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Эдгар Аллан По. 30 Mystery & Investigation masterpieces
In a Grove. Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
The Testimony of a Woodcutter Questioned by a High Police Commissioner
The Testimony of a Traveling Buddhist Priest Questioned by a High Police Commissioner
The Testimony of a Policeman Questioned by a High Police Commissioner
The Testimony of an Old Woman Questioned by a High Police Commissioner
Tajomaru's Confession
The Repentance of a Woman Who Has Come to Kiyomizu Temple
The Story of the Murdered Man, as Told Through a Medium
The Innocence of Father Brown. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
The Blue Cross
The Secret Garden
The Queer Feet
The Flying Stars
The Invisible Man
The Honour of Israel Gow
The Wrong Shape
The Sins of Prince Saradine
The Hammer of God
The Eye of Apollo
The Sign of the Broken Sword
The Three Tools of Death
The Man Who Knew Too Much. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Chapter 1 THE FACE IN THE TARGET
Chapter 2 THE VANISHING PRINCE
Chapter 3 THE SOUL OF THE SCHOOLBOY
Chapter 4 THE BOTTOMLESS WELL
Chapter 5 THE FAD OF THE FISHERMAN
Chapter 6 THE HOLE IN THE WALL
Chapter 7 THE TEMPLE OF SILENCE
Chapter 8 THE VENGEANCE OF THE STATUE
The Wisdom of Father Brown. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
The Absence of Mr Glass
The Paradise of Thieves
The Duel of Dr Hirsch
The Man in the Passage
The Mistake of the Machine
The Head of Caesar
The Purple Wig
The Perishing of the Pendragons
The God of the Gongs
The Salad of Colonel Cray
The Strange Crime of John Boulnois
The Fairy Tale of Father Brown
The Moonstone. Wilkie Collins
PROLOGUE: THE STORMING OF SERINGAPATAM (1799)
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
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Epilogue, THE FINDING OF THE DIAMOND
The Woman in White. Wilkie Collins
Chapter 1 The Story Begun by Walter Hartright (of Clement's Inn, Teacher of Drawing) 1
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Chapter 2 The Story Continued by Vincent Gilmore (of Chancery Lane, Solicitor) 1
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Chapter 3 The Story Continued by Marian Halcombe (in Extracts from her Diary) 1. Limmeridge House, Nov. 8
2. Polesdean Lodge, Yorkshire
3. Limmeridge House
Chapter 1 The Story Continued by Marian Halcombe. 1. Blackwater Park, Hampshire
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Chapter 2 The Story Continued by Frederick Fairlie, Esq., of Limmeridge House
Chapter 3 The Story Continued by Eliza Michelson (Housekeeper at Blackwater Park) 1
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Chapter 4 The Story Continued in Several Narratives. 1. The Narrative of Hester Pinhorn, Cook in the Service of Count Fosco
2. The Narrative of the Doctor
3. The Narrative of Jane Gould
4. The Narrative of the Tombstone
5. The Narrative of Walter Hartright
Chapter 1 The Story Continued by Walter Hartright. 1
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Chapter 2 The Story Continued by Mrs. Catherick
