The Ultimate Collection of Dective Stories & Murder Mysteries for the Holidays

The Ultimate Collection of Dective Stories & Murder Mysteries for the Holidays
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Musaicum Books presents to you a collection of the greatest mystery cases and puzzles for you to solve and relax with during Christmas and winter holidays: Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Murder on the Links The Kidnapped Prime Minister The Million Dollar Bond Robbery The Secret Adversary R. Austin Freeman: Dr. Thorndyke's Cases The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke Dr. Thorndyke's Casebook Arthur Conan Doyle: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Hound of the Baskervilles The Valley of Fear A. E. W. Mason: At the Villa Rose The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel Mary Roberts Rinehart: The Circular Staircase The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry Tish – The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions More Tish Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Mystery of Marie Rogêt The Purloined Letter Charles Dickens: Hunted Down Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone The Woman in White The Haunted Hotel Robert Barr: The Triumph of Eugéne Valmont Jennie Baxter, Journalist The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs The Adventure of the Second Swag E. W. Hornung: The Amateur Cracksman The Black Mask; or, Raffles: Further Adventures A Thief in the Night Mr. Justice Raffles John Kendrick Bangs: Mrs. Raffles R. Holmes & Co Melville Davisson Post: The Sleuth of St. James's Square Edgar Wallace: The Four Just Men The Clue of the Twisted Candle Victor L. Whitechurch: The Canon in Residence Anna Katharine Green: The Leavenworth Case A Strange Disappearance The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow That Affair Next Door Lost Man's Lane The Circular Study G. K. Chesterton: The Innocence of Father Brown The Wisdom of Father Brown The Donnington Affair Ellis Parker Butler: Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective Maurice Leblanc: Arsene Lupin The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin Mabel & Paul Thorne: The Sheridan Road Mystery Marion Harvey: The Mystery of the Hidden Room Grace Livingston Hill: The Mystery of Mary

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Эдгар Аллан По. The Ultimate Collection of Dective Stories & Murder Mysteries for the Holidays

The Ultimate Collection of Dective Stories & Murder Mysteries for the Holidays

Table of Contents

Edgar Allan Poe

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

The Mystery of Marie Roget

A Sequel to “The Murder in the Rue Morgue”

The Purloined Letter

Agatha Christie

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Chapter 1. I GO TO STYLES

Chapter 2. THE 16TH AND 17TH OF JULY

Chapter 3. THE NIGHT OF THE TRAGEDY

Chapter 4. POIROT INVESTIGATES

Chapter 5 “IT ISN’T STRYCHNINE, IS IT?”

Chapter 6. THE INQUEST

Chapter 7. POIROT PAYS HIS DEBTS

Chapter 8. FRESH SUSPICIONS

Chapter 9. DR. BAUERSTEIN

Chapter 10. THE ARREST

Chapter 11. THE CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION

Chapter 12. THE LAST LINK

Chapter 13. POIROT EXPLAINS

The Murder on the Links

1. A Fellow Traveller

2. An Appeal for Help

3. At the Villa Geneviève

4. The Letter Signed “Bella”

5. Mrs. Renauld’s Story

6. The Scene of the Crime

7. The Mysterious Madame Daubreuil

8. An Unexpected Meeting

9. M. Giraud Finds Some Clues

10. Gabriel Stonor

11. Jack Renauld

12. Poirot Elucidates Certain Points

13. The Girl with the Anxious Eyes

14. The Second Body

15. A Photograph

16. The Beroldy Case

17. We Make Further Investigations

18. Giraud Acts

19. I Use My Grey Cells

20. An Amazing Statement

21. Hercule Poirot on the Case!

22. I Find Love

23. Difficulties Ahead

24. “Save Him!”

25. An Unexpected Dénouement

26. I Receive a Letter

27. Jack Renauld’s Story

28. Journey’s End

The Kidnapped Prime Minister

I

The Million Dollar Bond Robbery

The Secret Adversary

Prologue

Chapter 1. The Young Adventurers, Ltd

Chapter 2. Mr. Whittington’s Offer

Chapter 3. A Set Back

Chapter 4. Who Is Jane Finn?

Chapter 5. Mr. Julius P. Hersheimmer

Chapter 6. A Plan of Campaign

Chapter 7. The House in Soho

Chapter 8. The Adventures of Tommy

Chapter 9. Tuppence Enters Domestic Service

Chapter 10. Enter Sir James Peel Edgerton

Chapter 11. Julius Tells a Story

Chapter 12. A Friend in Need

Chapter 13. The Vigil

Chapter 14. A Consultation

Chapter 15. Tuppence Receives a Proposal

Chapter 16. Further Adventures of Tommy

Chapter 17. Annette

Chapter 18. The Telegram

Chapter 19. Jane Finn

Chapter 20. Too Late

Chapter 21. Tommy Makes a Discovery

Chapter 22. In Downing Street

Chapter 23. A Race Against Time

Chapter 24. Julius Takes a Hand

Chapter 25. Jane’s Story

Chapter 26. Mr. Brown

Chapter 27. A Supper Party at the Savoy

Chapter 28. And After

G. K. Chesterton

The Innocence of Father Brown

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 Wisdom of Father Brown

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 Donnington Affair

Charles Dickens

Hunted Down

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II

III

IV

V

Wilkie Collins

The Moonstone

Prologue. The Storming of Seringapatam (1799)

Extracted from a Family Paper

II

III

IV

The Story. First Period. The Loss of the Diamond (1848) The events related by Gabriel Betteredge, house-steward in the service of Julia, Lady Verinder

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

Second Period. The Discovery of the Truth (1848-1849) The events related in several narratives

First Narrative Contributed by Miss Clack; niece of the late Sir John Verinder

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

Second Narrative Contributed by Mathew Bruff, Solicitor, of Gray’s Inn Square

I

II

III

Third Narrative Contributed by Franklin Blake

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

Fourth Narrative Extracted from the Journal of Ezra Jennings

Fifth Narrative The Story Resumed by Franklin Blake

Sixth Narrative Contributed by Sergeant Cuff

I

II

III

IV

V

Seventh Narrative In a Letter from Mr. Candy

Eighth Narrative Contributed by Gabriel Betteredge

Epilogue. The Finding of the Diamond

I The Statement of Sergeant Cliff’s Man (1849)

II The Statement of The Captain (1849)

III The Statement of Mr. Murthwaite (1850)

The Woman in White

Preface

The First Epoch The Story Begun by Walter Hartright (of Clement’s Inn, Teacher of Drawing) I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

XIV

XV

The Story Continued by Vincent Gilmore (of Chancery Lane, Solicitor) I

II

III

IV

The Story Continued by Marian Halcombe (in Extracts from her Diary)

Polesdean Lodge, Yorkshire

II. Limmeridge House

The Second Epoch The Story Continued by Marian Halcombe. I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

Postscript by a Sincere Friend

The Story Continued by Frederick Fairlie, Esq., of Limmeridge House†

The Story Continued by Eliza Michelson (Housekeeper at Blackwater Park) I

II

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

The Third Epoch The Story Continued by Walter Hartright. I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

The Story Continued by Mrs. Catherick

The Story Continued by Walter Hartright. I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

The Story Continued by Isidor Ottavio Baldassare Fosco

The Count’s Narrative

The Story Concluded by Walter Hartright. I

II

III

The Haunted Hotel

THE FIRST PART. CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

THE SECOND PART. CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

THE THIRD PART. CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

THE FOURTH PART. CHAPTER XVI

CHAPTER XVII

CHAPTER XVIII

CHAPTER XIX

CHAPTER XX

CHAPTER XXI

CHAPTER XXII

CHAPTER XXIII

CHAPTER XXIV

CHAPTER XXV

CHAPTER XXVI

CHAPTER XXVII

CHAPTER XXVIII

POSTSCRIPT

Robert Barr

The Triumph of Eugéne Valmont

The Mystery of the Five Hundred Diamonds

The Siamese Twin of a Bomb-Thrower

The Clue of the Silver Spoons

Lord Chizelrigg's Missing Fortune

The Absent-Minded Coterie

The Ghost with the Club-Foot

The Liberation of Wyoming Ed

Lady Alicia's Emeralds

Jennie Baxter, Journalist

CHAPTER I. JENNIE MAKES HER TOILETTE AND THE ACQUAINTANCE OF A PORTER

CHAPTER II. JENNIE HAS IMPORTANT CONFERENCES WITH TWO IMPORTANT EDITORS

CHAPTER III. JENNIE INTERVIEWS A FRIGHTENED OFFICIAL

CHAPTER IV. JENNIE LEARNS ABOUT THE DIAMONDS OF THE PRINCESS

CHAPTER V. JENNIE MEETS A GREAT DETECTIVE

CHAPTER VI. JENNIE SOLVES THE DIAMOND MYSTERY

CHAPTER VII. JENNIE ARRANGES A CINDERELLA VISIT

CHAPTER VIII. JENNIE MIXES WITH THE ELITE OF EARTH

CHAPTER IX. JENNIE REALIZES THAT GREAT EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEHIND

CHAPTER X. JENNIE ASSISTS IN SEARCHING FOR HERSELF

CHAPTER XI. JENNIE ELUDES AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE

CHAPTER XII. JENNIE TOUCHES THE EDGE OF A GOVERNMENT SECRET

CHAPTER XIII. JENNIE INDULGES IN TEA AND GOSSIP

CHAPTER XIV. JENNIE BECOMES A SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER

CHAPTER XV. JENNIE BESTOWS INFORMATION UPON THE CHIEF OF POLICE

CHAPTER XVI. JENNIE VISITS A MODERN WIZARD IN HIS MAGIC ATTIC

CHAPTER XVII. JENNIE ENGAGES A ROOM IN A SLEEPING CAR

CHAPTER XVIII. JENNIE ENDURES A TERRIBLE NIGHT JOURNEY

CHAPTER XIX. JENNIE EXPERIENCES THE SURPRISE OF HER LIFE

CHAPTER XX. JENNIE CONVERSES WITH A YOUNG MAN SHE THINKS MUCH OF

CHAPTER XXI. JENNIE KEEPS STEP WITH THE WEDDING MARCH

The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs

The Adventure of the Second Swag

E. W. Hornung

The Amateur Cracksman

The Ides of March

I

II

A Costume Piece

Gentlemen and Players

Le Premier Pas

Wilful Murder

Nine Points of the Law

The Return Match

The Gift of the Emperor

I

II

III

The Black Mask; or, Raffles: Further Adventures

No Sinecure

I

II

III

A Jubilee Present

The Fate of Faustina

The Last Laugh

To Catch a Thief

I

II

III

An Old Flame

I

II

The Wrong House

The Knees of the Gods

I

II

III

IV

A Thief in the Night

Out of Paradise

The Chest of Silver

The Rest Cure

The Criminologists' Club

The Field of Philippi

A Bad Night

A Trap to Catch a Cracksman

The Spoils of Sacrilege

The Raffles Relics

The Last Word

Mr. Justice Raffles

Chapter I. An Inaugural Banquet

Chapter II "His Own Familiar Friend"

Chapter III. Council of War

Chapter IV "Our Mr. Shylock"

Chapter V. Thin Air

Chapter VI. Camilla Belsize

Chapter VII. In Which We Fail to Score

Chapter VIII. The State of the Case

Chapter IX. A Triple Alliance

Chapter X "My Raffles Right or Wrong"

Chapter XI. A Dash in the Dark

Chapter XII. A Midsummer Night's Work

Chapter XIII. Knocked Out

Chapter XIV. Corpus Delicti

Chapter XV. Trial by Raffles

Chapter XVI. Watch and Ward

Chapter XVII. A Secret Service

Chapter XVIII. The Death of a Sinner

Chapter XIX. Apologia

John Kendrick Bangs

Mrs. Raffles

I. The Adventure of the Herald Personal

II. The Adventure of the Newport Villa

III. The Adventure of Mrs. Gaster's Maid

IV. The Pearl Rope of Mrs. Gushington-Andrews

V. The Adventure of the Steel Bonds

VI. The Adventure of the Fresh-Air Fund

VII. The Adventure of Mrs. Rockerbilt's Tiara

VIII. The Adventure of the Carnegie Library

IX. The Adventure of the Hold-Up

X. The Adventure of Mrs. Shadd's Musicale

XI. The Adventure of Mrs. Innitt's Cook

XII. The Last Adventure

R. Holmes & Co

I. Introducing Mr. Raffles Holmes

II. The Adventure of the Dorrington Ruby Seal

III. The Adventure of Mrs. Burlingame's Diamond Stomacher

IV. The Adventure of the Missing Pendants

V. The Adventure of the Brass Check

VI. The Adventure of the Hired Burglar

VII. The Redemption of Young Billington Rand

VIII. "The Nostalgia of Nervy Jim the Snatcher"

IX. The Adventure of Room 407

X. The Major-General's Pepperpots

Melville Davisson Post

The Sleuth of St. James's Square

I. The Thing on the Hearth

II. The Reward

III. The Lost Lady

IV. The Cambered Foot

V. The Man in the Green Hat

VI. The Wrong Sign

VII. The Fortune Teller

VIII. The Hole in the Mahogany Panel

IX. The End of the Road

X. The Last Adventure

XI. American Horses

XII. The Spread Rails

XIII. The Pumpkin Coach

XIV. The Yellow Flower

XV. Satire of the Sea

XVI. The House by the Loch

Edgar Wallace

The Four Just Men

Prologue. Thery’s Trade

Chapter I. A Newspaper Story

Chapter II. The Faithful Commons

Chapter III. One Thousand Pounds Reward

Chapter IV. Preparations

Chapter V. The Outrage at the ‘Megaphone’

Chapter VI. The Clues

Chapter VII. The Messenger of the Four

Chapter VIII. The Pocket-Book

Chapter IX. The Cupidity of Marks

Chapter X. Three Who Died

Chapter XI. A Newspaper Cutting

Chapter XII. Conclusion

The Clue of the Twisted Candle

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter IX

Chapter X

Chapter XI

Chapter XII

Chapter XIII

Chapter XIV

Chapter XV

Chapter XVI

Chapter XVII

Chapter XVIII

Chapter XIX

Chapter XX

Chapter XXI

Chapter XXII

Chapter XXIII

Victor L. Whitechurch

The Canon in Residence

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter IX

Chapter X

Chapter XI

Chapter XII

Chapter XIII

Chapter XIV

Chapter XV

Chapter XVI

Chapter XVII

Chapter XVIII

Chapter XIX

Anna Katharine Green

The Leavenworth Case

Book I. The Problem

Chapter I “A Great Case”

Chapter II. The Coroner’s Inquest

Chapter III. Facts and Deductions

Chapter IV. A Clue

Chapter V. Expert Testimony

Chapter VI. Side-Lights

Chapter VII. Mary Leavenworth

Chapter VIII. Circumstantial Evidence

Chapter IX. A Discovery

Chapter X. Mr. Gryce Receives New Impetus

Chapter XI. The Summons

Chapter XII. Eleanore

Chapter XIII. The Problem

Book II. Henry Clavering

Chapter XIV. Mr. Gryce at Home

Chapter XV. Ways Opening

Chapter XVI. The Will of a Millionaire

Chapter XVII. The Beginning of Great Surprises

Chapter XVIII. On the Stairs

Chapter XIX. In My Office

Chapter XX “Trueman! Trueman! Trueman!”

Chapter XXI. A Prejudice

Chapter XXII. Patch-Work

Chapter XXIII. The Story of a Charming Woman

Chapter XXIV. A Report Followed by Smoke

Chapter XXV. Timothy Cook

Chapter XXVI. Mr. Gryce Explains Himself

Book III. Hannah

Chapter XXVII. Amy Belden

Chapter XXVIII. A Weird Experience

Chapter XXIX. The Missing Witness

Chapter XXX. Burned Paper

Chapter XXXI “Thereby Hangs a Tale.”

Chapter XXXII. Mrs. Belden’s Narrative

Chapter XXXIII. Unexpected Testimony

Book IV. The Problem Solved

Chapter XXXIV. Mr. Gryce Resumes Control

Chapter XXXV. Fine Work

Chapter XXXVI. Gathered Threads

Chapter XXXVII. Culmination

Chapter XXXVIII. A Full Confession

Chapter XXXIX. The Outcome of a Great Crime

A Strange Disappearance

Chapter I. A Novel Case

Chapter II. A Few Points

Chapter III. The Contents of a Bureau Drawer

Chapter IV. Thompson’s Story

Chapter V. A New York Belle

Chapter VI. A Bit of Calico

Chapter VII. The House at the Granby Cross Roads

Chapter VIII. A Word Overheard

Chapter IX. A Few Golden Hairs

Chapter X. The Secret of Mr. Blake’s Studio

Chapter XI. Luttra

Chapter XII. A Woman’s Love

Chapter XIII. A Man’s Heart

Chapter XIV. Mrs. Daniels

Chapter XV. A Confab

Chapter XVI. The Mark of the Red Cross

Chapter XVII. The Capture

Chapter XVIII. Love and Duty

Chapter XIX. Explanations

Chapter XX. The Bond That Unites

The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow

Book I. A Problem of the First Order

Chapter I “Let Some One Speak!”

Chapter II. In Room B

Chapter III “I Have Something to Show You”

Chapter IV. A Strategic Move

Chapter V. Three Where Two Should Be

Chapter VI. The Man in the Gallery

Chapter VII “You Think That of Me!”

Book II. Mr. X

Chapter VIII. On the Search

Chapter IX. While the City Slept

Chapter X “And He Stood Here?”

Chapter XI. Footsteps

Chapter XII “Spare Nobody! I Say, Spare Nobody!”

Chapter XIII “Write Me His Name”

Chapter XIV. A Loop of Silk

Chapter XV. News From France

Book III. Storm in the Mountains

Chapter XVI. Friends

Chapter XVII. The Cuckoo-Clock

Chapter XVIII. Mrs. Davis’ Strange Lodger

Chapter XIX. Mr. Gryce and the Timid Child

Chapter XX. Mr. Gryce and the Unwary Woman

Chapter XXI. Perplexed

Chapter XXII. He Remembers

Chapter XXIII. Girls, Girls! Nothing but Girls!

Chapter XXIV. Flight

Chapter XXV. Terror

Chapter XXVI. The Face in the Window

Book IV. Nemesis

Chapter XXVII. From Lips Long Silent

Chapter XXVIII “Romantic! Too Romantic!”

Chapter XXIX. A Strong Man

Chapter XXX. The Creeping Shadow

Chapter XXXI. Confronted

Chapter XXXII “Why Is That Here?”

Chapter XXXIII. Again the Cuckoo-Clock

Chapter XXXIV. The Bud—Then the Deadly Flower

That Affair Next Door

Book I. Miss Butterworth’s Window

Chapter I. A Discovery

Chapter II. Questions

Chapter III. Amelia Discovers Herself

Chapter IV. Silas Van Burnam

Chapter V “This Is No One I Know.”

Chapter VI. New Facts

Chapter VII. Mr. Gryce Discovers Miss Amelia

Chapter VIII. The Misses Van Burnam

Chapter IX. Developments

Chapter X. Important Evidence

Chapter XI. The Order Clerk

Chapter XII. The Keys

Chapter XIII. Howard Van Burnam

Chapter XIV. A Serious Admission

Chapter XV. A Reluctant Witness

Book II. The Windings of a Labyrinth

Chapter XVI. Cogitations

Chapter XVII. Butterworth Versus Gryce

Chapter XVIII. The Little Pincushion

Chapter XIX. A Decided Step Forward

Chapter XX. Miss Butterworth’s Theory

Chapter XXI. A Shrewd Conjecture

Chapter XXII. A Blank Card

Chapter XXIII. Ruth Oliver

Chapter XXIV. A House of Cards

Chapter XXV “The Rings! Where Are the Rings?”

Chapter XXVI. A Tilt With Mr. Gryce

Chapter XXVII. Found

Chapter XXVIII. Taken Aback

Book III. The Girl in Gray

Chapter XXIX. Amelia Becomes Peremptory

Chapter XXX. The Matter as Stated by Mr. Gryce

Chapter XXXI. Some Fine Work

Chapter XXXII. Iconoclasm

Chapter XXXIII “Known, Known, All Known.”

Chapter XXXIV. Exactly Half-Past Three

Chapter XXXV. A Ruse

Book IV. The End of a Great Mystery

Chapter XXXVI. The Result

Chapter XXXVII “Two Weeks!”

