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The Crime, Thrillers & Mystery Collection gathers the great detective stories and suspense fiction of the public domain — the whodunits, locked-room puzzles, and pulse-racing thrillers that keep readers guessing to the last page. It features Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, Edgar Allan Poe, and the founders of the mystery genre.

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Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoyevsky
The Secret of ChimneysAgatha Christie
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle
The Mysteries of UdolphoAnn Ward Radcliffe
CarmenProsper Mérimée
The String of PearlsJames Malcolm Rymer
DraculaBram Stoker
The Green MummyFergus Hume
Le Fantôme de l'OpéraGaston Leroux
Bidwell’s TravelsAustin Bidwell
The Misplaced BattleshipHarry Harrison
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeRobert Louis Stevenson
The King in YellowRobert W. Chambers
The Man Who Was Thursday: A NightmareG. K. Chesterton
The Sex Life of the GodsM. E. Knerr
The Mystery of Edwin DroodCharles Dickens
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-BurglarMaurice Leblanc
The Hound of the BaskervillesArthur Conan Doyle
A Study in ScarletArthur Conan Doyle
Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Vol. 2Edgar Allan Poe
That Girl MontanaMarah Ellis Ryan
Dr. Mabuse, der SpielerNorbert Jacques
The Shunned HouseH. P. Lovecraft
Arsène Lupin, gentleman-cambrioleurMaurice Leblanc
The Samurai StrategyThomas Hoover
Twenty-Five Ghost Stories
The Murder of Roger AckroydAgatha Christie
The call of CthulhuH. P. Lovecraft
Life BloodThomas Hoover
The Rover Boys on the FarmEdward Stratemeyer
The Dunwich horrorH. P. Lovecraft
Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Vol. 1Edgar Allan Poe
The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4George W. M. Reynolds
Space Station 1Frank Belknap Long
The Turn of the ScrewHenry James
Minute Mysteries (Detectograms)H. A. Ripley
The Sign of the FourArthur Conan Doyle
The Innocence of Father BrownG. K. Chesterton
El crimen y el castigoFyodor Dostoyevsky
The Camp Fire Girls Solve a MysteryHildegard G. Frey
The Hand in the DarkArthur J. Rees
The Phantom of the OperaGaston Leroux
The Mysterious Affair at StylesAgatha Christie
The Return of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle
The Problem of Cell 13Jacques Futrelle
Poirot InvestigatesAgatha Christie
Lone Star PlanetH. Beam Piper
The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle
The Murder on the LinksAgatha Christie
The Wisdom of Father BrownG. K. Chesterton
The Woman in WhiteWilkie Collins
The Secret of Father BrownG. K. Chesterton
The Case-Book of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle
The MoonstoneWilkie Collins
At the mountains of madnessH. P. Lovecraft
The Damned ThingAmbrose Bierce
The Man in the Brown SuitAgatha Christie
The Air PirateGuy Thorne
Washington ConfidentialJack Lait
The Mystery of the Blue TrainAgatha Christie
The Valley of FearArthur Conan Doyle
The Big FourAgatha Christie
The Seven Dials MysteryAgatha Christie
Weird Tales, No. 1Various
Whose Body?Dorothy L. Sayers
Celebrated Crimes (Complete)Alexandre Dumas
Weird Tales, No. 4Various
His Last BowArthur Conan Doyle
Unnatural DeathDorothy L. Sayers
The Riddle of the SandsErskine Childers
The Lock and Key Library
The Secret AdversaryAgatha Christie
The Cask of AmontilladoEdgar Allan Poe
The Mystery of the Yellow RoomGaston Leroux
The Red House MysteryA. A. Milne
The Secret Agent: A Simple TaleJoseph Conrad
Mr. StandfastJohn Buchan
The Thirty-Nine StepsJohn Buchan
The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Ghost StoriesRudyard Kipling
The Secret of the NightGaston Leroux
Terminal CompromiseWinn Schwartau
The Great God PanArthur Machen
The Grand Babylon HôtelArnold Bennett
Tales of Terror and MysteryArthur Conan Doyle
The Insidious Dr. Fu ManchuSax Rohmer
Ghost Stories of an AntiquaryM. R. James
The House on the BorderlandWilliam Hope Hodgson
Paul Clifford — CompleteBaron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
