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Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detect… | BookMarket

Home Store Crime FictionLibrary of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories

Crime Fiction, Thriller

Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories

Public domain · Free4.7 (3)

An early anthology of classic mystery and detective tales. Julian Hawthorne's multi-volume anthology gathered mystery and detective stories from around the world, from Poe and Dickens to writers forgotten today. Dip in for a quick puzzle, and discover where the genre's habits H3 H3 began. IMPLEMENTATION NOTE FIX→ author “Unknownˮ → “Julian Hawthorne (ed.)ˮ; VERIFY→ which volume this file contains

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Added to BookMarket: October 6, 2026
First published: 1907
Genres: Crime Fiction Thriller

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Ingrid S.4.0

Lovely to have this in the library rather than hunting down a scanned copy online.

Oct 2026

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Farid N.5.0

The prose is dense in places but rewarding. Glad it was available as a proper ebook.

Oct 2026

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Elena P.5.0

Read this one in a single sitting — the EPUB formatting is clean and it held up beautifully.

Oct 2026