Mystery Classics Books

LeBlanc's creation, gentleman thief Arsene Lupin, is everything you would expect from a French aristocrat -- witty, charming, brilliant, sly . . . and possibly the greatest thief in the world. In this classic tale, Lupin comes up against the only man who may be able to stop him . . . no less than...

The Classic book The City of God, Volume I by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine. Original title: On the city of God against the pagans. Written in the early 5th century, the book suggests that Christianity was largely responsible for the fall of Rome. Said to be the most influential book of the...

The Classic book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet A. Jacobs. A true autobiography of a slave who later won her liberty. Initially portions of her stories where published in the New-York Tribune, but many of her narratives which involved rape were too much for...

The Classic book The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie. The first of Christie’s works to introduce the famous detective Hercule Poirot who would be featured in over 30 novels. Poirot’s dear friend Hastings and Inspector Japp also make their initial appearances in this book. The...

The Classic book A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle. The first Sherlock Holmes story! And while it wasn’t an instant hit, Holmes along with his companion Dr. Watson would become the most famous detectives. In their first case, the pair investigate a bizarre murder in which a man is found...

The Classic book The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie is the 3rd novel in the famous Hercule Poirot series. Now supposedly retired and living in a small village anonymously, Poirot gets caught up in the murder of Roger Ackroyd one of the town's wealthy men. As with most of Dame...

The Classic book The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie. The third appearance of the famous detective Hercules Poirot. When a man writes to Poirot pleading for his assistance, he and his friend Hastings travel to France to meet him. But upon their arrival, the man has been found murdered. As...

The classic book, The Red House Mystery, by A.A. Milne.

The classic book, That Affair Next Door, by Anna Katharine Green.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1894, by Arthur Conan Doyle.