Sherlock Holmes and his rivals, 1887 to 1913

43 books

A Master of MysteriesL. T. Meade · 1898An 1898 collection of illustrated detective stories by L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace, following a professional exposer of ghosts who uses science to investigate seemingly supernatural events, including deaths, disappearances, and apparently haunted places.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

A Study in ScarletArthur Conan Doyle · 1887A detective novel in which Dr. John H. Watson, a war surgeon returned from Afghanistan, narrates how he comes to share lodgings in London with the eccentric and brilliant Sherlock Holmes, and becomes involved in the mystery of the Lauriston Garden murders.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes IllustratedArthur Conan Doyle · 1892An illustrated 1892 collection of twelve detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson solving mysteries, beginning with "A Scandal in Bohemia," in which a masked royal client seeks Holmes's help.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin FreemanR. Austin Freeman · 1909A 1909 collection of detective short stories narrated by Christopher Jervis, featuring medico-legal expert John Thorndyke, who solves crimes using realistic forensic and scientific investigation methods.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

That Affair at ElizabethBurton Egbert Stevenson · 1907A 1907 mystery novel by Burton Egbert Stevenson, narrated by a law clerk who is summoned by telegram to Elizabeth, where a bride's disappearance on her wedding day draws him into an increasingly tangled puzzle.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

That Affair Next DoorAnna Katharine Green · 1897A detective novel by Anna Katharine Green, published in 1897. Spinster Amelia Butterworth, watching from her window, sees a young couple enter the supposedly empty house next door and becomes involved in investigating the murder discovered there the next morning.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington PlansArthur Conan Doyle · 1908A 1908 Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which detective Sherlock Holmes and his brother Mycroft investigate the death of a Woolwich Arsenal clerk found on the Underground tracks, connected to missing secret submarine plans.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Adventure of the Cardboard BoxArthur Conan Doyle · 1893A short Sherlock Holmes detective story by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in 1893 and narrated by Dr. Watson. Holmes investigates the case of a cardboard box, mailed to a London-area woman, containing two freshly severed human ears.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Adventure of the Devil's FootArthur Conan Doyle · 1910A 1910 Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Dr. Watson. Recalling the "Cornish Horror," Watson tells how Holmes, resting in Cornwall, investigates a case in which a woman is found dead and her two brothers driven mad with no visible cause.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Adventure of the Dying DetectiveArthur Conan Doyle · 1913A short Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in 1913, in which Dr. Watson is summoned to find the detective gravely and mysteriously ill after a case near the Thames, refusing treatment and forbidding Watson to come near him.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Adventure of the Red CircleArthur Conan Doyle · 1911A 1911 Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates the strange case of a landlady's mysterious lodger who never leaves his room, communicates only through printed notes, and may not be the person who originally rented the rooms.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Adventure of Wisteria LodgeArthur Conan Doyle · 1908A 1908 Sherlock Holmes detective story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes and Watson investigate the murder of a man named Aloysius Garcia after his guest, John Scott Eccles, recounts a strange overnight visit to Wisteria Lodge.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle · 1892A collection of twelve short detective stories, first published in 1892, recounting the cases of Sherlock Holmes, the brilliant consulting detective of Baker Street, as narrated by his friend Dr. Watson, beginning with the tale "A Scandal in Bohemia.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister DetectiveLouis Tracy · 1904A 1904 detective novel by Louis Tracy, following barrister and amateur sleuth Reginald Brett as he investigates a mysterious crime at an Albert Gate mansion involving Turkish dignitaries, diamond experts, and murder.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Big Bow MysteryIsrael Zangwill · 1891An 1891 humorous mystery novel by Israel Zangwill, in which a man is found murdered in a locked London room and the solution must be deducible from clues given to the reader.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Bishop's SecretFergus Hume · 1900A 1900 mystery novel by Fergus Hume, author of "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab," set in the English cathedral city of Beorminster. It follows Bishop Pendle and his circle, including an unworthy protege and a unique detective, through a tale of ecclesiastical society and secret intrigue.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Circular StaircaseMary Roberts Rinehart · 1908A 1908 mystery novel narrated by a middle-aged spinster who rents a country house for the summer and becomes entangled in crime, joining forces with a detective to investigate strange events at the isolated Sunnyside estate.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Club of Queer TradesG. K. Chesterton · 1905A 1905 collection of interconnected comic mystery stories by G. K. Chesterton. It follows a narrator and his friend Basil Grant as they encounter an eccentric London club whose members must each have invented an entirely new way of earning a living.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Corbin necklaceHenry Kitchell Webster · 1902A mystery novel narrated by a family friend with a broken leg, about trouble surrounding the valuable pearl necklace that elderly Mrs. Corbin plans to give her granddaughter Judith as a wedding present, as seen through the eyes of her observant young grandson Punch.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Diamond CoterieLawrence L. Lynch · 1892A detective novel by Lawrence L. Lynch, first published in the 1880s, about a shocking diamond robbery at the wealthy Wardour household and the elopement of Sybil Lamotte with a disreputable foreman, events that bring detectives to investigate a small town's elite families.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Disappearance of Lady Frances CarfaxArthur Conan Doyle · 1911A 1911 Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Watson travels to Europe investigating the disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, a wealthy woman who stopped writing to her old governess, while Holmes directs the search from London.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Double FourE. Phillips Oppenheim · 1911A 1911 novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim, presented in connected chapters, in which Peter Ruff, a retired country gentleman, is drawn back into the Double Four, a secretive French society whose dying leader names him as her successor and refuses his resignation.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Four-Pools MysteryJean Webster · 1908A 1908 mystery novel narrated by a New York lawyer who, while recovering from a forgery case, becomes involved with reporter Terry Patten as they investigate strange events, a haunting, and a robbery at the Four-Pools plantation.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Gloved HandBurton Egbert Stevenson · 1904A detective story, first serialized in 1913, in which a lawyer recounts how his friend Jim Godfrey, a police reporter, draws him into investigating strange occurrences, including a mysterious falling star and white-robed figures, at a country estate near New York.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Green MummyFergus Hume · 1908A 1908 mystery novel by Fergus Hume in which an artist seeks his fiancée's stepfather's consent to marry, entangling the couple with an eccentric Egyptologist professor obsessed with obtaining a green-bandaged royal mummy and the secrets surrounding it.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Grell MysteryFrank Froest · 1913A 1913 detective novel by Frank Froest. On the eve of his wedding, wealthy American diplomat Robert Grell vanishes from his London club and is found murdered, sending Scotland Yard investigators to uncover who killed him.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Hound of the BaskervillesArthur Conan Doyle · 1902A 1902 detective novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, another adventure of Sherlock Holmes, in which Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate a legendary curse on the Baskerville family and a mysterious hound haunting the Devon moors.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The innocence of Father BrownG. K. Chesterton · 1911A 1911 collection of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton featuring Father Brown, a humble Catholic priest who solves crimes, beginning with the pursuit of the master criminal Flambeau by the famed Paris detective Valentin.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Mandarin's FanFergus Hume · 1904A detective novel by Fergus Hume, author of "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab," published in 1904. It follows impoverished Rupert Ainsleigh, heir to a family curse tied to his ancestral estate, as an advertisement, a mysterious fan, and a Chinese mandarin lead into mystery and intrigue.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle · 1894A collection of twelve detective stories narrated by Dr. Watson, following Sherlock Holmes as he solves mysteries including a racehorse's disappearance, coded messages, and old unsolved cases, ending with a fateful confrontation.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Mystery of 31 New InnR. Austin Freeman · 1912A 1912 detective novel by R. Austin Freeman featuring Dr. John Thorndyke, who investigates a mysterious patient kept secret by a coachman who transports a doctor to an undisclosed location, beginning a puzzling case involving identity and secrecy.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Mystery of a Turkish BathRita · 1890An 1890 supernatural novel by E. M. Gollan, writing as Rita, set at a luxury seaside hotel in England. A beautiful princess with occult powers appears in the Turkish baths, and a mysterious tragedy involving her and an old acquaintance deepens the story.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Mystery of the Yellow RoomGaston Leroux · 1907A 1907 detective novel by Gaston Leroux in which young reporter Joseph Rouletabille investigates the attempted murder of Mademoiselle Stangerson in a locked room at the Chateau du Glandier, a case that baffled police and judges.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Opal SerpentFergus Hume · 1905A 1905 mystery novel by Fergus Hume, author of "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab." It follows Paul Beecot, a young writer who leaves his domineering father for London, where his struggles lead into a tale of crime involving inquests, detectives, and new clues.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The problem of Cell 13Jacques Futrelle · 1905This 1905 short story collection features Jacques Futrelle's detective The Thinking Machine, scientist Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen. In the title story, Van Dusen bets he can escape Chisholm Prison's death cell using only his intellect, aided by mystery tales including "The Scarlet Thread.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Red Thumb MarkR. Austin Freeman · 1907A 1907 detective novel by R. Austin Freeman, this story follows medico-legal investigator Dr. John Thorndyke and his friend Jervis as they tackle a crime involving finger-print evidence, aiming for realism in its characters, incidents, and scientific details.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Red Triangle: Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, InvestigatorArthur Morrison · 1903A 1903 collection of linked detective short stories by Arthur Morrison, narrated by Martin Hewitt's associate Brett, following the London private investigator through six cases connected by a mysterious criminal sign known as the Red Triangle.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Return of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle · 1905A 1905 collection of thirteen detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Dr. Watson recounts Sherlock Holmes's return after his presumed death and the pair's investigation of new cases, beginning with a mysterious locked-room murder in London.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Secret of the NightGaston Leroux · 1911A 1911 detective novel by Gaston Leroux in which the young French reporter Joseph Rouletabille, sent by the Tsar, arrives in Russia to protect General Trebassof, a condemned official, and uncover the mystery behind attempts on his life.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Sign of the FourArthur Conan Doyle · 1890A detective novel published in 1890, this story follows Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they investigate a mysterious case involving a missing treasure, a stolen Indian chest, and a strange sign left at a murder scene.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Silver BulletFergus Hume · 1910A mystery novel by Fergus Hume, first published in 1910. It follows Dr. Jim Herrick and his frail, grieving friend Robin Joyce, who are walking through the English countryside when their journey leads them to a house in a pine wood.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Strange Case of Mortimer FenleyLouis Tracy · 1913A 1913 detective novel by Louis Tracy in which the murder of a prominent London banker, Mortimer Fenley, becomes a celebrated case investigated with the help of Scotland Yard, opening with artist John Trenholme in a Hertfordshire village near the victim's estate.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Stretton Street AffairWilliam Le Queux · 1910A mystery novel by William Le Queux, narrated by Hugh Garfield, a young engineer who becomes entangled in a strange affair following the death of a woman named Gabrielle Engledue.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية