Mystery Stories

Mystery stories offer readers the chance to solve a 'whodunnit' in a short story format, often a more intense drama than a longer Detective Novel. Featured mystery writers:

• Edgar Allan Poe (invented detective story genre)
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (creator of Sherlock Holmes)
• Mary Roberts Rinehart (the American Agatha Christie)
• R. Austin Freeman (created "inverted" detective stories)
• W.F. Harvey
• Susan Glaspell
• Robert Barr
• Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
• Richard Connell
• G.K. Chesterton (Father Brown stories)
• Nathaniel Hawthorne

Murders in the Rue Morgue

The Red-Headed League

The Aluminum Dagger

A Jury of Her Peers

The Final Problem

The Most Dangerous Game

The Monkey's Paw

The Hanging Stranger

His Last Bow

The Detective Detector

The Purloined Letter

An Alpine Divorce

The Hour and the Man

August Heat

The Brazilian Cat

Locked Doors

The Wind in the Rose-Bush

The Blue Cross

The Prophetic Pictures

The Safety Match

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

The Secret Adversary

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

The Circular Staircase

The Moonstone

Ghost & Halloween Stories

You may also enjoy these collections:

Gothic, Ghost, Horror & Weird Library
Science Fiction Stories
Dystopian Stories
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