PDF Books in Mystery & Detective Fiction
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventure of the Cardboard Box is a short story written by English novelist Arthur Conan Doyle which was published in the twelve part Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Human ears severed and sent by Post to horrify Miss Susan Cushing. While Scotland Yard police inspector suspects three medical students, Holmes rule ou..
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventure of Wisteria Lodge, a short story written in two parts which is also part of Arthur Conan Doyle’s His Last Bow series of detective stories. Garcia found dead at one o’ clock morning at his rented house The Wisteria Lodge. A note at his pocket states that John Scott Eccles met him on the previous night. As he could be arrested Ecc..
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventure of the Devil's Foot is a short detective work by Arthur Conan Doyle. While Holmes on a Holiday in Cornwall, Mr. Mortimer Tregennis approaches him with a case. According Tregennis his sister Brenda found dead previous day night and brothers George and Owen are mentally ill. He claims devil forces behind the ..
The Adventure of the Red Circle
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventure of the Red Circle is a mystery story by Arthur Conan Doyle which was published as part of series His Last Bow. An young man rents a lodge and pays excess rent for specifically agreed terms. As he has not opened the room since previous night nobody has seen him, but his food and Daily Gazette are collected by him f..
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax is a short crime story written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Lady Frances Carfax, who has the habit of traveling with costly jeweleries found missing as her governess stopped getting letters from her. Dr. Watson traces Lady Frances Carfax and found she has been last seen at Germany and left along-with a m..
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans is one of the His Last Bow series of short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. A man found dead near underground railway line along-with few papers of Submarine plan. Holmes need to find the 3 papers missing from the body which could create havoc to the Britain. His investigations leading to ..
The Poison Belt
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Poison Belt is a short science fiction story written by Arthur Conan Doyle following his early work "The Lost World". Professor Challenger predicts the earth will move through a poisonous orbit and would result in massive destruction probably end of the world. Professor sends message to his Lost World Team members to meet h..
A Desert Drama - Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko"
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Tragedy of the Korosko (1898) is a novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was serialized a year earlier in The Strand magazine between May and December 1897, and was later turned into a play Fires of Fate. A group of European tourists are enjoying their trip to Egypt in the year 1895. They are sailing up the River Nile in "a turtle-bottomed, round..