Lady Audley's SecretM. E. Braddon
Library of the World’s Best
By Advice of CounselArthur Train
Friday, the Thirteenth: A NovelThomas William Lawson
The Empty House and Other Ghost StoriesAlgernon Blackwood
The Diamond CoterieLawrence L. Lynch
The Crooked HouseBrandon Fleming
The Grell MysteryFrank Froest
In the Mayor’s ParlourJ. S. Fletcher
The Seven SecretsWilliam Le Queux
Ravensdene CourtJ. S. Fletcher
The Stretton Street AffairWilliam Le Queux
The Opal SerpentFergus Hume
The Double FourE. Phillips Oppenheim
A Master of MysteriesL. T. Meade & Robert Eustace
SimonJ. Storer Clouston
Murder in the GunroomH. Beam Piper
The Albert Gate MysteryLouis Tracy
The Man Who KnewEdgar Wallace
The Secret HouseEdgar Wallace
The Strange Case of Mortimer FenleyLouis Tracy
The Forsaken InnAnna Katharine Green
The New TenantE. Phillips Oppenheim
The Great K. & A. RobberyPaul Leicester Ford
The Angel of TerrorEdgar Wallace
The Apple of DiscordEarle Ashley Walcott
The Flaming JewelRobert W. Chambers
The Mark of CainAndrew Lang
The Man Who Knew Too MuchG. K. Chesterton
The La Chance Mine MysterySusan Morrow Jones
GreenmantleJohn Buchan
Raffles: Further Adventures E. W. Hornung
The Law and the Lady Wilkie Collins
The Circular Staircase Mary Roberts Rinehart
No Clue!Jr. James Hay
Round the Fire StoriesArthur Conan Doyle
The Mystery of the SeaBram Stoker
The Jewel of Seven StarsBram Stoker
The Woman in Black E. C. Bentley
The Leavenworth CaseAnna Katharine Green
The BeetleRichard Marsh
Twenty Years a DetectiveClifton R. Wooldridge
John Thorndyke’s Cases R. Austin Freeman
The Billiard Room Mystery Brian Flynn
The Adventure of the Dying Detective Arthur Conan Doyle
Hunted DownCharles Dickens
ArmadaleWilkie Collins
Lives of the Most Remarkable CriminalsAnonymous
The Old Man in the Corner Baroness Orczy
Tom Sawyer, DetectiveMark Twain
The Haunted HotelWilkie Collins
Uncle SilasJ. Sheridan Le Fanu
Lord Peter Views the BodyDorothy L. Sayers
The Trees of Pride G. K. Chesterton
Dope Sax Rohmer
The Golden Slipper Anna Katharine Green
Wyllard’s WeirdM. E. Braddon
The Daffodil Mystery Edgar Wallace
Clouds of WitnessDorothy L. Sayers
The Expressman and the Detective Allan Pinkerton
Trent’s Last Case E. C. Bentley
The Red Thumb Mark R. Austin Freeman
The Oakdale Affair Edgar Rice Burroughs
A Book of Remarkable CriminalsH. B. Irving
The ParasiteArthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot Arthur Conan Doyle
True Stories of Crime Arthur Train
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Fergus Hume
Baboe Dalima M. T. H. Perelaer
The Count’s Millions Émile Gaboriau
The MuckerEdgar Rice Burroughs
The Hollow Needle Maurice Leblanc
The Romance of the Forest Ann Radcliffe
The Crystal StopperMaurice Leblanc
The Black Robe Wilkie Collins
The Adventure of the Red Circle Arthur Conan Doyle
The Legacy of Cain Wilkie Collins
813 Maurice Leblanc
A Book of Scoundrels Charles Whibley
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge Arthur Conan Doyle
The Bat Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood
The Marquise de Brinvilliers Alexandre Dumas
The Stolen White Elephant Mark Twain
Vaninka Alexandre Dumas
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club Dorothy L. Sayers
The Amateur CracksmanE. W. Hornung
La Constantin Alexandre Dumas
A Strange Disappearance Anna Katharine Green
Jack Sheppard William Harrison Ainsworth
Karl Ludwig Sand Alexandre Dumas
A Thief in the Night E. W. Hornung
The House by the Church-Yard J. Sheridan Le Fanu
A Double Barrelled Detective Story Mark Twain
The Dynamiter Robert Louis Stevenson
The Mystery of Orcival Émile Gaboriau
The Adventuress Arthur B. Reeve
The Golden Triangle Maurice Leblanc
The Shadow of the Rope E. W. Hornung
Alias the Lone Wolf Louis Joseph Vance
The Man in Lower Ten Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Adventures of Jimmie Dale Frank L. Packard
The Blonde LadyMaurice Leblanc
Martin Hewitt, Investigator Arthur Morrison
The Teeth of the Tiger Maurice Leblanc
The Perfume of the Lady in Black Gaston Leroux
In the Bishop’s Carriage Miriam Michelson
The Great Impersonation E. Phillips Oppenheim
Other People’s Money Émile Gaboriau
Eugene Aram Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Historical Mysteries Andrew Lang
The Silent Bullet Arthur B. Reeve
Arsène Lupin, Super-Sleuth Maurice Leblanc
The Pit-Prop Syndicate Freeman Wills Crofts
The Middle Temple Murder J. S. Fletcher
Red Masquerade Louis Joseph Vance
The Drums of Jeopardy Harold MacGrath
The Vanished Messenger E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Crime at Black Dudley Margery Allingham
Knots Untied George S. McWatters
The Mystery of 31 New Inn R. Austin Freeman
Holmes’ Own Story H. H. Holmes
The Sleuth of St. James’s Square Melville Davisson Post
The Ivory Gate Walter Besant
The Abandoned Room Wadsworth Camp
Fire-Tongue Sax Rohmer
An African Millionaire Grant Allen
Blind Love Wilkie Collins
The Greene Murder Case S. S. Van Dine
The Gloved Hand Burton E. Stevenson
Havoc E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Vanishing Man R. Austin Freeman
Wylder’s Hand Sheridan Le Fanu
She Stands Accused Victor MacClure
The Singing Bone R. Austin Freeman
The Lerouge Case Émile Gaboriau
The After House Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Apartment Next Door William Johnston
The Eight Strokes of the Clock Maurice Leblanc
Ashton-Kirk, Investigator John T. McIntyre
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax Arthur Conan Doyle
No Thoroughfare Charles Dickens
Agatha Webb Anna Katharine Green
Okewood of the Secret Service Valentine Williams
Colonel Thorndyke’s Secret G. A. Henty
The Quest of the Sacred Slipper Sax Rohmer
Average Jones Samuel Hopkins Adams
Derues Alexandre Dumas
The Green Eyes of Bâst Sax Rohmer
The House of the Arrow A. E. W. Mason
The Case of Jennie Brice Mary Roberts Rinehart
The House of Mystery Will Irwin
The Golf Course Mystery Chester K. Steele
The Stories of the Three Burglars Frank R. Stockton
The Mystery of Cloomber Arthur Conan Doyle
The House of a Thousand Candles Meredith Nicholson
The Darrow Enigma Melvin L. Severy
The Agony Column Earl Derr Biggers
The Benson Murder Case S. S. Van Dine
The Confession Mary Roberts Rinehart
The White Moll Frank L. Packard
The Woman in the Alcove Anna Katharine Green
At the Villa Rose A. E. W. Mason
The Clue of the Twisted Candle Edgar Wallace
Mr. Justice Raffles E. W. Hornung
The Trial of Callista Blake Edgar Pangborn
The Champdoce Mystery Émile Gaboriau
The Hampstead Mystery John R. Watson and Arthur J. Rees
The Red Redmaynes Eden Phillpotts
The Wyvern Mystery J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The Bishop Murder Case S. S. Van Dine
Charles Peace Anonymous
The Million-Dollar Suitcase Alice MacGowan and Perry Newberry
Cord and Creese James De Mille
The Kingdom of the Blind E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Lone Wolf Louis Joseph Vance
Jason Justus Miles Forman
The Illustrious Prince E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Malefactor E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Secret of Lonesome Cove Samuel Hopkins Adams
Initials Only Anna Katharine Green
The Monomaniac Émile Zola
Four Max Carrados Detective Stories Ernest Bramah
Unravelled Knots Baroness Orczy
The Long Arm of Fantômas Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain
The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont Robert Barr
Dark Hollow Anna Katharine Green
Meet the Tiger Leslie Charteris
The Dream Doctor Arthur B. Reeve
The Four Faces William Le Queux
The Rome Express Arthur Griffiths
The House of the Whispering Pines Anna Katharine Green
The Yellow Face Fred M. White
Sight Unseen Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo William Le Queux
The Thirteenth Chair Bayard Veiller
The Uttermost Farthing R. Austin Freeman
The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale Frank L. Packard
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard Baroness Orczy
Prince Zaleski M. P. Shiel
Eveline Mandeville Alvin Addison
Memoirs of Arsène Lupin Maurice Leblanc
The Man with the Clubfoot Valentine Williams
The Notting Hill Mystery Charles Felix
The Postmaster’s Daughter Louis Tracy
The Voice in the Fog Harold MacGrath
