Detective Fiction (Bookshelf)

Detective Fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centers upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. Detective fiction is the most popular form of both mystery fiction and hardboiled crime fiction.

A common feature of detective fiction is an investigator who is unmarried, with some source of income other than a regular job, and who generally has some pleasing eccentricities or striking characteristics. He or she frequently has a less intelligent assistant, or foil, who is asked to make apparently irrelevant inquiries and acts as an audience surrogate for the explanation of the mystery at the end of the story.

—Excerpted from Detective fiction on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.

Nearby categories: Crime Fiction (Bookshelf) | Mystery Fiction (Bookshelf)

The author list is ordered by year of birth. Maybe not the easiest organization, but an interesting one.

Contents 1 Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) 1.1 Auguste Dupin 2 Charles Dickens (1812-1870) 3 Wilkie Collins (1814-1889) 4 Émile Gaboriau (1836-1873) 4.1 Monsieur Lecoq 4.2 Other 5 Arthur Griffiths (1838-1908) 6 Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935) 6.1 Mr. Gryce 6.2 Other 7 Robert Barr (1850-1912) 7.1 Eugène Valmont 7.2 Sherlock Holmes Parodies 8 Hanshew, Thomas W., 1857-1914 9 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) 9.1 Sherlock Holmes 9.1.1 Novels 9.1.2 Short Stories 9.1.2.1 His Last Bow 9.1.2.2 The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 10 John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) 10.1 Raffles Holmes 11 R. Austin Freeman (1862-1943) 11.1 John Thorndyke 12 Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith), 1863-1935 13 Arthur Morrison (1863-1945) 13.1 Martin Hewitt 13.2 Horace Dorrington 14 Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) 15 Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1865-1947) 15.1 The Old Man in the Corner 15.2 Lady Molly 15.3 Patrick Mulligan ("Skin O' My Tooth") 16 Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) 16.1 Joseph Rouletabille 17 Ernest Bramah (1868-1942) 17.1 Max Carrados 18 Melville Davisson Post 1871?-1930 19 Arthur J. Rees (Arthur John), 1872-1942 20 Burton Egbert Stevenson, 1872-1962 21 G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) 21.1 Father Brown 22 Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932 23 E. C. Bentley (1875-1956) 23.1 Philip Trent 24 Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) 25 Harrington Strong (pseudonym of Johnston McCulley, 1882-1958) 26 Agatha Christie (1890-1976) 26.1 Hercule Poirot 26.2 Miss Marple 26.3 Tommy and Tuppence 27 Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956) 28 Mrs Charles Bryce  ?? - ?? 29 Lawrence L. Lynch  ?? - ??

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

Auguste Dupin

• The Murders in the Rue Morgue  (1841)
• The Mystery of Marie Rogêt  (1842)
• The Purloined Letter  (1844)

Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

• Hunted Down: the detective stories of Charles Dickens  (also as audio book )

Wilkie Collins (1814-1889)

• The Moonstone 

Émile Gaboriau (1836-1873)

Monsieur Lecoq

• L'affaire Lerouge  (1866) (French)
• The Widow Lerouge  (1866)
• The Mystery of Orcival  (1867)
• File No. 113  (1867)
• Slaves of Paris (1868)
  • Volume 1: Caught in the Net 
  • Volume 2: The Champdoce Mystery 
• Monsieur Lecoq (1869) (French)
  • Volume 1: L'enquête 
  • Volume 2: L'honneur du nom 
• Monsieur Lecoq (1869)
  • Volume 1: Monsieur Lecoq 
  • Volume 2: The Honor of the Name 

Other

• The Count's Millions (1870)
  • Volume 1: The Count's Millions 
  • Volume 2: Baron Trigault's Vengeance 
• The Clique of Gold  (1871)
• La corde au cou  (1873) (French)
• Within an Inch of His Life  (1873)
• L'argent des autres (1874) (French)
  • Volume 1: Les hommes de paille 
  • Volume 2: La pêche en eau trouble 
• Other People's Money  (1874)

Arthur Griffiths (1838-1908)

• The Passenger from Calais  (1906)

• The Rome Express  (1907) -- "A mysterious murder on a flying express train, a wily Italian, a charming woman caught in the meshes of circumstantial evidence, a chivalrous Englishman, and a police force with a keen nose for the wrong clue, are the ingredients from which Major Griffiths has concocted a clever, up-to-date detective story. The book is bright and spirited, with rapid action, and consistent development which brings the story to a logical and dramatic ending." -- (from a publisher's advertisement in The Passenger from Calais)

Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935)

Mr. Gryce

• The Leavenworth Case  (1878)
• A Strange Disappearance  (1880)
• The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow  (1917)

(incomplete)

Other

• The Circular Study 
• Browse all works by Anna Katharine Green

Robert Barr (1850-1912)

Eugène Valmont

• The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont  (1906) Audio 

Sherlock Holmes Parodies

• The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont  (1906)

