Classic mystery and detective stories

30 books

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

GreenmantleJohn Buchan · 1916A 1916 adventure novel by John Buchan in which Richard Hannay, a major recovering from wounds in World War I, is recruited by the Foreign Office for a dangerous secret mission behind enemy lines.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Mr. StandfastJohn Buchan · 1919A 1919 adventure spy novel by John Buchan, the third book featuring Richard Hannay. Brigadier Hannay returns to intelligence work during World War I, adopting a false identity as a pacifist South African engineer on a dangerous, secret mission.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Tales of Terror and MysteryArthur Conan Doyle · 1923A 1923 short story collection by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring tales of terror and mystery, including stories of horror and strange dangers such as "The Horror of the Heights" and "The Terror of Blue John Gap.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 case-book of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle · 1927A 1927 collection of twelve detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, recounting cases solved by Sherlock Holmes as narrated by Dr. Watson, including "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client" and "The Problem of Thor Bridge.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Crystal StopperMaurice Leblanc · 1912A 1912 detective novel by Maurice Leblanc featuring the gentleman burglar Arsène Lupin, who leads a robbery at a deputy's villa near Enghien that goes awry, setting up a mystery involving arrests, rivals, and hidden secrets.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 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 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 Insidious Dr. Fu ManchuSax Rohmer · 1913A 1913 adventure thriller narrated by Dr. Petrie, who joins his friend Nayland Smith on a secret mission to stop the mysterious villain Fu-Manchu, whose poison-driven assassination campaign has claimed an official's life in London.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Man Who Knew Too MuchG. K. Chesterton · 1922A 1922 collection of eight detective stories by G. K. Chesterton featuring Horne Fisher, an unusually well-informed amateur sleuth who helps investigate mysterious deaths and crimes among politicians and aristocrats in England.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 Mysterious Affair at StylesAgatha Christie · 1920A 1920 detective novel by Agatha Christie, narrated by Hastings, who visits the Essex country estate Styles Court during World War I, where the household of the wealthy Mrs. Inglethorp is shaken by her remarriage and an impending tragedy that the detective Poirot investigates.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Mysterious Key and What It OpenedLouisa May Alcott · 1867A short Victorian novel by Louisa May Alcott, published in 1867, about the Trevlyn family, whose fortunes are governed by an old prophecy and a mysterious key, beginning with the sudden deaths of Sir Richard and Lady Trevlyn after a stranger's fateful visit.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 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 ChimneysAgatha Christie · 1925A mystery novel by Agatha Christie, published in 1925, about adventurer Anthony Cade, who takes a job in England that draws him into intrigue involving the fictional Balkan state of Herzoslovakia, the country house Chimneys, and Superintendent Battle.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 Thirty-Nine StepsJohn Buchan · 1915A 1915 adventure novel by John Buchan, narrated by Richard Hannay, a bored South African who becomes entangled when a nervous stranger claiming to be marked for death confides in him about a conspiracy to plunge Europe into war.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Valley of FearArthur Conan Doyle · 1915A detective novel by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson decipher a coded warning tied to a murder at Birlstone, a case connected to Holmes's enemy Professor Moriarty and reaching back into an American secret society.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The wisdom of Father BrownG. K. Chesterton · 1914A 1914 collection of twelve mystery stories by G. K. Chesterton featuring Father Brown, a humble Catholic priest who solves puzzling crimes and strange affairs, including a case involving a secretive lodger whom a landlady suspects of terrible misdeeds.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية