Updated: November 2, 2011
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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 Certain Dr. Thorndyke by R. Austin Freeman
A Coin of Edward VII by Fergus Hume
A Conflict of Evidence by Rodrigues Ottolengui
A Double Barrelled Detective Story by Mark Twain
A Prince of Swindlers by Guy Newell Boothby
A Rogue's Life by Wilkie Collins
A Royal Prisoner by Pierre Souvestre
A Silent Witness by R. Austin Freeman
A Strange Disappearance by Anna Katherine Green
A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
After Dark by Wilkie Collins
Agatha Webb by Anna Katherine Green
An Amiable Charlatan by E.P. Oppenheim
An Artist in Crime by Rodrigues Ottolengui
Anderson Crow, Detective by George Barr McCutcheon
Armadale by Wilkie Collins
Arsene Lupin by Maurice LeBlanc
Ashton-Kirk, Investigator by John T. McIntyre
At Large by E. W. Hornung
At the Villa Rose by A.E.W. Mason
Average Jones by Samuel Hopkins Adams
Baron Trigault's Vengeance by Emile Gaboriau
Basil by Wilkie Collins
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 Net by Emile Gaboriau
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
Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective #1: The Silent Bullet by Arthur B. Reeve
Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective #2: The Poisoned Pen by Arthur B. Reeve
Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective #3: The Dream Doctor by Arthur B. Reeve
Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective #4: The War Terror by Arthur B. Reeve
Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective #5: The Social Gangster by Arthur B. Reeve
Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective #6: The Treasure Train by Arthur B. Reeve
Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective #7: The Ear in the Wall by Arthur B. Reeve
Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective #8: The Gold of the Gods by Arthur B. Reeve
Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective #9: The Exploits of Elaine by Arthur B. Reeve
Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective #10: The Romance of Elaine by Arthur B. Reeve
Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective #11: Guy Garrick by Arthur B. Reeve
Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective #12: Constance Dunlap by Arthur B. Reeve
Crime Clinic #3 [comic book]
Crime Clinic #4 [comic book]
Crime Clinic #5 [comic book]
Crime Clinic #10 [comic book]
Crime Clinic #11 [comic book]
Crime Mysteries #5 [comic book]
Crime Mysteries #7 [comic book]
Crime Mysteries #12 [comic book]
Crime Mysteries #14 [comic book]
Dangerous Days by Mary Roberts Rineheart
Dark Hollow by Anna Katherine Green
Dead Men Tell No Tales by E. W. Hornung
Dead Men's Money by J.S. Fletcher
Death Points a Finger by Will Levinrew
Doan and Carstairs by Norbert Davis
Dyke Darrel, the Railroad Detective by Frank Pinkerton
Ellery Queen #1 [comic book]
Ellery Queen #2 [comic book]
Fantomas by Pierre Souvestre
Fifty Candles by Earl Derr Biggers
Fire Tongue by Sax Rohmer
Half a Rogue by Harold MacGrath
Hilda Wade by Grant Allen
His Last Bow by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
I Say No by Wilkie Collins
Initials Only by Anna Katharine Green
Jack O'Judgement by Edgar Wallace
John Thorndyke's Cases by R. Austin Freeman
Jezebal's Daughter by Wilkie Collins
Kerry's Kid by Sax Rohmer
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Lead With Your Left by Ed Lacy
Lone Wolf: Gentleman Burglar by Louis Joseph Vance
Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins
Manalive by G.K. Chesterton
Mary Louise Solves a Mystery by L. Frank Baum
Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Messengers of Evil by Pierre Souvestre
Miss or Mrs? by Wilkie Collins
Mr. Justice Raffles by E. W. Hornung
Murder at Bridge by Anne Austin
Murder at Somerset by Edward St Amant
Murder in the Gunroom by H.B. Piper
Murder Point by Coningsby Dawson
My Lady's Money by Wilkie Collins
My Strangest Case by Guy Newell Boothby
Night Squad by David Goodis
No Clue by James Hay Jr.
