Classic Mysteries

Updated July 11, 2025
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The big sleep
Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959.
Paper Book
One of the most acclaimed works of crime fiction ever written, The Big Sleep is the first novel featuring Raymond Chandler's iconic creation Philip Marlowe, hailed as the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times). One of The Atlantic's Great...
Murder on the Orient Express a Hercule Poirot Mystery
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
Paper Book
THE MOST WIDELY READ MYSTERY OF ALL TIME--NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY KENNETH BRANAGH AND PRODUCED BY RIDLEY SCOTT! "The murderer is with us--on the train now . . ." Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the...
And then there were none
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.
Paper Book
"If you're one of the few who haven't experienced the genius of Agatha Christie, this novel is a stellar starting point." -- DAVID BALDACCI, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author An exclusive authorized edition of the most famous and beloved stories from the Queen of Mystery. ...
The moonstone
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Paper Book
'the first and greatest of English detective novels' T.S.Eliot A fabulous yellow diamond becomes the dangerous inheritance of Rachel Verinder. Outside her Yorkshire country house watch the Hindu priests who have waited for many years to reclaim their ancient talisman, looted from the holy city of...
The name of the rose
Eco, Umberto.
Paper Book
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME * A spectacular best seller and now a classic, The Name of the Rose catapulted Umberto Eco, an Italian professor of semiotics turned novelist, to international prominence. An erudite murder mystery...
The Maltese falcon
Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961.
Paper Book
FEATURING THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED THE AMC SERIES MONSIEUR SPADE STARRING CLIVE OWEN ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME Detective Sam Spade is a private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. When his...
The Red House mystery
Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956.
Ebook
Lord Peter a collection of all the Lord Peter Wimsey stories.
Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh), 1893-1957.
Paper Book
One of the founding mothers of mystery, Dorothy L. Sayers first introduced the popular character Lord Peter Wimsey in 1923 with the publication of Whose Body? Over the next twenty years, more novels and short stories about the aristocratic amateur sleuth appeared, each one as cunningly written as...
The Honjin murders
Yokomizo, Seishi, 1902-1981
Ebook
A Town & Country "Best Classic Murder Mystery Books of All Time" Japan's Agatha Christie introduces the beloved Detective Kindaichi in this 1930s classic locked room mystery--now translated into English for the first time! In the winter of 1937, the...

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