 |  The Mysterious Affair at Styles
by Agatha Christie
When an aging heiress is found fatally poisoned, Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is brought in to unravel many mysteries in this classic tale of murder, jealousy, and greed. read more
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|  The Man Who Was Thursday
by G. K. Chesterton
Fast-paced novel about a club of anarchists in turn-of-the-century London and a poet/sleuth who infiltrates their ranks. Inventive and ingenious story becomes a vehicle for Chesterton's brilliant social, religious, and philosophical speculations. read more
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|  Classic Mystery Stories: Poe, Dickens, London, Collins and others
by Douglas G. Greene
Thirteen classics devoted to genuine tales of ratiocination include Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," Charles Dickens' "Three Detective Anecdotes," and Jack London's "The Leopard Man Story." Introduction. Notes. read more
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|  The Mystery of Cloomber
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Mike Ashley
The master of detective fiction and creator of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries reveals his deep fascination with spiritualism and the paranormal in a gripping tale of vengeance, set on the remote Scottish coast.
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|  The Club of Queer Trades
by G. K. Chesterton
Improbable plots, marvelously funny episodes, and evocative descriptions of late Victorian London distinguish delightful tales focusing on a club devoted to completely original and unusual professions.
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|  Favorite Father Brown Stories
by G. K. Chesterton
Beloved clerical sleuth in roster of remarkable cases: "The Blue Cross," "The Sins of Prince Saradine," "The Sign of the Broken Sword," "The Man in the Passage," "The Perishing of the Pendragons," more. read more
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|  Four Faultless Felons
by G. K. Chesterton
A series of 4 intertwined novellas whose central characters appear to be involved in murder, fraud, theft and treason. "Dazzling reading from cover to cover." — The New York Times. read more
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|  The Man Who Knew Too Much
by G. K. Chesterton
These 8 tales by the creator of detective-priest Father Brown trace the activities of Horne Fisher, who investigates crime amid upper-crust society in pre–World War I Britain. "Dazzlingly executed and richly atmospheric." — The Armchair Detective. read more
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|  The Napoleon of Notting Hill
by G. K. Chesterton
A comical futurist fantasy, first published in 1904, about a tradition-loving suburban London community of the 1980's at war with its modernizing neighbors. 7 illustrations by W. Graham Robertson. New Introduction by Martin Gardner. read more
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|  Whose Body?
by Dorothy L. Sayers
There's a dead body in his bathtub, wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez spectacles. Enter Lord Peter Wimsey, the original gentleman sleuth, who debuted in this 1923 novel. read more
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|  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Literature's greatest detective team investigates a dozen of their best-known cases, including "The Speckled Band," "The Red-Headed League," The Five Orange Pips," and "A Scandal in Bohemia." read more
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|  Eight Great Sherlock Holmes Stories
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
These richly atmospheric tales from Victorian London trace the continuing adventures of an ever-popular sleuth: "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Red-headed League," "The Final Problem," 5 others. Large print edition. read more
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|  Favorite Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Thrilling crime-solving exploits of Holmes and Dr. Watson in a collection of adventure classics: "The Red-Headed League," "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Final Problem," and 5 others.
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|  The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A deadly curse in the form of a legendary ferocious beast continues to claim its victims from the Baskerville family until Holmes and Watson intervene. Often called the best detective story ever written. read more
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|  Six Great Sherlock Holmes Stories
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Famed Victorian-era sleuth outwits a variety of unprincipled villains in "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Red-headed League," "The Final Problem," "The Adventure of the Empty House," and two other tales.
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|  A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Two bizarre tales: the first marks the beginning of the illustrious Holmes and Watson crime-solving partnership; the second leads the investigative pair on a terrifying mission to the dark heart of London.
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|  Wieland; or, the Transformation: An American Tale
by Charles Brockden Brown
John Matteson
Set in rural Pennsylvania in the 1760s and based on the true story of a religious fanatic who slaughtered his family, this Gothic milestone offers compelling reflections of the colonial era's social and political anxieties. read more
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|  The Trial
by Franz Kafka
David Wyllie
From its gripping first sentence onward, this novel exemplifies the term "Kafkaesque." Its darkly humorous narrative recounts a bank clerk's entrapment in a bureaucratic maze, based on an undisclosed charge. read more
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|  The House on the Borderland
by William Hope Hodgson
Mike Ashley
A haunted house in the Irish countryside provides a portal to another world in this combination of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. "A classic of the first order." — H. P. Lovecraft. read more
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|  The Mysteries of Udolpho
by Ann Radcliffe
Trapped in a gloomy medieval fortress, an orphaned heroine battles the devious schemes of her guardians as well as her own pensive visions and melancholy fancies.
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|  The Gold-Bug and Other Tales
by Edgar Allan Poe
Nine gripping tales by the undisputed master of the American Gothic horror story: "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Pit and the Pendulum," six others. read more
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|  Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Classic adventure story of a perilous sea journey, a mutiny led by the infamous Long John Silver, and a lethal scramble for buried treasure — seen through the eyes of cabin boy Jim Hawkins.
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