happened? A PARDON was handed to him a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE WRONG BLACK BAG — ANGELO LEWIS |
THE WRONG BLACK BAG “"That's just it. He daren't do anything when you've got your eye on him. When you haven't perhaps he may, and perhaps he mayn't. The fact is, you hold up his head too tight, and if…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Malcolm Sage, Detective — Herbert Jenkins |
Malcolm Sage, Detective “For the fraction of a second the girl stood just inside the door; then as the significance of Malcolm Sage's words dawned upon her, the smile froze upon her lips, the blood ebbed f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Purple Parasol — George Barr McCutcheon |
The Purple Parasol “Rossiter felt himself turn hot and cold. His head began to whirl and his courage went fluttering away. Here was a queer complication. The quarry hunting for the sleuth, instead of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Revolution in Tanner's Lane — Mark Rutherford |
The Revolution in Tanner's Lane “Bow Street was completely at fault, and never discovered the secret of that assassination. It was clear that neither the Major nor Coleman were the murderers, as they had been noti…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Four Canadian Highwaymen — Joseph Edmund Collins |
The Four Canadian Highwaymen “Roland hesitated. The fellow seemed to speak the truth; therefore what had he to fear with respect to his personal safety. He had some money and a watch; this the highwayman could …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Four-Fifteen Express — Amelia B. Edwards |
The Four-Fifteen Express “John Dwerrihouse had absconded three months ago--and I had seen him only a few hours back! John Dwerrihouse had embezzled seventy-five thousand pounds ofthe company's money, yet to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE GERRARD STREET MYSTERY AND OTHER WEIRD TALES — JOHN CHARLES DENT |
THE GERRARD STREET MYSTERY AND OTHER WEIRD TALES “He called aloud upon his master and then upon the dog, but received no response from either. The crash of the falling body was succeeded by absolute silence. Pulling his nerves tog…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A TERRIBLE SECRET. A Novel — MAY AGNES FLEMING |
A TERRIBLE SECRET. A Novel “"In all the annals of mysterious crime (began the editor, with intense evident relish), nothing more mysterious, or more awful, has ever been known, than the recent tragedy at Cath…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Wirgman's Theory — Rafael Sabatini |
Wirgman's Theory “"Think of the hundreds-indeed, I might almost say thousands-of yearly undiscovered murderers. Why are their crimes not brought home to them? Because, possessed of the qualities I h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Erema — R. D. Blackmore |
Erema “Full title: EREMA; OR, MY FATHER'S SIN…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Joseph's Coat — David Christie Murray |
Joseph's Coat “'I would as soon be shot as do it,' said the miserable John; 'but it has to be done. These are the circumstances:--Mr. Bushell charges the prisoner with forgery. The prisoner answe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Prisoners — Mary Cholmondeley |
Prisoners “"I said good-bye to him in the garden, and then the garden was surrounded because they were looking for the murderer of the marchese, and Michael could not get out. And he was afra…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | J. Cole — Emma Gellibrand |
J. Cole “As I turned the handle of the heavy iron gate, I looked down at the front kitchen window. A man stood in the kitchen, and he looked up and saw me--such a horrible-looking ruffian, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Eye of Osiris — R. Austin Freeman |
The Eye of Osiris “'Yes, but they have found several more. The police have been most energetic. They seem to have been making a systematic search, and the result has been that they have discovered se…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Blindfolded — Earle Ashley Walcott |
Blindfolded “To the south the cross-street stretched to Market with an unbroken array of lights, and as my unwary watchers had disappeared in the darkness, I hastened down the incline with so l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Terrible Temptation — Charles Reade |
A Terrible Temptation “Terror-stricken, and pale as death, Lady Bassett never lost her head for a moment. Indeed, she showed unexpected fire; she sent off coachman and grooms to scour the country and rou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |