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 exclusive authorized edition of the most widely read mystery of all time. Now a major motion picture directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh.  "The murderer is with us--on the train now . . ." Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is...
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 Moonstone is a page-turner," writes Carolyn Heilbrun. "It catches one up and unfolds its amazing story through the recountings of its several narrators, all of them enticing and singular." Wilkie Collins’s spellbinding tale of romance, theft, and murder inspired a hugely popular genre&...
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...
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 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...

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