The Avenger Edgar Wallace
Jennie Baxter, Journalist Robert Barr
The Secret of Sarek Maurice Leblanc
The Trevor Case Natalie Sumner Lincoln
Cleek, the Man of the Forty Faces Thomas W. Hanshew
The Great Prince Shan E. Phillips Oppenheim
Masterpieces of Mystery: Riddle Stories Joseph Lewis French
The Paradise Mystery J. S. Fletcher
In the Fog Richard Harding Davis
The Canary Murder Case S. S. Van Dine
The Mayor’s Wife Anna Katharine Green
The Treasure-Train Arthur B. Reeve
Max Carrados Ernest Bramah
The Terror Arthur Machen
The Lion’s Share Octave Thanet
The Lost Ambassador E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Clique of Gold Émile Gaboriau
The Eagle’s Eye William J. Flynn
Doors of the Night Frank L. Packard
The Remarkable Life of John Sheppard Daniel Defoe
The Bellamy Trial Frances Noyes Hart
Israel Rank Roy Horniman
My Lady’s Money Wilkie Collins
Inspector French’s Greatest Case Freeman Wills Crofts
Murder at Bridge Anne Austin
The Passenger from Calais Arthur Griffiths
The Filigree Ball Anna Katharine Green
Ada, the Betrayed James Malcolm Rymer
The Case of Miss Elliott Baroness Orczy
That Mainwaring Affair A. Maynard Barbour
The Yellow Streak Valentine Williams
Hand and Ring Anna Katharine Green
The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet Burton E. Stevenson
The Chronicles of Michael Danevitch Dick Donovan
Elusive Isabel Jacques Futrelle
A Rogue by Compulsion Victor Bridges
Shadow in the House Sinclair Gluck
The Starvel Hollow Tragedy Freeman Wills Crofts
The Grey Room Eden Phillpotts
My Strangest Case Guy Boothby
The Orange-Yellow Diamond J. S. Fletcher
The Achievements of Luther Trant Edwin Balmer and William MacHarg
The Cask Freeman Wills Crofts
Within an Inch of His Life Émile Gaboriau
The Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow Auguste Groner
The Patient in Room 18 Mignon G. Eberhart
The Crime of the Century Henry M. Hunt
As a Thief in the Night R. Austin Freeman
The Five Knots Fred M. White
The Gold Bag Carolyn Wells
The Mysterious Key and What It Opened Louisa May Alcott
The Poisoned Pen Arthur B. Reeve
The Middle of Things J. S. Fletcher
The Northfield Tragedy J. H. Hanson
The Experiences of a Barrister Samuel Warren
On Secret Service William Nelson Taft
The False Faces Louis Joseph Vance
The Mystery of the Ravenspurs Fred M. White
The Moon Rock Arthur J. Rees
The Sea Mystery Freeman Wills Crofts
The Face and the Mask Robert Barr
The Lone Trail Luke Allan
The Vault Murray Leinster
Tutt and Mr. Tutt Arthur Train
In Friendship’s Guise William Murray Graydon
The Lonely House Marie Belloc Lowndes
The Black Box E. Phillips Oppenheim
Madame Midas Fergus Hume
Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective Ellis Parker Butler
The Dorrington Deed-Box Arthur Morrison
Cleek, the Master Detective Thomas W. Hanshew
Remarkable Rogues Charles Kingston
Annihilation Isabel Ostrander
The Chink in the Armour Marie Belloc Lowndes
The Emerald of Catherine the Great Hilaire Belloc
Locked Doors Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Shadow of the Wolf R. Austin Freeman
Treasure and Trouble Therewith Geraldine Bonner
Bat Wing Sax Rohmer
Death in the Dusk Virgil Markham
The Hole in the Wall Arthur Morrison
Black Caesar’s Clan Albert Payson Terhune
The Power-House John Buchan
The Firefly of France Marion Polk Angellotti
Harry Blount, the Detective T. J. Flanagan
The Informer Liam O’Flaherty
The Master Mystery Arthur B. Reeve
The Step on the Stair Anna Katharine Green
Stories of Tragedy Rossiter Johnson
The International Spy Allen Upward
The Man with the Black Feather Gaston Leroux
A Woman’s Burden Fergus Hume
The Sundial Fred M. White
The ‘Phone Booth Mystery John Ironside
The Stowmarket Mystery Louis Tracy
Blindfolded Earle Ashley Walcott
Murder in Black Letter Poul Anderson
The River of Stars Edgar Wallace
The Amateur Crime Anthony Berkeley
The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation J. S. Fletcher
The Thin Red Line and Blue Blood Arthur Griffiths
The Great Harry Thaw Case Benjamin H. Atwell
The Ashiel Mystery Marion Bryce
The Brightener C. N. and A. M. Williamson
