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Mystery books — 98 PDFs & ePubs
98 classic mystery books · free in PDF & EPUB
Locked rooms, unshakeable alibis, and clues laid out in plain sight — classic mystery plays fair and still wins. The whole shelf of detective novels and stories is in the public domain, free to download in PDF or EPUB or to read online, no account required.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd pulls the trick the genre never recovered from. A Study in Scarlet introduces a certain consulting detective; Arsène Lupin is France's charming answer — a thief instead of a detective — and The Hound of the Baskervilles remains the best campfire story ever disguised as a whodunit.
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Christie plays completely fair, and still lands the most famous twist in detective fiction.
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A Study in Scarlet
An Antarctic Mystery
Armadale
Arsène Lupin
Arsène Lupin vs. Herlock Sholmès
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief
Arson Plus
Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
Clouds of Witness
Crooked Souls
Greenmantle
A hidden gem from this shelf
The Eight Strokes of the Clock
Rapid, clever, and playful, these Arsène Lupin puzzles show how charm, intuition, and lateral thinking outpace brute force.
His Last Bow
Hunting for Hidden Gold
In the Dead of Night
Mr. Standfast
Partners in Crime
Poirot Investigates
Red Harvest
Strong Poison
That Affair Next Door
The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
The Adventure of the Crooked Man
The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
The Adventure of the Resident Patient
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Big Four
The Bungalow Mystery
The Case of the Missing Will
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
The Chocolate Box
The Confessions of Arsene Lupin
The Crystal Stopper
The Dain Curse
The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim
The Double Clue
The Eight Strokes of the Clock
The Firm of Girdlestone
The Gold-Bug
The golden triangle
The Green Mummy
The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice
The Hidden Staircase
The Hollow Needle
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The House by the Churchyard
The House on the Cliff
The Hunter's Lodge Case
The Innocence of Father Brown
The international spy
The Leavenworth Case
The Maltese Falcon
The Man in the Brown Suit
The Man of the Crowd
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The Missing Chums
The Moonstone
The Murder at the Vicarage
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Murder on the Links
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Mysterious Mr. Quin
The Mystery at Lilac Inn
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of the Blue Train
The Mystery of the Sea
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
The Phantom of the Opera
The Plymouth Express Affair
The Purloined Letter
The Red House Mystery
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Secret Adversary
The Secret Agent
The Secret of Chimneys
The Secret of Father Brown
The Secret of Sarek
The Secret of the Old Clock
The Secret of the Old Mill
The Seven Dials mystery
The Shore Road Mystery
The Sign in the Sky
The Sign of Four
The Stowmarket Mystery
The Teeth of the Tiger
The Thirty-Nine Steps
The Tower Treasure
The Valley of Fear
The Veiled Lady
The Wisdom of Father Brown
The Witness for the Prosecution
The Woman in White
Unnatural death
Whose Body?