Chapter 3 The Story Continued by Walter Hartright. 1
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Chapter 4 The Story Continued by Isidore, Ottavio, Baldassare Fosco
1. The Count's Narrative
Chapter 5 The Story Continued by Walter Hartright. 1
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The Hound of the Baskervilles. Arthur Conan Doyle
Chapter 1 Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Chapter 2 The Curse of the Baskervilles
Chapter 3 The Problem
Chapter 4 Sir Henry Baskerville
Chapter 5 Three Broken Threads
Chapter 6 Baskerville Hall
Chapter 7 The Stapletons of Merripit House
Chapter 8 First Report of Dr. Watson
Chapter 9 The Light upon the Moor
Chapter 10 Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
Chapter 11 The Man on the Tor
Chapter 12 Death on the Moor
Chapter 13 Fixing the Nets
Chapter 14 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 15 A Retrospection
The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle
Chapter 1 The Adventure of the Empty House
Chapter 2 The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
Chapter 3 The Adventure of the Dancing Men
Chapter 4 The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
Chapter 5 The Adventure of the Priory School
Chapter 6 The Adventure of Black Peter
Chapter 7 The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
Chapter 8 The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
Chapter 9 The Adventure of the Three Students
Chapter 10 The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
Chapter 11 The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
Chapter 12 The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
Chapter 13 The Adventure of the Second Stain
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle
Silver Blaze
The Yellow Face
The Stock-broker's Clerk
The 'Gloria Scott'
The Musgrave Ritual
The Reigate Puzzle
The Crooked Man
The Resident Patient
The Greek Interpreter
The Naval Treaty
The Final Problem
The Valley of Fear. Arthur Conan Doyle
Chapter 1 The Warning
Chapter 2 Sherlock Holmes Discourses
Chapter 3 The Tragedy of Birlstone
Chapter 4 Darkness
Chapter 5 The People of the Drama
Chapter 6 A Dawning Light
Chapter 7 The Solution
Chapter 1 The Man
Chapter 2 The Bodymaster
Chapter 3 Lodge 341, Vermissa
Chapter 4 The Valley of Fear
Chapter 5 The Darkest Hour
Chapter 6 Danger
Chapter 7 The Trapping of Birdy Edwards
Chapter 8 Epilogue
The Sign of the Four. Arthur Conan Doyle
Chapter 1 The Science of Deduction
Chapter 2 The Statement of the Case
Chapter 3 In Quest of a Solution
Chapter 4 The Story of the Bald-Headed Man
Chapter 5 The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge
Chapter 6 Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration
Chapter 7 The Episode of the Barrel
Chapter 8 The Baker Street Irregulars
Chapter 9 A Break in the Chain
Chapter 10 The End of the Islander
Chapter 11 The Great Agra Treasure
Chapter 12 The Strange Story of Jonathan Small
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
His Last Bow. Arthur Conan Doyle
Chapter 1 The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge. 1. The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles
2. The Tiger of San Pedro
Chapter 2 The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
Chapter 3 The Adventure of the Red Circle
Chapter 4 The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
Chapter 5 The Adventure of the Dying Detective
Chapter 6 The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
Chapter 7 The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
Chapter 8 His Last Bow - The War Service of Sherlock Holmes
A Study in Scarlet. Arthur Conan Doyle
Chapter 1 Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Chapter 2 The Science of Deduction
Chapter 3 The Lauriston Garden Mystery
Chapter 4 What John Rance Had to Tell
Chapter 5 Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor
Chapter 6 Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do
Chapter 7 Light in the Darkness
Chapter 1 On the Great Alkali Plain
Chapter 2 The Flower of Utah
Chapter 3 John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet
Chapter 4 A Flight for Life
Chapter 5 The Avenging Angels
Chapter 6 A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D
Chapter 7 The Conclusion
The Spider. Hanns Heinz Ewers
The Spider
The Man Who Ended War. Hollis Godfrey
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Desperate Remedies. Thomas Hardy
PREFATORY NOTE
Chapter 1 THE EVENTS OF THIRTY YEARS. 1. DECEMBER AND JANUARY, 1835-36
2. FROM 1843 TO 1861
3. OCTOBER THE TWELFTH, 1863
4. OCTOBER THE NINETEENTH
5. FROM OCTOBER THE NINETEENTH TO JULY THE NINTH
Chapter 2 THE EVENTS OF A FORTNIGHT. 1. THE NINTH OF JULY
2. JULY THE ELEVENTH
3. FROM THE TWELFTH TO THE FIFTEENTH OF JULY
4. JULY THE TWENTY-FIRST
Chapter 3 THE EVENTS OF EIGHT DAYS. 1. FROM THE TWENTY-SECOND TO THE TWENTY-SEVENTH OF JULY
2. JULY THE TWENTY-NINTH
Chapter 4 THE EVENTS OF ONE DAY. 1. AUGUST THE FOURTH. TILL FOUR O'CLOCK
2. FOUR O'CLOCK
Chapter 5 THE EVENTS OF ONE DAY. 1. AUGUST THE EIGHTH. MORNING AND AFTERNOON
2. EVENING
3. MIDNIGHT
Chapter 6 THE EVENTS OF TWELVE HOURS. 1. AUGUST THE NINTH. ONE TO TWO O'CLOCK A.M
2. TWO TO FIVE A.M
3. HALF-PAST SEVEN TO TEN O'CLOCK A.M
4. TEN TO TWELVE O'CLOCK A.M
Chapter 7 THE EVENTS OF EIGHTEEN DAYS. 1. AUGUST THE SEVENTEENTH
2. AUGUST THE TWENTIETH
3. AUGUST THE TWENTY-FIFTH
4. FROM AUGUST THE TWENTY-SIXTH TO SEPTEMBER THE FIRST
5. SEPTEMBER THE THIRD
Chapter 8 THE EVENTS OF EIGHTEEN DAYS. 1. FROM THE THIRD TO THE NINETEENTH OF SEPTEMBER
2. SEPTEMBER THE TWENTIETH. THREE TO FOUR P.M
3. FOUR TO FIVE P.M
4. FIVE TO SIX P.M
5. SIX TO SEVEN P.M
Chapter 9 THE EVENTS OF TEN WEEKS. 1. FROM SEPTEMBER THE TWENTY-FIRST TO THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER
2. NOVEMBER THE EIGHTEENTH
3. NOVEMBER THE NINETEENTH. DAYBREAK
4. EIGHT TO TEN O'CLOCK A.M
5. NOVEMBER THE TWENTIETH
6. NOVEMBER THE TWENTY-FIRST
7. FROM THE TWENTY-SECOND TO THE TWENTY-SEVENTH OF NOVEMBER
Chapter 10 X. THE EVENTS OF A DAY AND NIGHT. 1. NOVEMBER THE TWENTY-EIGHTH. UNTIL TEN P.M
2. FROM TEN TO HALF-PAST ELEVEN P.M
3. HALF-PAST ELEVEN TO TWELVE P.M
4. NINE TO ELEVEN P.M
5. MIDNIGHT
6. HALF-PAST TWELVE TO ONE A.M
7. ONE TO TWO A.M
Chapter 11 THE EVENTS OF FIVE DAYS. 1. NOVEMBER THE TWENTY-NINTH
2. FROM NOVEMBER THE TWENTY-NINTH TO DECEMBER THE SECOND
3. DECEMBER THE SECOND. AFTERNOON
4. DECEMBER THE THIRD
5. DECEMBER THE FOURTH
6. DECEMBER THE FIFTH
Chapter 12 THE EVENTS OF TEN MONTHS. 1. DECEMBER TO APRIL
2. THE THIRD OF MAY
3. FROM THE FOURTH OF MAY TO THE TWENTY-FIRST OF JUNE
4. FROM THE TWENTY-FIRST OF JUNE TO THE END OF JULY
5. FROM THE FIRST TO THE TWENTY-SEVENTH OF AUGUST
6. THE TWENTY-SEVENTH OF AUGUST
7. THE EARLY PART OF SEPTEMBER
8. THE TENTH OF SEPTEMBER
9. THE ELEVENTH OF SEPTEMBER
Chapter 13 THE EVENTS OF ONE DAY. 1. THE FIFTH OF JANUARY. BEFORE DAWN
2. MORNING
3. NOON
4. AFTERNOON
5. HALF-PAST TWO TO FIVE O'CLOCK P.M
6. FIVE TO EIGHT O'CLOCK P.M
7. A QUARTER-PAST EIGHT O'CLOCK P.M
8. HALF-PAST EIGHT O'CLOCK P.M
9. HALF-PAST EIGHT TO ELEVEN P.M
10. ELEVEN O'CLOCK P.M
Chapter 14 THE EVENTS OF FIVE WEEKS. 1. FROM THE SIXTH TO THE THIRTEENTH OF JANUARY
2. FROM THE EIGHTEENTH TO THE END OF JANUARY
3. THE FIRST OF FEBRUARY
4. THE TWELFTH OF FEBRUARY
Chapter 15 THE EVENTS OF THREE WEEKS. 1. FROM THE TWELFTH OF FEBRUARY TO THE SECOND OF MARCH
2. THE THIRD OF MARCH
3. THE FIFTH OF MARCH
Chapter 16 THE EVENTS OF ONE WEEK. 1. MARCH THE SIXTH
2. MARCH THE TENTH
3. MARCH THE ELEVENTH
4. MARCH THE TWELFTH
Chapter 17 THE EVENTS OF ONE DAY. 1. MARCH THE THIRTEENTH. THREE TO SIX O'CLOCK A.M
2. EIGHT O'CLOCK A.M
3. AFTERNOON
Chapter 18 THE EVENTS OF THREE DAYS. 1. MARCH THE EIGHTEENTH
2. MARCH THE TWENTIETH. SIX TO NINE O'CLOCK P.M
3. FROM NINE TO TEN O'CLOCK P.M
Chapter 19 THE EVENTS OF A DAY AND NIGHT. 1. MARCH THE TWENTY-FIRST. MORNING
2. AFTERNOON
3. FROM FIVE TO EIGHT O'CLOCK P.M
4. FROM EIGHT TO ELEVEN O'CLOCK P.M
5. FROM ELEVEN O'CLOCK TO MIDNIGHT
6. FROM MIDNIGHT TO HALF-PAST ONE A.M
Chapter 20 THE EVENTS OF THREE HOURS. 1. MARCH THE TWENTY-THIRD. MIDDAY
2. ONE TO TWO O'CLOCK P.M
Chapter 21 THE EVENTS OF EIGHTEEN HOURS. 1. MARCH THE TWENTY-NINTH. NOON
2. SIX O'CLOCK P.M
3. SEVEN O'CLOCK P.M
4. MARCH THE THIRTIETH. DAYBREAK
SEQUEL
The Seven Secrets. William Le Queux
Chapter 1 INTRODUCES AMBLER JEVONS
Chapter 2 “A VERY UGLY SECRET.”
Chapter 3 THE COURTENAYS
Chapter 4 A NIGHT CALL
Chapter 5 DISCLOSES A MYSTERY
Chapter 6 IN WHICH I MAKE A DISCOVERY
Chapter 7 THE MAN SHORT AND HIS STORY
Chapter 8 AMBLER JEVONS IS INQUISITIVE
Chapter 9 SHADOWS
Chapter 10 WHICH PUZZLES THE DOCTORS
Chapter 11 CONCERNS MY PRIVATE AFFAIRS
Chapter 12 I RECEIVE A VISITOR
Chapter 13 MY LOVE
Chapter 14 IS DISTINCTLY CURIOUS
Chapter 15 I AM CALLED FOR CONSULTATION
Chapter 16 REVEALS AN ASTOUNDING FACT
Chapter 17 DISCUSSES SEVERAL MATTERS
Chapter 18 WORDS OF THE DEAD
Chapter 19 JEVONS GROWS MYSTERIOUS
Chapter 20 MY NEW PATIENT
Chapter 21 WOMAN’S WILES
Chapter 22 A MESSAGE
Chapter 23 THE MYSTERY OF MARY
Chapter 24 ETHELWYNN IS SILENT
Chapter 25 FORMS A BEWILDERING ENIGMA
Chapter 26 AMBLER JEVONS IS BUSY
Chapter 27 MR. LANE’S ROMANCE
Chapter 28 “POOR MRS. COURTENAY.”
Chapter 29 THE POLICE ARE AT FAULT
Chapter 30 SIR BERNARD’S DECISION
Chapter 31 CONTAINS THE PLAIN TRUTH
The Czar's Spy. William Le Queux
Chapter 1 HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SERVICE
Chapter 2 WHY THE SAFE WAS OPENED
Chapter 3 THE HOUSE "OVER THE WATER"
Chapter 4 IN WHICH THE MYSTERY INCREASES
Chapter 5 CONTAINS CERTAIN CONFIDENCES
Chapter 6 THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUDS
Chapter 7 CONTAINS A SURPRISE
Chapter 8 LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM
Chapter 9 STRANGE DISCLOSURES ARE MADE
Chapter 10 I SHOW MY HAND
Chapter 11 THE CASTLE OF THE TERROR
Chapter 12 "THE STRANGLER"
Chapter 13 A DOUBLE GAME AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Chapter 14 HER HIGHNESS IS INQUISITIVE
Chapter 15 JUST OFF THE STRAND
Chapter 16 MARKED MEN
Chapter 17 THE TRUTH ABOUT THE "LOLA"
Chapter 18 CONTAINS ELMA'S STORY
CONCLUSION
The Confessions of Arsène Lupin. Maurice Leblanc
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND FRANCS REWARD!..
THE WEDDING-RING
THE SIGN OF THE SHADOW
THE INFERNAL TRAP
THE RED SILK SCARF
SHADOWED BY DEATH
A TRAGEDY IN THE FOREST OF MORGUES
LUPIN'S MARRIAGE
THE INVISIBLE PRISONER
EDITH SWAN-NECK
The Phantom of the Opera. Gaston Leroux
Prologue
Chapter 1 Is it the Ghost?
Chapter 2 The New Margarita
Chapter 3 The Mysterious Reason
Chapter 4 Box Five
Chapter 5 The Enchanted Violin
Chapter 6 A Visit to Box Five
Chapter 7 Faust and What Followed
Chapter 8 The Mysterious Brougham
Chapter 9 At the Masked Ball
Chapter 10 Forget the Name of the Man's Voice
Chapter 11 Above the Trap-Doors
Chapter 12 Apollo's Lyre
Chapter 13 A Master-Stroke of the Trap-Door Lover
Chapter 14 The Singular Attitude of a Safety-Pin
Chapter 15 Christine! Christine!
Chapter 16 Mme. Giry's Astounding Revelations as to Her Personal Relations with the Opera Ghost
Chapter 17 The Safety-Pin Again
Chapter 18 The Commissary, The Viscount and the Persian
Chapter 19 The Viscount and the Persian
Chapter 20 In the Cellars of the Opera
Chapter 21 Interesting and Instructive Vicissitudes of a Persian in the Cellars of the Opera
Chapter 22 In the Torture Chamber
Chapter 23 The Tortures Begin
Chapter 24 "Barrels! ... Barrels! ... Any Barrels to Sell?"
Chapter 25 The Scorpion or the Grasshopper: Which?
Chapter 26 The End of the Ghost's Love Story
Epilogue
The Paris Opera House
The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective. Catherine Louisa Pirkis
Chapter 1 THE BLACK BAG LEFT ON A DOOR-STEP
Chapter 2 THE MURDER AT TROYTE'S HILL
Chapter 3 THE REDHILL SISTERHOOD
Chapter 4 A PRINCESS'S VENGEANCE
Chapter 5 DRAWN DAGGERS
Chapter 6 THE GHOST OF FOUNTAIN LANE
Chapter 7 MISSING!
The Black Cat. Edgar Allan Poe
The Murders in the Rue Morgue. Edgar Allan Poe
The Lady, or the Tiger? Frank R. Stockton
THE LADY, OR THE TIGER?
Tom Sawyer, Detective. Mark Twain
Chapter 1 AN INVITATION FOR TOM AND HUCK
Chapter 2 JAKE DUNLAP
Chapter 3 A DIAMOND ROBBERY
Chapter 4 THE THREE SLEEPERS
Chapter 5 A TRAGEDY IN THE WOODS
Chapter 6 PLANS TO SECURE THE DIAMONDS
Chapter 7 A NIGHT'S VIGIL
Chapter 8 TALKING WITH THE GHOST
Chapter 9 FINDING OF JUBITER DUNLAP
Chapter 10 THE ARREST OF UNCLE SILAS
Chapter 11 TOM SAWYER DISCOVERS THE MURDERERS
An Antarctic Mystery. Jules Verne
Chapter 1 THE KERGUELEN ISLANDS
Chapter 2 THE SCHOONER HALBRANE
Chapter 3 CAPTAIN LEN GUY
Chapter 4 FROM THE KERGUELEN ISLES TO PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Chapter 5 EDGAR POE’S ROMANCE
Chapter 6 AN OCEAN WAIF
Chapter 7 TRISTAN D’ACUNHA
Chapter 8 BOUND FOR THE FALKLANDS
Chapter 9 FITTING OUT THE HALBRANE
Chapter 10 THE OUTSET OF THE ENTERPRISE
Chapter 11 FROM THE SANDWICH ISLANDS TO THE POLAR CIRCLE
Chapter 12 BETWEEN THE POLAR CIRCLE AND THE ICE WALL
Chapter 13 ALONG THE FRONT OF THE ICEBERGS
Chapter 14 A VOICE IN A DREAM
Chapter 15 BENNET ISLET
Chapter 16 TSALAL ISLAND
Chapter 17 AND PYM?
Chapter 18 A REVELATION
Chapter 19 LAND?
Chapter 20 “UNMERCIFUL DISASTER”
Chapter 21 AMID THE MISTS
Chapter 22 IN CAMP
Chapter 23 FOUND AT LAST
Chapter 24 ELEVEN YEARS IN A FEW PAGES
Chapter 25 “WE WERE THE FIRST.”
Chapter 26 A LITTLE REMNANT
The Technique of the Mystery Story. Carolyn Wells
Chapter 1 THE ETERNAL CURIOUS
1. Inquisition into the Curious is Universal
2. Early Riddles
3. The Passion for Solving Mysteries
Chapter 2 THE LITERATURE OF MYSTERY
1. The Rightful Place of the Mystery Story in Fiction
2. The Mystery Story Considered as Art
3. The Claims of Antagonists and Protagonists
Chapter 3 THE HISTORY OF MYSTERY
1. Ancient Mystery Tales
Chapter 4 GHOST STORIES
1. A Working Classification
2. The Ghost Story
3. Famous Ghost Stories
4. The Humorous Ghost Story
Chapter 5 RIDDLE STORIES
1. Some Notable Riddle Stories
2. The Nature of the Riddle Story and its Types
Chapter 6 DETECTIVE STORIES
1. What is a Detective Story
2. Rise of the Detective Story
3. The Detective-Fictive and Real
4. Fiction versus Fact
5. The Interest of the Detective Story
6. A Summing Up
Chapter 7 THE DETECTIVE
1. The Real Detective and His Work
2. Fictive Detective Material
3. The Transcendent Detective
4. Pioneer Detectives of Fiction
5. Recent Detectives of Fiction
6. The Scientific Detective of Fiction
7. The New Psychology in Detective Stories
8. Other Types
Chapter 8 DEDUCTION
1. Ratiocination in Early Detective Stories
2. Deduction Used in Every-day Life
3. The Analytical Element in the Detective Story
4. Poe's Detective—The Prototype
5. The Detective in the Novel
Chapter 9 APPLIED PRINCIPLES
1. The Detectives of Poe, Doyle, and Gaboriau
2. Individuality of these Detectives
3. The Real Sherlock Holmes
Chapter 10 THE RATIONALE OF RATIOCINATION
1. Sherlock Holmes' Method
2. Lecoq's Method
3. Other Methods
4. Holmes' Method Evaluated
5. The Inductive and the Deductive Methods
