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The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
 
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Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher
ManyBooks 2012
C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mysterious brutal murder of two women. Numerous witnesses heard a suspect, though no one agrees on what language was spoken. At the murder scene, Dupin finds a hair that does not appear to be human.
Run to Earth by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
 
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent 1910
The blend of mystery and gothic horror in the narrative is engaging, the strong female characters portray an interesting side of Victorian life. The ending in spite of depending heavily on coincidences, brought our heroine the respect she so clearly deserved.
Trent's Last Case by E. C. Bentley
 
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E. C. Bentley
Publisher
Project Gutenberg 2001
The author tells the story of thoroughly unpleasant American millionaire Sigsbee Manderson, who is shot. Painter and journalist Philip Trent is asked to cover the story, and the challenge to solve the murder is too much to resist.
Whose Body? by Dorothy Leigh Sayers
 
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Dorothy Leigh Sayers
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Feedbooks 1923
Lord Peter Wimsey investigates the sudden appearance of a naked body in the bath of an architect at the same time a noted financier goes missing under strange circumstances. As the case progresses it becomes clear that the two events are linked in some way.
The Crime of the Congo by Arthur Conan Doyle
 
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Doyle documents the atrocities committed in the Congo Free State, the personal possession of Leopold II of Belgium. Thousands of native Africans were forced to labor on rubber plantations for the benefit of their colonial overlords.
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
 
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Wilkie Collins
Publisher
ManyBooks 1860
This dramatic tale, inspired by an actual criminal case, is told through multiple narrators. Frederick Fairlie, a wealthy hypochondriac, hires virtuous Walter Hartright to tutor his beautiful niece and heiress,
Sweet Dream, Silver Screen by Moxie Mezcal
 
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Moxie Mezcal
Publisher
ManyBooks 2009
A young woman searches for her missing twin sister in a foreign country called America. On the road, she encounters a series of strangers who help her navigate its topography, including a cowboy in a pink Cadillac, a sadistic law enforcement agent, a pulp fiction novelist, the regulars at...
The Amateur Cracksman by E. W. Hornung
 
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E. W. Hornung
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons 1905
The first in a series of books of the anti-hero, Raffles, a gentleman and a cricket player, who supports himself by carrying out ingenious burglaries. Told a la Sherlock Holmes stories, by Raffles' friend, with a good sense of humor.
From Darkness by Matthew Benefiel
 
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Matthew Benefiel
Publisher
mashwords 2011
Robert Drake did not think much of his father's attempt to sway his dreams of becoming an FBI agent, nor the hallucination that took place during that attempt.
The House of the Whispering Pines by Anna Katharine Green
 
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Anna Katharine Green
Publisher
Project Gutenberg 2003
The scene of the crime is Ranelagh's clubhouse, The Whispering Pines, just after he, its president, has locked it up for the winter. Green does a masterful job of portraying tricky interrogations. Her inquest and trial scenes are rich in drama and suspense.
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