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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892
Twelve tidy puzzles narrated in Watson's admiring, slightly bemused voice — foggy London atmosphere, deft misdirection, and the pleasure of watching Holmes's mind click into place.
The Moonstone
Wilkie Collins · 1868
The Moonstone unfolds through multiple narrators—servants, guardians, a detective—each unreliable in their own fashion, gradually revealing how a stolen diamond draws together thef
Poirot's Early Cases
Agatha Christie · 1963
Eighteen bite-sized puzzles from Poirot's earliest days — quick, tidy detective vignettes rather than a sustained novel-length case.
The boys' Sherlock Holmes
Howard Haycraft · 1936
Shares the detective thread
Death Times Three
Rex Stout · 1985
Three tightly constructed detective puzzles solved by Nero Wolfe from his brownstone study, delivered through Archie Goodwin's dry, observant narration with characteristic wit and analytical precision.
The Game Is Afoot
Marvin Kaye · 1994
A curated collection of classic and new detective stories celebrating logical puzzle-solving, with Sherlock Holmes and his pastiches at the heart of many entries.
Fourteen Great Detective Stories
Vincent Starrett · 1928
Shares the detective thread
Moriarty
Anthony Horowitz · 2015
A post-Sherlock historical thriller that inherits Horowitz's forensic narrative precision and arch wit while pivoting to a darker, morally ambiguous criminal investigation.
100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories
Robert Weinberg · 1993
Shares the detective thread
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard
Emma Orczy · 1910
A pioneering female detective applies sharp intellect and unconventional insight to solve mysteries within the institutional constraints of Scotland Yard, grounded in wit and analytical precision rather than spectacle.
Perry Mason
Erle Stanley Gardner · 1989
Shares the detective thread
The Floating Admiral
The Detection Club · 1931
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