Updated: May 18, 2010
Novels to Enjoy for the...
Detective in Need of a Case
The armchair detective is always looking for a good case.
32 Caliber by Donald McGibenayA Bid for Fortune by Guy Newell Boothby
A Conflict of Evidence by Rodrigues Ottolengui
A Double Barrelled Detective Story by Mark Twain
A Prince of Swindlers by Guy Newell Boothby
A Royal Prisoner by Pierre Souvestre
A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
An Amiable Charlatan by E.P. Oppenheim
An Artist in Crime by Rodrigues Ottolengui
Anderson Crow, Detective by George Barr McCutcheon
Arsene Lupin by Maurice LeBlanc
At the Villa Rose by A.E.W. Mason
Bat Wing by Sax Rohmer
Boston Blackie by Jack Boyle
Breath of Allah by Sax Rohmer {pdf}
Brood of the Witch-Queen by Sax Rohmer
Bucholz and the Detectives by Allan Pinkerton
Buck Hawk, Detective by Edward L. Wheeler
Cad Metti: The Female Detective Strategist by Harlan Page Halsey
Caught in the Night by Emile Gaboriau
Children of the Mist by Eden Phillpotts
Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces by T.W. Hanshew
Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers
Dangerous Days by Mary Roberts Rineheart
Death is a Stranger by Henry T. Smith
Death Points a Finger by Will Levinrew
Death Ray Butterfly by Tom Lichtenberg
Doan and Carstairs by Norbert Davis
Dyke Darrel, the Railroad Detective by Frank Pinkerton
East Village Noir by Russell Atwood
Fantomas by Pierre Souvestre
Fifty Candles by Earl Derr Biggers
Fire Tongue by Sax Rohmer
Fissure Monroe by Tom Lichtenberg
Five Thousand Dollars Reward by Frank Pinkerton
For Sale in Palm Springs by Albert Simon
Fuzz by Ed McBain
Gees' First Case by Jack Mann
Gloria by David Sartof
His Last Bow by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
I Say No by Wilkie Collins
In the Heat of the Night by John Ball
Jack O'Judgement by Edgar Wallace
Lead With Your Left by Ed Lacy
Lone Wolf: Gentleman Burglar by Louis Joseph Vance
Manalive by G.K. Chesterton
Martin Hewitt, Investigator by Arthur Morrison
Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah
Messengers of Evil by Pierre Souvestre
Murder at Bridge by Anne Austin
Murder at Somerset by Edward St Amant
Murder in the Gunroom by H.B. Piper
My Strangest Case by Guy Newell Boothby
Night Squad by David Goodis
No Clue by James Hay Jr.
Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Orczy
Oscar the Detective by Harlan Page Halsey
Philo Gubb: Correspondence School Detective by Ellis Parker Butler
Promised Land by Robert B. Parker
Queen's Quorum Series: Short Stories by Various Authors
Raspberry Jam by Carolyn Wells
Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers
Storm by William Badke
Swains Lock by Ted Stabler
Tales of Chinatown by Sax Rohmer
Ted Marsh on an Important Mission by Elmer Sherwood
The Abandoned Room by Charles Wadsworth Camp
The Accused by Harold R. Daniels
The Adventure of the Dying Detective by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of the Infallible Godahl by Frederick Irving Anderson
The Ashiel Mystery by Charles Bryce
The Assistant Murderer by Dashiell Hammett
The Attic Murder by Sydney Fowler
The Baying Witness by Anna Drake
The Ball and the Cross by G.K. Chesterton
The Beetle: A Mystery by Richard Marsh
The Benson Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
The Bishop Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
The Bittermeads Mystery by E.R. Punshon
The Black by Edgar Wallace
The Brown Study by G.S. Richmond
The "Canary" Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
The Case of the Golden Bullet by Grace Isabel Colbron & Augusta Groner
The Case of the Pool of Blood in the Pastor's Study by Grace Isabel Colbron & Augusta Groner
The Case of the Registered Letter by Grace Isabel Colbron & Augusta Groner
The Casino Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
The Chief Legatee by A.K. Green
The Club of Queer Trades by G.K. Chesterton
The Clue of the Silver Key by Edgar Wallace
The Clue of the Twisted Candles by Edgar Wallace
The Confession by Mary Roberts Rineheart
The Count's Millions by Emile Gaboriau
The Corpse that Walked by Octavius Roy Cohen
The Crevice by William John Burns
The Crime of the French Cafe by Nicholas Carter
The Crimson Blind by Fred M. White
The Crooked House by Brandon Fleming
The Crystal Stopper by Maurice LeBlanc
The Daffodil Mystery by Edgar Wallace
The Darrow Enigma by Melvin L. Sevelry
The Dead and the Dreamer by Wayne Allen McClain
The Diamond Cross Mystery by Chester K. Steele
The Doctor of Pimlico by William le Queux
The Dragon Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
The Eight Strokes of the Clock by Maurice LeBlanc
The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective by Catherine Louisa Pirkis
The Expressman and the Detective by Allan Pinkerton
The Face and the Mask by Robert Barr
The False Faces by L.J. Vance
The Four Faces by William Le Queux
The Garden Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
The Girls of Central High by Gertrude W. Morrison
The Gloved Hand by Burton E. Stevenson
The Golden Scorpion by Sax Rohmer
The Golf Course Mystery by Chester K. Steele
The Gracie Allen Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
The Green Eyes of Bast by Sax Rohmer
The Greene Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
The Holladay Case by Burton E. Stevenson
The Hampstead Mystery by John R. Watson
The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
The Kennel Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
The Kidnap Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
The Lamp that Went Out by Grace Isabel Colbron & Augusta Groner
The Loudwater Mystery by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Oakdale Affair by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Man Who Knew Too Much by G.K. Chesterton
The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
The Mansion of Mystery by Chester K. Steele
The Master Detective by Percy James Brebner
The Mirror of Kong Ho by Ernest Bramah
The Moving Finger by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The Mysterious Three by William le Queux
The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet by Burton E. Stevenson
The Mystery of the Downs by John R. Watson
The Mystery of the Green Ray by William le Queux
The Parodoxes of Mr. Pond by G.K. Chesterton
The Pocket Diary Lost in the Snow by Grace Isabel Colbron & Augusta Groner
The Quest of Sacred Slipper by Sax Rohmer
The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The Riddle of the Frozen Flame by Thomas W. Hanshew
The Scarab Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
The Seven Secrets by William le Queux
The Shoulders of Atlas by Mary Wilkins Freeman
The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of Silence by William le Queux
The Stowmarket Mystery by Louis Tracey
The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Louis Tracey
The Stretton Street Affair by William le Queux
The Uninhabited House by Mrs. J.H. Riddell
The Unspeakable Perk by S.H. Adams
The Wallet of Kai Lung by Ernest Bramah
The Winter Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
The Wisdom of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
Thinker by James Fink
Thrilling New Detective Fiction
Two Wonderful Detectives by Harlan Page Halsey
Under the Andes by Rex Stout
Unwise Child by Gordon Randall Garrett
War in Heaven by Charles Williams
Where There's a Will by Mary Roberts Rineheart
Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
Won by Crime by Frank Pinkerton