Mystery

[Mystery fiction] is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction—in other words a novel or short story in which a detective (either professional or amateur) investigates and solves a crime mystery. The term "mystery fiction" may sometimes be limited to the subset of detective stories in which the emphasis is on the puzzle/suspense element and its logical solution, as a contrast to hardboiled detective stories, which focus on action and gritty realism.

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Mystery

Works

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Supernatural mystery

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Transcriptions projects

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Series characters

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Listed alphabetically by character name.

Leblanc's Arsène Lupin series

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Poe's C. Auguste Dupin series

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The Murders in the Rue Morgue is regarded as the first English-language Detective story.

Chesterton's Father Brown series

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Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series

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See also the Sherlock Holmes collection under Arthur Conan Doyle

Novels are listed in bold.