Private Detective
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At the Villa Rose by A. E. W. Mason
The debut of Inspector Hanaud, France’s most dazzling deductive mind. more...
Legendary author of the 87th Precinct series Ed McBain presents six hardboiled detective stories starring Curt Cannon, one of the toughest sleuths ever created. more...
A homicide detective tries to stop an ex–FBI agent’s murderous rampage. more...
The Great Detectives, edited by Otto Penzler
The origins of literature’s finest crime fighters, told by their creators themselves. more...
Violent Spring by Gary Phillips
In the wake of the Rodney King riots, Ivan Monk investigates a cold murder. more...
Only the Wicked by Gary Phillips
Ivan Monk chases a mystery deep into America’s shameful past. more...
Perdition, U.S.A. by Gary Phillips
Three men are shot a few blocks apart, and Ivan Monk looks for a connection. more...
Bad Night is Falling by Gary Phillips
After a fatal firebombing, gangsters hire Ivan Monk to prove them innocent. more...
The Molly Maguires and the Detectives by Allan Pinkerton
To keep the peace in the coal mines, the Pinkerton agency goes to war. more...
The Expressman and the Detective by Allan Pinkerton
Pinkerton sends an agent to catch a thief on the Southern railway. more...
Uncle Abner by Melville Davisson Post
The adventures of a true American original—a detective who puts equal faith in his Bible and his brains. more...
A man’s wife vanishes, and it takes the city’s toughest private investigator to find her. more...
The Origin of Evil by Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen investigates a murderous dead dog in Hollywood. more...
Which Way to Die? by Ellery Queen
Tim Corrigan and Chuck Baer risk their necks to protect a pair of brilliant killers. more...
A Study in Terror by Ellery Queen
A lost Sherlock Holmes manuscript draws Ellery Queen into a classic case. more...
Double, Double by Ellery Queen
A hermit’s mysterious death draws Ellery Queen back to the town he thought he’d left forever. more...
The House of Brass by Ellery Queen
Inspector Richard Queen and his new wife engage in a manor house mystery. more...
What's in the Dark by Ellery Queen
Tim Corrigan searches New York during a blackout for a killer who hides in the dark. more...
How Goes the Murder? by Ellery Queen
The 1-eyed detective Tim Corrigan tears New York apart in search of an assassin. more...
The King is Dead by Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen and his father discover a baffling murder on a private island. more...