Chapter XXXVIII. A White Satin Gown

Chapter XXXIX. The Watchful Eye

Chapter XL. As the Clock Struck

Chapter XLI. Secret History

Chapter XLII. With Miss Butterworth’s Compliments

Lost Man's Lane

A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth

Preface

Book I. The Knollys Family

Chapter I. A Visit From Mr. Gryce

Chapter II. I Am Tempted

Chapter III. I Succumb

Chapter IV. A Ghostly Interior

Chapter V. A Strange Household

Chapter VI. A Sombre Evening

Chapter VII. The First Night

Chapter VIII. On the Stairs

Chapter IX. A New Acquaintance

Chapter X. Secret Instructions

Chapter XI. Men, Women, and Ghosts

Chapter XII. The Phantom Coach

Chapter XIII. Gossip

Chapter XIV. I Forget My Age, Or, Rather, Remember It

Book II. The Flower Parlor

Chapter XV. Lucetta Fulfils My Expectation of Her

Chapter XVI. Loreen

Chapter XVII. The Flower Parlor

Chapter XVIII. The Second Night

Chapter XIX. A Knot of Crape

Chapter XX. Questions

Chapter XXI. Mother Jane

Chapter XXII. The Third Night

Book III. Forward and Back

Chapter XXIII. Room 3, Hotel Carter

Chapter XXIV. The Enigma of Numbers

Chapter XXV. Trifles, but Not Trifling

Chapter XXVI. A Point Gained

Chapter XXVII. The Text Witnesseth

Chapter XXVIII. An Intrusion

Chapter XXIX. In the Cellar

Chapter XXX. Investigation

Chapter XXXI. Strategy

Chapter XXXII. Relief

Book IV. The Birds of the Air

Chapter XXXIII. Lucetta

Chapter XXXIV. Conditions

Chapter XXXV. The Dove

Chapter XXXVI. An Hour of Startling Experiences

Chapter XXXVII. I Astonish Mr. Gryce and He Astonishes Me

Chapter XXXVIII. A Few Words

Chapter XXXIX. Under a Crimson Sky

Chapter XL. Explanations

Epilogue

The Circular Study

Book I. A Strange Crime

Chapter I. Red Light

Chapter II. Mysteries

Chapter III. The Mute Servitor

Chapter IV. A New Experience for Mr. Gryce

Chapter V. Five Small Spangles

Chapter VI. Suggestions From an Old Friend

Chapter VII. Amos’s Son

Chapter VIII. In the Round of the Staircase

Chapter IX. High and Low

Chapter X. Bride Roses

Chapter XI. Misery

Chapter XII. Thomas Explains

Chapter XIII. Despair

Chapter XIV. Memoranda

Book II. Remember Evelyn

Chapter I. The Secret of the Cadwaladers

Chapter II. The Oath

Chapter III. Eva

Chapter IV. Felix

Chapter V. Why the Iron Slide Remained Stationary

Chapter VI. Answered

Chapter VII. Last Words

Ellis Parker Butler

Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective

The Hard-Boiled Egg

The Pet

The Eagle’s Claws

The Oubliette

The Un-Burglars

The Two-Cent Stamp

The Chicken

The Dragon’s Eye

The Progressive Murder

The Missing Mr. Master

Waffles and Mustard

The Anonymous Wiggle

The Half of a Thousand

Dietz’s 7462 Bessie John

Henry

Buried Bones

Philo Gubb’s Greatest Case

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF HENRY SMITZ

Maurice Leblanc

Arsene Lupin

CHAPTER I. THE MILLIONAIRE'S DAUGHTER

CHAPTER II. THE COMING OF THE CHAROLAIS

CHAPTER III. LUPIN'S WAY

CHAPTER IV. THE DUKE INTERVENES

CHAPTER V. A LETTER FROM LUPIN

CHAPTER VI. AGAIN THE CHAROLAIS

CHAPTER VII. THE THEFT OF THE MOTOR-CARS

CHAPTER VIII. THE DUKE ARRIVES

CHAPTER IX. M. FORMERY OPENS THE INQUIRY

CHAPTER X. GUERCHARD ASSISTS

CHAPTER XI. THE FAMILY ARRIVES

CHAPTER XII. THE THEFT OF THE PENDANT

CHAPTER XIII. LUPIN WIRES

CHAPTER XIV. GUERCHARD PICKS UP THE TRUE SCENT

CHAPTER XV. THE EXAMINATION OF SONIA

CHAPTER XVI. VICTOIRE'S SLIP

CHAPTER XVII. SONIA'S ESCAPE

CHAPTER XVIII. THE DUKE STAYS

CHAPTER XIX. THE DUKE GOES

CHAPTER XX. LUPIN COMES HOME

CHAPTER XXI. THE CUTTING OF THE TELEPHONE WIRES

CHAPTER XXII. THE BARGAIN

CHAPTER XXIII. THE END OF THE DUEL

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin

I. The Arrest of Arsène Lupin

II. Arsène Lupin in Prison

III. The Escape of Arsène Lupin

IV. The Mysterious Traveller

V. The Queen’s Necklace

VI. The Seven of Hearts

VII. Madame Imbert’s Safe

VIII. The Black Pearl

IX. Sherlock Holmes Arrives Too Late

R. Austin Freeman

Dr. Thorndyke's Cases

The Man With the Nailed Shoes

The Stranger's Latchkey

The Anthropologist at Large

The Blue Sequin

The Moabite Cipher

The Mandarin's Pearl

The Aluminium Dagger

A Message From the Deep Sea

The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke

The Case of Oscar Brodski

A Case of Premeditation

The Echo of a Mutiny

A Wastrel's Romance

The Old Lag

Dr. Thorndyke's Casebook

The Case of the White Footprints

The Blue Scarab

The New Jersey Sphinx

The Touchstone

A Fisher of Men

The Stolen Ingots

The Funeral Pyre

A. E. W. Mason

At the Villa Rose

CHAPTER I. SUMMER LIGHTNING

CHAPTER II. A CRY FOR HELP

CHAPTER III. PERRICHET'S STORY

CHAPTER IV. AT THE VILLA

CHAPTER V. IN THE SALON

CHAPTER VI. HELENE VAUQUIER'S EVIDENCE

CHAPTER VII. A STARTLING DISCOVERY

CHAPTER VIII. THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP

CHAPTER IX. MME. DAUVRAY'S MOTOR-CAR

CHAPTER X. NEWS FROM GENEVA

CHAPTER XI. THE UNOPENED LETTER

CHAPTER XII. THE ALUMINIUM FLASK

CHAPTER XIII. IN THE HOUSE AT GENEVA

CHAPTER XIV. MR. RICARDO IS BEWILDERED

CHAPTER XV. CELIA'S STORY

CHAPTER XVI. THE FIRST MOVE

CHAPTER XVII. THE AFTERNOON OF TUESDAY

CHAPTER XVIII. THE SEANCE

CHAPTER XIX. HELENE EXPLAINS

CHAPTER XX. THE GENEVA ROAD

CHAPTER XXI. HANAUD EXPLAINS

The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel

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II

III

IV

Mary Roberts Rinehart

The Circular Staircase

I Take a Country House

A Link Cuff-Button

Mr. John Bailey Appears

Where is Halsey?