Of Mice and Murderers by John Stockymyer
Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Orczy
Oscar the Detective by Harlan Page Halsey
Other People's Money by Emile Gaboriau
Peter Ruff and the Double Four by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Philo Gubb: Correspondence School Detective by Ellis Parker Butler
Pontifex Son and Thorndyke by R. Austin Freeman
Promised Land by Robert B. Parker
Queen's Quorum Series: Short Stories by Various Authors
R. Holmes and Co. by John Kendrick Bangs
Raffles: A Thief in the Night by E. W. Hornung
Raffles by E. W. Hornung
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman by E. W. Hornung
Raspberry Jam by Carolyn Wells
Recalled to Life by Grant Allen
Red Money by Fergus Hume
Scarhaven Keep by J.S. Fletcher
Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers
Tales of Chinatown by Sax Rohmer
Ted Marsh on an Important Mission by Elmer Sherwood
That Mainwaring Affair by A. Maynard Barbour
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 Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of the Infallible Godahl by Frederick Irving Anderson
The Agony Column by Earl Derr Biggers
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 Bat by Mary Roberts Rineheart
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 Bishop's Secret by Fergus Hume
The Bittermeads Mystery by E.R. Punshon
The Black by Edgar Wallace
The Black Box by E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Borough Treasurer by J.S. Fletcher
The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rineheart
The Brown Study by G.S. Richmond
The "Canary" Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
The Case and the Girl by Randall Parrish
The Case of Jennie Brice by Mary Roberts Rineheart
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 Cat's Eye by R. Austin Freeman
The Champdoce Mystery by Emile Gaboriau
The Chief Legatee by A.K. Green
The Cinema Murder by E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rineheart
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 Crowned Skull by Fergus Hume
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 Double Life by Gaston Leroux
The Double Traitor by E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Dragon Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
The Drums of Jeopardy by Harold MacGrath
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 Evil Genius by Wilkie Collins
The Evil Shepherd by E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Face and the Mask by Robert Barr
The Fallen Leaves by Wilkie Collins
The False Faces by L.J. Vance
The Filigree Ball by Anna Katharine Green
The Film Mystery by Arthur B. Reeve
The Four Faces by William Le Queux
The Frozen Deep by Wilkie Collins
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 Golden Slipper by Anna Katharine Green
The Golf Course Mystery by Chester K. Steele
The Gracie Allen Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
The Governors by E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Great Secret by E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Green Eyes of Bast by Sax Rohmer
The Green Mummy by Fergus Hume
The Greene Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
The Guilty River by Wilkie Collins
The Hampstead Mystery by John R. Watson
The Hand in the Dark by Arthur J. Rees
The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley
The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins
The Holladay Case by Burton E. Stevenson
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
The House of the Whispering Pines by Anna Katharine Green
The Illustrious Prince by E. Phillips Oppenheim
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 Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins
The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green
The Legacy of Cain by Wilkie Collins
The Lighted Way by E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Loudwater Mystery by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Oakdale Affair by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Man in the Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rineheart
The Man on the Box by Harold MacGrath
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 Mayor's Wife by Anna Katharine Green
The Middle of Things by J.S. Fletcher
The Middle Temple Murder by J.S. Fletcher
The Mill Mystery by Anna Katharine Green
The Mirror of Kong Ho by Ernest Bramah
The Mischief Maker by E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Moon Rock by Arthur J. Rees
The Mystery of 31 New Inn by R. Austin Freeman
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume
The Mystery of Orcival by Emile Gaboriau
The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet by Burton E. Stevenson
The Mystery of the Downs by Arthur J. Rees
The Mystery of the Downs by John R. Watson
The Mystery of the Green Ray by William le Queux
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
The Mystery Queen by Fergus Hume
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
The Mysterious Three by William le Queux
The Moving Finger by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The New Tenant by E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
The Opal Serpent by Fergus Hume
The Orange-Yellow Diamond by J.S. Fletcher
The Paradise Mystery by J.S. Fletcher
The Parasite by Arthur Conan Doyle
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 Rayner-Slade Amalgamation by J.S. Fletcher
The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The Red Thumb Mark by R. Austin Freeman
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Riddle of the Frozen Flame by Thomas W. Hanshew
The Rome Express by Arthur Griffiths
The Scarab Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
The Secret of the Night by Gaston Leroux
The Secret Passage by Fergus Hume
The Seven Secrets by William le Queux
The Shadow of the Rope by E. W. Hornung
The Shadow of the Wolf by R. Austin Freeman
The Shoulders of Atlas by Mary Wilkins Freeman
The Shrieking Pit by Arthur J. Rees
The Singing Bone by R. Austin Freeman
The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of Silence by William le Queux
The Silent House by Fergus Hume
The Stowmarket Mystery by Louis Tracey
The Strange Case of Cavendish by Randall Parrish
The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Louis Tracey
The Stretton Street Affair by William le Queux
The Talleyrand Maxim by J.S. Fletcher
The Tempting of Tavernake by E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Thin Red Line and Blue Blood by Arthur Griffiths
The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont by Robert Barr
The Uninhabited House by Mrs. J.H. Riddell
The Unspeakable Perk by S.H. Adams
The Uttermost Farthing by R. Austin Freeman
The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Vanished Messenger by E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Vanishing Man by R. Austin Freeman
The Voice in the Fog by Harold MacGrath
The Voice on the Wire by Eustace Hale Ball
The Wire Devils by Frank L. Packard [Vintage]
The Wallet of Kai Lung by Ernest Bramah
The White Moll by Frank L. Packard
The Widow Lerouge by Emile Gaboriau
The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rineheart
The Winter Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
The Wisdom of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
The Woman in the Alcove by Anna Katherine Green
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The Yellow Crayon by E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Zeppelin's Passenger by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Thinker by James Fink
Thrilling New Detective Fiction
Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley
Two Wonderful Detectives by Harlan Page Halsey
Uncle Silas by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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
Within an Inch of His Life by Emile Gaboriau
Won by Crime by Frank Pinkerton
Wylder's Hand by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu