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Mystery

Mystery

Works

• The Woman in White, 1860 by William Wilkie Collins, one of the first mystery novels.
• Uncle Silas, 1865 by Sheridan Le Fanu, an early example of a locked room mystery.
• The Moonstone, 1868 by William Wilkie Collins, considered to be the first Detective novel in the English language (Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue, as a short story, being the first piece of Detective fiction in the English language).
• The Room in the Dragon Volant, 1872 by Sheridan Le Fanu
• The Mystery of Cloomber, 1889 by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Captain Black, 1893 by Charles Edward Carryl
• The Mysterious Mummy, 1903 by Sax Rohmer
• The Mystery of the Yellow Room aka Le mystère de la chambre jaune, 1907 by Gaston Leroux, another early example of a locked room mystery.
• Trent's Last Case aka The Woman in Black, 1913 by Edmund Clerihew Bentley, the first major send-up of the Detective genre.
• The Yellow Claw, 1915 by Sax Rohmer
• Lure of Souls, 1918 by Sax Rohmer
• The Mysterious Affair at Styles, 1920 by Agatha Christie
• Bat Wing, 1921 by Sax Rohmer
• The Secret Adversary, 1922 by Agatha Christie

Supernatural mystery

• The King in Yellow, 1895 by Robert W. Chambers

Transcriptions projects

• Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc
• Bat Wing by Sax Rohmer
• The Moonstone by William Wilkie Collins
• The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
• The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
• The Woman in White by William Wilkie Collins (source file to be fixed)
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (to be proofread)
• Trent's Last Case by E. C. Bentley
• The Grey Room by Eden Phillpotts
• Tutt and Mr. Tutt by Arthur Train
• Call Mr. Fortune by H. C. Bailey
• Fire-Tongue by Sax Rohmer

Series characters

Listed alphabetically by character name.

Leblanc's Arsène Lupin series

• The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar, 1910 by Maurice Leblanc
• The Crystal Stopper, 1912 by Maurice Leblanc

Poe's C. Auguste Dupin series

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

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

Chesterton's Father Brown series

• The Innocence of Father Brown, 1911 by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
• The Wisdom of Father Brown, 1914 by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
• The Incredulity of Father Brown, 1926 by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series

Photograph of a collection of items related to Sherlock Holmes resting on a table in front of a fireplace: a Meerschaum pipe, a deerstalker hat, a bowler hat and a magnifying glass.

See also the Sherlock Holmes collection under Arthur Conan Doyle

Novels are listed in bold.

• A Study in Scarlet, 1887 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Sign of Four, 1890 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1891-92 collection by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • A Scandal in Bohemia
  • The Red-headed League
  • A Case of Identity
  • The Boscombe Valley Mystery
  • The Five Orange Pips
  • The Man with the Twisted Lip
  • The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
  • The Adventure of the Speckled Band
  • The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
  • The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
  • The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
  • The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
• The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, 1893 collection by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Silver Blaze
  • The Cardboard Box
  • The Yellow Face
  • The Stock-broker's Clerk
  • The 'Gloria Scott'
  • The Musgrave Ritual
  • The Reigate Puzzle
  • The Crooked Man
  • The Resident Patient
  • The Greek Interpreter
  • The Naval Treaty
  • The Adventure of the Final Problem
• The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1902 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes, 1905 collection by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The Adventure of the Empty House
  • The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
  • The Adventure of the Dancing Men
  • The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
  • The Adventure of the Priory School
  • The Adventure of Black Peter
  • The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
  • The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
  • The Adventure of the Three Students
  • The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
  • The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
  • The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
  • The Adventure of the Second Stain
• The Valley of Fear, 1915 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
• His Last Bow, 1917 collection by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • 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.- The War Service of Sherlock Holmes
• The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, 1927 collection by Arthur Conan Doyle

  NOTE: The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes is not entirely in the public domain in the United States.

  • The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
  • The Problem of Thor Bridge
  • The Adventure of the Creeping Man
  • The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
  • The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
  • The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
  • The Adventure of the Three Gables (1926)
  • The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (1926)
  • The Adventure of the Lion's Mane (1926)
  • The Adventure of the Retired Colourman (1926)
  • The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger (1927)
  • The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place (1927)