Gertrude's Engagement

In the East Corridor

A Sprained Ankle

The Other Half of the Line

Just Like a Girl

The Traders' Bank

Halsey Makes a Capture

One Mystery for Another

Louise

An Egg-Nog and a Telegram

Liddy Gives the Alarm

In the Early Morning

A Hint of Scandal

A Hole in the Wall

Concerning Thomas

Doctor Walker's Warning

Fourteen Elm Street

A Ladder Out of Place

While the Stables Burned

Flinders

A Visit from Louise

Halsey's Disappearance

Who is Nina Carrington?

A Tramp and the Toothache

A Scrap of Paper

When Churchyards Yawn

Between Two Fireplaces

Anne Watson's Story

At the Foot of the Stairs

The Odds and Ends

The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry

The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry

Chapter I. What Happened to Johnson

Chapter II. The Little Nurse

Chapter III. Another Roller Towel

Chapter IV. The Footprint on the Wall

Chapter V. When Aggie Screamed

Chapter VI. Candle and Skylight

Chapter VII. Insinuations and Recriminations

Chapter VIII. Overheard in the Dormitory

Chapter IX. Orderly Briggs and Disorderly Bates

Chapter X. An Ape and some Guinea-Pigs

Chapter XI. If It Had Not Been for Love

Chapter XII. The Carbolic Case and a Brown Coat

Chapter XIII. Jacobs' Elevator

Chapter XIV. Bag and Baggage

Chapter XV. To the Zoo

Chapter XVI. Tommy Tells Why

Chapter XVII. On the Roof and Elsewhere

Chapter XVIII. Common Sense

Chapter XIX. Note by Doctor Thomas Andrews, Late Visiting Physician at the Dunkirk Hospital, and Now on the Orthopedic Staff of the same Institution, Dated Three Weeks Later, from Bermuda

Three Pirates of Penzance

Chapter I. A Cigarette Case, a Shoe, and a Menu Card

Chapter II. A Blue Runabout and a Bad Bridge

Chapter III. A Difference of Opinion and a Bargain

Chapter IV. The Appetizers and the Hotel Bureau

Chapter V. The Reporter and the Red-haired Man

Chapter VI. A Bribe and a Bride and It's All Over

That Awful Night

Chapter I. The Green Kimono

Chapter II. It was the Dog

Chapter III. A Wet Young Man

Chapter IV. Cleaning Fluid to the Rescue

Chapter V. The Cave-man and His Woman

Chapter VI "I Will Go with You"

Tish – The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions

Mind Over Motor. How Tish Broke the Law and Some Records

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Like a Wolf on the Fold

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The Simple Lifers

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Tish's Spy. The Adventure of the Red-headed Detective, the Lady Chauffeur, and the Man Who Could Not Tell the Truth

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My Country Tish of Thee—

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More Tish

The Cave on Thunder Cloud

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Tish Does Her Bit

Salvage

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Arthur Conan Doyle

A Study in Scarlet

Part I. Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., Late of the Army Medical Department

I. Mr. Sherlock Holmes

II. The Science of Deduction

SHERLOCK HOLMES—His Limits

III. The Lauriston Gardens Mystery

IV. What John Rance had to Tell

V. Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor

VI. Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do

VII. Light in the Darkness

Part II. The Country of the Saints

I. On the Great Alkali Plain

II. The Flower of Utah

III. John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet

IV. A Flight for Life

V. The Avenging Angels

VI. A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D

VII. The Conclusion

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Adventure I. A Scandal in Bohemia

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Adventure II. The Red-Headed League

Adventure III. A Case of Identity

Adventure IV. The Boscombe Valley Mystery

Adventure V. The Five Orange Pips

Adventure VI. The Man with the Twisted Lip

Adventure VII. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

Adventure VIII. The Adventure of the Speckled Band

Adventure IX. The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb

Adventure X. The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor

Adventure XI. The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet

Adventure XII. The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze

II. The Adventure of The Yellow Face

III. The Adventure of The Stock-Broker’s Clerk

IV. The Adventure of The “Gloria Scott”

V. The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual

VI. The Adventure of The Reigate Puzzle

VII. The Adventure of the Crooked Man

VIII. The Adventure of the Resident Patient

IX. The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter

X. The Adventure of the Naval Treaty

XI. The Adventure of the Final Problem

The Sign of Four

Chapter I. The Science of Deduction

Chapter II. The Statement of the Case

Chapter III. In Quest of a Solution

Chapter IV. The Story of the Bald-Headed Man

Chapter V. The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge

Chapter VI. Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration

Chapter VII. The Episode of the Barrel

Chapter VIII. The Baker Street Irregulars

Chapter IX. A Break in the Chain

Chapter X. The End of the Islander

Chapter XI. The Great Agra Treasure

Chapter XII. The Strange Story of Jonathan Small

The Hound of the Baskervilles

I. Mr. Sherlock Holmes

II. The Curse of the Baskervilles

III. The Problem

IV. Sir Henry Baskerville

V. Three Broken Threads

VI. Baskerville Hall

VII. The Stapletons of Merripit House

VIII. First Report of Dr. Watson

IX. The Light Upon the Moor

(SECOND REPORT OF DR. WATSON)

X. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson

XI. The Man on the Tor

XII. Death on the Moor

XIII. Fixing The Nets

XIV. The Hound of the Baskervilles

XV. A Retrospection

The Valley of Fear

Part 1. The Tragedy of Birlstone

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

Part 2. The Scowrers

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

Epilogue

Mabel & Paul Thorne

The Sheridan Road Mystery

CHAPTER I. THE SHOT

CHAPTER II. DETECTIVE SERGEANT MORGAN

CHAPTER III. INVESTIGATION

CHAPTER IV. THE APARTMENT ACROSS THE HALL

CHAPTER V. PECULIAR FACTS

CHAPTER VI. THE CABLE FROM LONDON

CHAPTER VII. MR. MARSH

CHAPTER VIII. A DEFINITE CLUE

CHAPTER IX. THE LAST LETTER

CHAPTER X. THE STOLEN SUITCASE

CHAPTER XI. THE TRAIL GROWS CLEARER

CHAPTER XII. MISSING

CHAPTER XIII. STARTLING DISCLOSURES

CHAPTER XIV. THE NIGHT CALL

CHAPTER XV "DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES"

CHAPTER XVI. THE CLOSED COUNTRY HOUSE

CHAPTER XVII. WHAT THE CARETAKER SAW

CHAPTER XVIII. THE ENEMY SHOWS HIS HAND

CHAPTER XIX. KIDNAPPED

CHAPTER XX. THE FALLEN PINE

CHAPTER XXI. THE CHIMNEY THAT WOULDN'T DRAW

CHAPTER XXII. CORNERED

CHAPTER XXIII. SUNSET

Marion Harvey

The Mystery of the Hidden Room

CHAPTER I: THE NOTE

CHAPTER II: THE SHOT

CHAPTER III: THE POLICE

CHAPTER IV: THE INQUEST

CHAPTER V: THE SECRETARY

CHAPTER VI: CORROBORATIVE EVIDENCE

CHAPTER VII: THE LAWYER

CHAPTER VIII: LEE DARWIN

CHAPTER IX: THE VERDICT

CHAPTER X: JENKINS' ADVICE

CHAPTER XI: ARTHUR TRENTON

CHAPTER XII: AN EXPLANATION

CHAPTER XIII: THE SUICIDE

CHAPTER XIV: GRAYDON MCKELVIE

CHAPTER XV: THE INTERVIEW

CHAPTER XVI: THE EXHIBITS

CHAPTER XVII: THE LAMP

CHAPTER XVIII: THE SECRET ENTRANCE

CHAPTER XIX: THE LAWYER AGAIN

CHAPTER XX: DEDUCTIONS

CHAPTER XXI: THE STEWARD

CHAPTER XXII: ORTON'S ALIBI

CHAPTER XXIII: GRAMERCY PARK

CHAPTER XXIV: THE SIGNET RING

CHAPTER XXV: THE DECEPTION

CHAPTER XXVI: JAMES GILMORE

CHAPTER XXVII: THE STRONG BOX

CHAPTER XXVIII: GOLD AND BLUE

CHAPTER XXIX: THE REWARD

CHAPTER XXX: THE CURIO SHOP

CHAPTER XXXI: THE RESCUE

CHAPTER XXXII: LEE'S STORY

CHAPTER XXXIII: THE SECOND BULLET

CHAPTER XXXIV: THE WOMAN IN THE CASE

CHAPTER XXXV: A STRANGE ACCOUNT

CHAPTER XXXVI: THE TRAP

CHAPTER XXXVII: M'KELVIE'S TRIUMPH

CHAPTER XXXVIII: THE MOTIVE

CHAPTER XXXIX: CONCLUSION

Grace Livingston Hill

The Mystery of Mary

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Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Robert Barr, E. W. Hornung, John Kendrick Bangs, Melville Davisson Post, Edgar Wallace, Victor L. Whitechurch, Anna Katharine Green, G. K. Chesterton, Ellis Parker Butler, Maurice Leblanc, R. Austin Freeman, A. E. W. Mason, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Mabel Thorne, Paul Thorne, Marion Harvey, Grace Livingston Hill

Sherlock Holmes Adventures, Hercule Poirot Cases, Father Brown Mysteries, Arsene Lupin

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