Crime & mystery books

""This edition of Average Jones is based on the first edition in the Library of Congress's collection, originally...  Read More >>

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1897 Original Publisher: Rand McNally  Read More >>

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""Poison Island"" by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch plunges readers into a thrilling world of adventure and mystery....  Read More >>

""Uncle Sam Detective"" delves into the shadowy world of crime in the United States. William Atherton Du Puy crafts...  Read More >>

Delve into the thrilling world of Professor Craig Kennedy in Arthur B. Reeve's ""The Silent Bullet,"" a classic...  Read More >>

A Son of Perdition from Fergus Hume. Prolific English novelist (1859-1932).  Read More >>

Set in a beautiful landscape, the work reflects the ugliness of relationships. A group of individuals are presented...  Read More >>

Arthur Stringer (February 26, 1874 - September 13, 1950) was a Canadian novelist, screenwriter, and poet who later...  Read More >>

Just on the edge of the prairie, in western Iowa, some thirty years since, stood a cabin covering quite a little...  Read More >>

When adventure beckoned in the form of a veiled girl in the mysterious limousine, in trouble, Capt. Matt West jumped...  Read More >>

Excerpt: ...He was a pleased man, and considered golf a good game; and he never forgot that Wilbur Cowan had made...  Read More >>

Harold MacGrath (1871-1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. The Pagan...  Read More >>

Harold MacGrath (1871-1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.  Read More >>

Marcel Allain was a French writer best known for the arch-villain Fantomas, a master criminal who featured in a...  Read More >>

Dive into the chilling suspense of J.S. Fletcher's ""Ravensdene Court,"" a classic of detective fiction and a masterfully...  Read More >>

Delve into the dark heart of 18th-century England with Edward Bulwer-Lytton's ""Eugene Aram, Complete,"" a compelling...  Read More >>

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms...  Read More >>

The Hunchback of Westminster from William Le Queux. Anglo-French journalist and writer (1864-1927).  Read More >>

The Wiles of the Wicked from William Le Queux. Anglo-French journalist and writer (1864-1927).  Read More >>

Delve into the thrilling world of ""The Devil's Paw"" by master storyteller E. Phillips Oppenheim. This classic...  Read More >>

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The Temptress from William Le Queux. Anglo-French journalist and writer (1864-1927).  Read More >>

Louis Tracy was an early 20th century author who wrote a number of works of fiction, and this is one of his most...  Read More >>