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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
Arsène Lupin
Arsène Lupin vs. Herlock Sholmès
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief
Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
Clouds of Witness
Greenmantle
His Last Bow
Hunting for Hidden Gold
In the Dead of Night
Partners in Crime
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.
Poirot Investigates
Red Harvest
Strong Poison
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Big Four
The Bungalow Mystery
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
The Confessions of Arsene Lupin
The Crystal Stopper
The Dain Curse
The Eight Strokes of the Clock
The Green Mummy
The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice
The Hidden Staircase
The Hollow Needle
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The House on the Cliff
The Innocence of Father Brown
The international spy
The Maltese Falcon
The Man in the Brown Suit
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The Missing Chums
The Murder at the Vicarage
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Murder on the Links
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 Yellow Room
The Phantom of the Opera
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 the Old Clock
The Secret of the Old Mill
The Seven Dials mystery
The Shore Road Mystery
The Sign of Four
The Stowmarket Mystery
The Thirty-Nine Steps
The Tower Treasure
The Valley of Fear
The Wisdom of Father Brown
Unnatural death
Whose Body?