Portal: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

 * by Maurice Leblanc
 * by Sax Rohmer
 * by William Wilkie Collins
 * by Agatha Christie
 * by Gaston Leroux
 * by William Wilkie Collins (source file to be fixed)
 * by Arthur Conan Doyle (to be proofread)
 * by E. C. Bentley
 * by Eden Phillpotts
 * by Arthur Train
 * by H. C. Bailey
 * 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

 * 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)