50 Mystery and Detective masterpieces you have to read before you die vol: 1

by Various

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names

In a Grove [Ryūnosuke Akutagawa]
Fantômas [Marcel Allain]
The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont [Robert Barr]
The Woman in Black [E.C. Bentley]
The Island Mystery [George A. Birmingham]
Four Max Carrados Detective Stories [Ernest Bramah Smith]
The Wisdom of Father Brown, The Innocence of Father Brown [G.K Chesterton]
The Secret Adversary [Agatha Christie]
The Mysterious Affair at Styles [Agatha Christie]
No Name [Wilkie Collins]
The Woman in White [Wilkie Collins]
The Most Dangerous Game [Richard Connell]
Hunted Down [Charles Dickens]
The Trial for Murder [Charles Dickens]
The Mystery of Cloomber [Arthur Conan Doyle]
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [Arthur Conan Doyle]
The Spider [Hanns Heinz Ewers]
The Middle Temple Murder [Joseph Smith Fletcher]
Dead Men's Money [Joseph Smith Fletcher]
The Red Thumb Mark [R. Austin Freeman]
The Cat's Eye [R. Austin Freeman]
The Honor of the Name [Émile Gaboriau]
The Man Who Ended War [Hollis Godfrey]
The Rome Express [Arthur Griffiths]
Arson Plus [Samuel Dashiell Hammett]
Desperate Remedies [Thomas Hardy]
Green Tea [Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu]
The Seven Secrets [William Le Queux]
Eight Strokes of the Clock [Maurice Leblanc]
The Phantom of the Opera [Gaston Leroux]
The Lodger [Marie Adelaide Lowndes]
The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel [A. E. W. Mason]
The Mysterious Card Unveiled [Cleveland Moffett]
The Mysterious Card [Cleveland Moffett]
The Evil Shepherd [Edward Phillips Oppenheim]
The Double Four [Edward Phillips Oppenheim]
The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective [Catherine Louisa Pirkis]
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt [Edgar Allan Poe]
The Murders in the Rue Morgue [Edgar Allan Poe]
The Black Cat [Edgar Allan Poe]
The Green Eyes of Bâst [Sax Rohmer]
Whose Body? [Dorothy Leigh Sayers]
The Lady, or the Tiger? [Frank R. Stockton]
Catherine: A Story [William Makepeace Thackeray]
Tom Sawyer, Detective [Mark Twain]
and more...

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

9119 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 22, 2017

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Reviews

[Tim Robinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of these are ghost stories and most of the others are overlong. If you are looking for quality, fast paced detective fiction you will be disappointed. Much of the content was chosen for its historical importance, ie who did it first, not who did it best. Often they chose the right author but the wrong story.

[Mike M · Rating 4 out of 5]

Most of them were really good stories and I was happy it had all of the Sherlock Holmes and Father Brown. Just a few sections I wasn’t a fan of. There are definitely a few stories that do not fall into the category of mystery. They feel more like historical thrillers.

[Cathie Ochoa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fifty stories!! Hard to find stories of mysteries and brilliant detective work. Can't believe I got this book for only $.99 on Kindle!! What a deal. I'm not reading straight through, so I won't be finished for a while. But I am thoroughly enjoying each book in this volume.

Update: finished the last one. Such a great escape from the regular routine of life. Very enjoyable.