Hanshew, Thomas W., 1857-1914

• Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces  (English)
• The Riddle of the Frozen Flame  (English)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

Sherlock Holmes

Novels

• A Study in Scarlet  (1887) (also as audio book )
• The Sign of the Four  (1890) (also as audio book )
• The Hound of the Baskervilles  (1901-02) (also as audio book )
• The Valley of Fear  (1914-15) (also as audio book )

Short Stories

• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes  (1891-92) (also as audio book )
• The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes  (1892-93) (also as audio book )
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes  (1903-04) (also as audio book )

His Last Bow

(1908-1917)

• The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge 
• The Adventure of the Cardboard Box 
• The Adventure of the Red Circle 
• The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans 
• The Adventure of the Dying Detective 
• The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax 
• The Adventure of the Devil's Foot 
• His Last Bow 

(All of these stories also as audio book )

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

(1921-1927) — still in copyright in the US.

If you live in a Life + 70 country you can legally download more Sherlock Holmes ebooks from PG of Australia..

John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922)

Raffles Holmes

• R. Holmes & Co.  (1906)

R. Austin Freeman (1862-1943)

John Thorndyke

• The Red Thumb Mark  (1907)
• The Mystery of 31 New Inn  (1912)
• John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman 
  If you live in a Life + 50 country you can legally download more John Thorndyke ebooks from PG of Australia.

Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith), 1863-1935

• Dead Men's Money  (English)
• The Middle of Things  (English)
• The Middle Temple Murder  (English) (also as audio book )
• The Orange-Yellow Diamond  (English)
• The Paradise Mystery  (English)
• The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation  (English)
• Scarhaven Keep  (English)
• The Talleyrand Maxim  (English)
• The Borough Treasurer  (English)

Arthur Morrison (1863-1945)

Martin Hewitt

• Martin Hewitt, Investigator  (1894)
• Chronicles of Martin Hewitt  (1896)
• The Red Triangle  (1903)

If you live in a Life + 50 country you can legally download more Martin Hewitt ebooks from PG of Australia.

Horace Dorrington

If you live in a Life + 50 country you can legally download more Horace Dorrington ebooks from PG of Australia.

Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916)

• In The Fog  (1901)

Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1865-1947)

The Old Man in the Corner

• The Old Man in the Corner   (1909)

Lady Molly

If you live in a Life + 50 country you can legally download more Lady Molly ebooks from PG of Australia.

Patrick Mulligan ("Skin O' My Tooth")

If you live in a Life + 50 country you can legally download more Patrick Mulligan ("Skin O' My Tooth") ebooks from PG of Australia.

Gaston Leroux (1868-1927)

Joseph Rouletabille

• Le mystère de la chambre jaune  (1907) (French)
• Mystery of the Yellow Room  (1907) (English)
• Le parfum de la Dame en noir  (1908) (French)
• Les etranges noces de Rouletabille  (1914) (French)
• The Secret of the Night  (1914) (English)

Ernest Bramah (1868-1942)

Max Carrados

• Max Carrados  (1914)
• Four Max Carrados Detective Stories  (1914) (also as audio book )
  If you live in a Life + 50 country you can legally download more Max Carrados ebooks from PG of Australia.

Melville Davisson Post 1871?-1930

• The Sleuth of St. James's Square 

Arthur J. Rees (Arthur John), 1872-1942

• The Moon Rock 
• The Shrieking Pit 
• The Hand in the Dark 

Burton Egbert Stevenson, 1872-1962

• The Gloved Hand 
• That Affair at Elizabeth 
• The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet 
• The Holladay Case 

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

Father Brown

• The Innocence of Father Brown  (1911) (also as audio book )
• The Wisdom of Father Brown  (1914) (also as audio book )
  If you live in a Life + 70 country you can legally download more Father Brown ebooks from PG of Australia.

Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932

Wikipedia: Edgar Wallace

• The Clue of the Twisted Candle  (1918)
• The Daffodil Mystery  (1920)
• The Angel of Terror  (1922)

E. C. Bentley (1875-1956)

Philip Trent

• Trent's Last Case  (1913)

Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958)

• The Circular Staircase  (1908)

Harrington Strong (pseudonym of Johnston McCulley, 1882-1958)

• The Brand of Silence
  A Detective Story 

Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

Hercule Poirot

• The Mysterious Affair at Styles  (1920)

All other Hercule Poirot stories are still under copyright.

Miss Marple

All Miss Marple books are still under copyright.

Tommy and Tuppence

• Secret Adversary  (1922)

All other Tommy and Tuppence stories are still under copyright.

Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956)

• The Red House Mystery  (1922)

Mrs Charles Bryce  ?? - ??

• The Ashiel mystery
  A Detective Story 

Lawrence L. Lynch  ?? - ??

• The Last Stroke
  A Detective Story