Classic crime books

In Raymond Chandler’s favourite novel, Mr Bowling buys the newspapers only to find out what the latest is on the...  Read More >>

Classic Victorian paranormal novel! Lizzie Melladew is murdered and her twin sister disappears, they are led to...  Read More >>

"The novel ""The Stillwater Tragedy"" is believed to be the first in which a detective appears in English literature....  Read More >>

""The Lodger"" is the chilling story of Jack the Ripper's terrible murders and the woman who shelters him from the...  Read More >>

A revised, definitive version of this riotously funny take on the celebrated Sherlock Holmes story, a firm favourite...  Read More >>

""'How on earth did you piece together all this?' he asked in wonder. Mr Reeder shook his head sadly. 'I have that...  Read More >>

Thirteen isn't always unlucky... On a fine autumn weekend, Lord Aveling hosts a hunting party at his country house,...  Read More >>

'Adept at laying one icy finger on the back of your neck' Spectator  Read More >>

Has Arsene Lupin finally met his match in Deputy Daubrecq, a cunning detective who foils Lupin's most audacious...  Read More >>

The first detective who started it all. “But it is in matters beyond the limits of mere rule that the skill of the...  Read More >>

A masterpiece of farcical comedy by the author of Treasure Island sees two brothers about to inherit a fortune,...  Read More >>

They both styled themselves Madame but only the younger of the old ladies had been married. Madame Valiere was...  Read More >>

Carolyn Wells (1862 -1942) was an American writer and poet. Carolyn Wells wrote a total of more than 170 books....  Read More >>

Can a dead letter hold a clue to a murder years ago? Richard Redfield, a clerk in the dead letter office in Washington,...  Read More >>

""When will you pay me, say the bells of Old Bailey…"" Nothing really happens in the sleepy village of Long Greeting....  Read More >>

This collection includes such stories as 'The Adventure of the Resident Patient' and 'The Adventure of the Greek...  Read More >>

The original blockbuster crime novel, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide....  Read More >>

The Old Man in the Corner is an unnamed armchair detective who appears in a series of short stories written by Baroness...  Read More >>

Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmès is the second collection of Arsène Lupin stories by Maurice Leblanc, featuring...  Read More >>

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.  Read More >>

""All things that start must go somewhere."" Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S., M.D.,...  Read More >>

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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and...  Read More >>

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