6. Two Striking Examples
Chapter 11 CLOSE OBSERVATION
1. The Search for Clues
2. The Bizarre in Crime
3. The Value of the Trivial
4. The Tricks of Imitation
Chapter 12 OTHER DETECTIVES OF FICTION
1. Some Original Traits
2. Two Unique Detectives
Chapter 13 PORTRAITS
1. Some Early Detective Portraits
2. Some More Modern Portraits
3. Some Less Known Portraits
4. Idiosyncrasies of Fictional Detectives
5. Favorite Phrases of Detectives
Chapter 14 DEVIOUS DEVICES
1. Snow and Rain
2. Some Particularly Hackneyed Devices
3. Devices Which Are Not Plausible
Chapter 15 FOOTPRINTS AND FINGERPRINTS
1. The Omnipresence of Footprints
2. Other Miraculous Discoveries
3. Remarkable Deductions from Footprints
4. Fingerprints and Teethmarks
Chapter 16 MORE DEVICES
1. Tabulated Clues
2. Worn-out Devices
3. The Use of Disguise
4. Other "Properties"
Chapter 17 FALSE DEVICES
1. The "Trace" Fallacy
2. The Destruction of Evidence
3. False Hypotheses
4. Errors of Fact and of Inference
5. The Use of Illustrative Plans
6. The Locked and Barred Room
Chapter 18 MURDER IN GENERAL
1. Murder Considered in the Abstract
2. Murder as a Fine Art
3. The Murder Theme
4. The Robbery Theme
5. The Mysterious Disappearance
Chapter 19 PERSONS IN THE STORY
1. The Victim
2. The Criminal
3. Faulty Portrayal of the Criminal
4. The Secondary Detective
5. The Suspects
6. The Heroine and the Element of Romance
7. The Police
8. The Supernumeraries
Chapter 20 THE HANDLING OF THE CRIME
Chapter 21 THE MOTIVE
Chapter 22 EVIDENCE
1. The Coroner
2. The Inquest
3. The Witnesses
4. Presentation of the Evidence
5. Circumstantial Evidence
6. Deductions from Evidence
7. Deductions from Clues
8. Evidence by Applied Psychology
9. Direct Observation
10. Exactness of Detail
11. Theories of Evidence
Chapter 23 STRUCTURE
1. Length
2. The Short-Story and the Novel
3. Singleness of Plot in the Detective Story
4. The Question of Length
5. The Narrator in the Detective Story
6. The Setting
Chapter 24 PLOTS
1. The Plot is the Story
2. Constructing the Plot
3. Maintaining Suspense
4. Planning the Story
5. The Question of Humor
6. Some Unique Devices
Chapter 25 FURTHER ADVICES
1. The Use of Coincidences
2. The Use of Melodrama
3. Dullness
4. Unique Plots and Their Solubility
5. Women as Writers of Detective Stories
Chapter 26 FINAL ADVICES
1. General Qualities of the Detective Story
2. Correctness
3. Names
4. Titles
Raspberry Jam. Carolyn Wells
Chapter 1 THE GREAT HANLON
Chapter 2 A TRIP TO NEWARK
Chapter 3 THE STUNT
Chapter 4 THE EMBURYS
Chapter 5 THE EXPLANATION
Chapter 6 A SLAMMED DOOR
Chapter 7 A VISION
Chapter 8 THE EXAMINER
Chapter 9 HAMLET
Chapter 10 A CONFESSION
Chapter 11 FIFI
Chapter 12 IN HANLON'S OFFICE
Chapter 13 FLEMING STONE
Chapter 14 THE FIVE SENSES
Chapter 15 MARIGNY THE MEDIUM
Chapter 16 FIBSY'S BUSY DAY
Chapter 17 HANLON'S AMBITION
Chapter 18 THE GUILTY ONE
The Master Criminal. Fred Merrick White
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