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Detective Fiction Bookshelf

Detective Fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centers upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. Detective fiction is the most popular form of both mystery fiction and hardboiled crime fiction.
A common feature of detective fiction is an investigator who is unmarried, with some source of income other than a regular job, and who generally has some pleasing eccentricities or striking characteristics. He or she frequently has a less intelligent assistant, or foil, who is asked to make apparently irrelevant inquiries and acts as an audience surrogate for the explanation of the mystery at the end of the story.

  • A Strange Disappearance. Autor: Green, Anna Katharine, 1846-1935.
  • A Study in Scarlet. Autor: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930.
  • Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces. Autor: Hanshew, Thomas W., 1857-1914.
  • Crime d'Orcival. English-The Mystery of Orcival. Autor: Gaboriau, Émile, 1832-1873.
  • Dead Men's Money. Autor: Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith), 1863-1935.
  • File No. 113. Autor: Gaboriau, Émile, 1832-1873.
  • Four Max Carrados Detective Stories. Autor: Bramah, Ernest, 1869?-1942.
  • His Last Bow. Autor: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930.
  • Hunted Down: the detective stories of Charles Dickens. Autor: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
  • In the Fog. Autor: Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916.
  • John Thorndyke's Cases - related by Christopher Jervis - and edited by R. Austin Freeman. Autor: Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin), 1862-1943.
  • Martin Hewitt, Investigator. Autor: Morrison, Arthur, 1863-1945.
  • Monsieur Lecoq. Autor: Gaboriau, Émile, 1832-1873.
  • Mystère de la chambre jaune. English-Mystery of the Yellow Room. Autor: Leroux, Gaston, 1868-1927.
  • R. Holmes & Co.. Autor: Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922.
  • Secret Adversary. Autor: Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.
  • The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge. Autor: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930.
  • The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans. Autor: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930.
  • The Adventure of the Cardboard Box. Autor: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930.
  • The Adventure of the Devil's Foot. Autor: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930.
  • The Adventure of the Dying Detective. Autor: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930.
  • The Adventure of the Red Circle. Autor: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930.
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Autor: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930.
  • The Angel of Terror. Autor: Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932.
  • The Borough Treasurer. Autor: Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith), 1863-1935.
  • The Brand of Silence - A Detective Story. Autor: Strong, Harrington.
  • The Circular Staircase. Autor: Rinehart, Mary Roberts, 1876-1958.
  • The Circular Study. Autor: Green, Anna Katharine, 1846-1935.
  • The Clue of the Twisted Candle. Autor: Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932.
  • The Daffodil Mystery. Autor: Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932.
  • The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax. Autor: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930.
  • The Gloved Hand. Autor: Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962.
  • The Hand in the Dark. Autor: Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John), 1872-1942.
  • The Honor of the Name. Autor: Gaboriau, Émile, 1832-1873.
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles. Autor: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930.
  • The Innocence of Father Brown. Autor: Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936.
  • The Leavenworth Case. Autor: Green, Anna Katharine, 1846-1935.
  • The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Autor: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930.
  • The Middle Temple Murder. Autor: Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith), 1863-1935.
  • The Moon Rock. Autor: Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John), 1872-1942.
  • The Moonstone. Autor: Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
  • The Mysterious Affair at Styles. Autor: Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.
  • The Mystery of 31 New Inn. Autor: Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin), 1862-1943.
  • The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow. Autor: Green, Anna Katharine, 1846-1935.
  • The Old Man in the Corner. Autor: Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness, 1865-1947.
  • The Paradise Mystery. Autor: Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith), 1863-1935.
  • The Passenger from Calais. Autor: Griffiths, Arthur, 1838-1908.
  • The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation. Autor: Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith), 1863-1935.
  • The Red House Mystery. Autor: Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956.
  • The Red Thumb Mark. Autor: Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin), 1862-1943.
  • The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Autor: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930.
  • The Riddle of the Frozen Flame. Autor: Hanshew, Mary E. and Hanshew, Thomas W., 1857-1914.
  • The Rome Express. Autor: Griffiths, Arthur, 1838-1908.
  • The Shrieking Pit. Autor: Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John), 1872-1942.
  • The Sign of the Four. Autor: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930.
  • The Sleuth of St. James's Square. Autor: Post, Melville Davisson, 1871?-1930.
  • The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont. Autor: Barr, Robert, 1850-1912.
  • The Valley of Fear. Autor: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930.
  • The Widow Lerouge. Autor: Gaboriau, Émile, 1832-1873.
  • The Wisdom of Father Brown. Autor: Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936.
  • The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1. Autor: Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
  • The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2. Autor: Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
  • Trent's Last Case. Autor: Bentley, E. C. (Edmund Clerihew), 1875-1956.