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Stocks & Blondes

by Nathan Everett

Published: 2020-02-16. 52,225 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery » Women Sleuths

Hacking into the computers starts a deadly game as neighbors, friends, and even Georgia, prove not to be what they appear to be. Infiltrating the cabal throws Deb into her deepest disguise ever while trying to balance her real life with a new boyfriend, who might also be different than he appears.

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Missing men

by Vincent Starrett

Published: 1925-04-01. 10,459 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

In the shadowy streets of 1920s Chicago, three prominent men vanish mysteriously. With police stumped by cryptic clues, a brilliant private eye and his trusty aide unravel a tangled net of deception, forbidden romances, and buried scandals. From glittering ballrooms to murky back alleys, they hunt a seductive siren and a tycoon's shadowy history.

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Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods

by Richard Wagner

Published: 1911-01-01. 30,727 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

A legendary hero embarks on a journey of courage, love, and destiny, facing gods, dragons, and treachery. As power and fate collide, his actions set in motion the end of an age, weaving a tale of heroism, sacrifice, and the unstoppable forces of destiny.

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The Datchet Diamonds

by Richard Marsh

Published: 1898-01-01. 53,354 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

On a foggy night, a mild-mannered clerk stumbles onto a valise stuffed with diamonds—and into a conspiracy that frames him as thief and murderer. Hounded by detectives and cutthroats, he must outwit blackmailers, survive train-side escapes, and win help from a quick-witted young woman before the true mastermind vanishes with both fortune and lives.

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The Coward Behind the Curtain

by Richard Marsh

Published: 1908-01-01. 74,933 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

Raised in a convent and abruptly handed to a coarse new guardian, a sheltered young woman is drawn into a tangle of threats, vanished letters, and a murder that hides behind velvet drapes. From shuttered drawing rooms to a sinister houseboat, every ally may be a mask, every rescuer a liar, until she dares to unmask the puppeteer—and chooses courage over obedience.

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The Joss: A Reversion

by Richard Marsh

Published: 1901-01-01. 96,807 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

An uncanny idol—its jade face chipped, its history stained—passes from a London sale room into polite houses, where strange trances, animal rages, and vanishing memories follow. As a skeptical barrister hunts the truth behind a string of crimes, clues point to an older self awakening in its victims. Is the joss merely carved stone, or a key that turns men back into something darker?

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Amusement Only

by Richard Marsh

Published: 1901-01-01. 75,826 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

A thrilling collection of supernatural tales set in the shadowy corners of Edwardian London, where ordinary lives unravel amid ghostly apparitions, cursed objects, and inexplicable horrors. From a possessed hat unleashing chaos to a vengeful spirit haunting high society, these eerie stories blend suspense, the uncanny, and human folly, revealing the thin veil between reality and the macabre.

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A Master of Deception

by Richard Marsh

Published: 1913-01-01. 78,855 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

A charming young man, shadowed by his father's criminal legacy, weaves a perilous web of lies to chase ambition and fortune. Entangled in four passionate romances and a manipulative family plot, his deceptions spiral into fraud and murder, forcing a desperate scramble for escape. This tense thriller probes the razor edge between allure and ruin

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

by Charles Dickens

Published: 1870-01-01. 97,289 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

A young man’s mysterious disappearance in a small English town sparks suspicion, jealousy, and dark intrigue. Unfinished yet haunting, the story explores obsession, guilt, and the shadowed corners of the human heart.

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Our Mutual Friend

by Charles Dickens

Published: 1865-01-01. 332,042 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

A drowned heir, a fortune made from London’s refuse, and a city of strivers collide when mistaken identities and ruthless ambitions entangle lovers and swindlers alike. From riverside murder to drawing-room intrigue, greed, charity, and class pretensions are unmasked, until loyalty and love sift treasure from the muck and reveal who truly deserves a second life.

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Mosses from an Old Manse

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Published: 1846-01-01. 158,718 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

Discover 19th-century New England stories blending gothic horror and moral allegory. Young Goodman Brown meets evil in a dark forest, losing faith. A scientist fatally removes his wife's birthmark. Rappaccini's Daughter is lethally poisoned by her father's experiments. These tales explore sin, ambition, and the human soul, captivating with symbolism and atmosphere that provoke reflection.

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The House of the Seven Gables

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Published: 1851-04-09. 107,404 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery

An old New England mansion, stained by a judge’s crime and a witch’s curse, shelters a proud spinster, her shattered brother, and a bright young cousin whose arrival brings sunlight to faded rooms. As a mesmerizing lodger uncovers buried deeds and decades of greed, love and truth work to break the past’s hold and let the house—and its heirs—breathe again.

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Murdered Twice, The Tatting Club Mysteries, Book #1

by Lynn Donovan

Published: 2023-06-23. 23,041 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery » Historical

When a man is found dead, and the mortician claims he was killed twice but his killer is unknown, Esther Rose and Collette get to work figuring out what has happened. How could a person be Murdered Twice?

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The Case of the Rich Man’s Wife

by Millie Dynamite

Published: 2021-09-21. 25,316 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery » Hard Boiled

In August 1945, shortly after VJ day, the third richest man in America hired private investigator Theodora Drummond to find his wayward wife. Theodora suspected his motives, but not wishing to bring another woman into a dangerous situation, she dug deep into the case.

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A House in Disarray

by Vincent Berg

Published: 2017-12-16. 90,180 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Mystery » Police Procedural

Detective Emma Rules is selected by the NYCPD Commissioner to investigate a prominent city councilman's murder. She has to quickly solve the case with minimal staff, few resources and the Commissioner as the prime suspect. If successful she gains the support of the commissioner. If she fails, it'll make the NYPD look corrupt and plunge the city into turmoil.

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