The Goddess Richard Marsh
Recollections of a Policeman William Russell
The War Terror Arthur B. Reeve
The Bittermeads Mystery E. R. Punshon
Scarhaven Keep J. S. Fletcher
The Dead Letter Metta Victoria Fuller Victor
A Prince of Swindlers Guy Boothby
Red Money Fergus Hume
The Case of the Lamp That Went Out Auguste Groner
The Cat’s Paw Natalie Sumner Lincoln
Recalled to Life Grant Allen
The Three Just Men Edgar Wallace
A Nest of Spies Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain
The Cab of the Sleeping Horse John Reed Scott
Chronicles of Martin Hewitt Arthur Morrison
The Draycott Murder Mystery Molly Thynne
The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth George Alfred Townsend
The Burglar’s Fate and the Detectives Allan Pinkerton
The Duke of York’s Steps Henry Wade
The Port of Missing Men Meredith Nicholson
Young Wallingford George Randolph Chester
Cleek of Scotland Yard Thomas W. Hanshew
The Danvers Jewels and Sir Charles Danvers Mary Cholmondeley
Revenge! Robert Barr
The Girl at Central Geraldine Bonner
The Heart of a Woman Baroness Orczy
The Secret Passage Fergus Hume
The Shadow on the Spark Edward S. Sears
One of My Sons Anna Katharine Green
The Four Corners of the World A. E. W. Mason
The Devil’s Paw E. Phillips Oppenheim
Knock Three-One-Two Fredric Brown
Number Seventeen Louis Tracy
The Cinema Murder E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Room in the Dragon Volant J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The Sign of Silence William Le Queux
The Paternoster Ruby Charles Edmonds Walk
The Case of the Pool of Blood in the Pastor’s Study Auguste Groner
The Closed Book William Le Queux
Double Crossed W. Douglas Newton
The Blue Wall Richard Washburn Child
The Silver Blade Charles Edmonds Walk
Behind the Bronze Door William Le Queux
The Red Symbol John Ironside
The Evil Shepherd E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Loudwater Mystery Edgar Jepson
The Guilty River Wilkie Collins
The Spy Richard Harding Davis
The Lost House Richard Harding Davis
The Pointing Man Marjorie Douie
The Sixty-First Second Owen Johnson
The Apaches of New York Alfred Henry Lewis
The Dangerfield Talisman J. J. Connington
The House Without a Key Earl Derr Biggers
The Clue of the New Pin Edgar Wallace
The Sheridan Road Mystery Paul Thorne and Mabel Thorne
Traffic in Souls Eustace Hale Ball
Under Three Flags Bert Leston Taylor and Alvin T. Thoits
In Secret Robert W. Chambers
McAllister and His Double Arthur Train
Murder Point Coningsby Dawson
Rogues and Vagabonds George R. Sims
Ten Years Among the Mail Bags James Holbrook
The Yellow Dove George Gibbs
The Stolen Singer Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger
The Weird Picture John R. Carling
The Thirteenth Letter Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The Social Gangster Arthur B. Reeve
The Adventures of Martin Hewitt Arthur Morrison
The Amateur Richard Harding Davis
The Avenger E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Destroyer Burton E. Stevenson
The Master Detective Percy James Brebner
The Red Widow William Le Queux
A Tragedy of Love and Hate Bertha M. Clay
The Circular Study Anna Katharine Green
Vicky Van Carolyn Wells
The Astounding Crime on Torrington Road William Gillette
Five Nights at the Five Pines Harriet A. Gaul
The Frame Up Richard Harding Davis
Guy Garrick Arthur B. Reeve
Angel Esquire Edgar Wallace
The Double Traitor E. Phillips Oppenheim
From Out the Vasty Deep Marie Belloc Lowndes
The Riddle and the Ring Gordon MacLaren
The D’Arblay Mystery R. Austin Freeman
The Film Mystery Arthur B. Reeve
The Mystery of M. Felix B. L. Farjeon
The Poacher’s Wife Eden Phillpotts
Suspense Isabel Ostrander
The Eye of Osiris R. Austin Freeman
In the Night Lord Gorell
The Pawns Count E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Woman with One Hand Richard Marsh
Fifty Years a Detective Thomas Furlong
The Silver Bullet Fergus Hume
Tracked by Wireless William Le Queux
The Weapons of Mystery Joseph Hocking
The Bandbox Louis Joseph Vance
Persons Unknown Virginia Tracy
The Stillwater Tragedy Thomas Bailey Aldrich