Classic Mysteries: 140 books

In the town of Sibley in New York, the widow Clemens is attacked right after a group of friends, including the local District Attorney, had just concluded a discussion about crimes of this type. Before she dies she cries out: "Hand! Ring!" Later, during the coroner's inquest, suspicion falls...

A selection of eight sensational crime stories, featuring the gentleman's rogue Simon Carne. In this book a criminal, funded by his Asian girlfriend, impersonates a wealthy English gentleman during the Jubilee year celebrations in order to carry off various insoluble crimes. Aided by his loyal servants, he is anxious always to make each burglary more publicly memorable than the last.

Seventeen mystery, detective, and pulp tales by Thomas Thursday.

Two hard boiled detective / murder / crime tales, and one long novella. Hard core reading, lots of twists, action, and adventure.

A thrilling mystery and romance by Chambers.

Dead Man's Rock has indeed brought many a man to his death in ship wreck. It has taken another ship and left death and a mystery. A boy grows up with the death of his father at the rock. But, his father's death was not due to the wreck. It was obviously a case of murder. The boy carries the hate for...

A tale of Hagar, who operates a pawn shop, and meets many strange and interesting people throughout his daily routine.

To spot the fingerman who had delivered his wartime buddy to a sudden grave, Paul Evans hopped a ride on the dead man's armored car. But when crime's rendezvous was reached Paul found himself collecting for the ride in tommy-gun carfare.

A thrilling murder mystery by Le Queux.

Professor Quarles is the most lovable, the most learned, the most unpoliceman-like detective we have yet met. As a matter of fact he is not a detective at all, but a scholar, specialising in philosophy and keenly interested in the human motives behind every act. Criminal cases interest him only when...

Easily likeable, real characters leap from the page of this dime novel, a cheap thrill that hit the stands around 1888

A Gothic romance and mystery; a real page-turner.

Ashton-Kirk is like Sherlock Holmes, with additional interest. Like Holmes he has an interest in arcane subjects and the finer things of life and like Holmes he is a "gifted amateur" at solving mysteries, and well-known to both the public and the police for his "powers." His Watson...

A young woman is sent a message, to come and caretake a house and all its residence, until the owner returns. But, there were some rather unusual conditions....