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• The Marchioness of Brinvilliers, the poisoner of the seventeenth century : A romance of old Paris, by Albert Smith, illust. by John Leech (Gutenberg ebook)

• The prince of poisoners (Lincoln Mac Veagh, Dial Press Inc., 1932), by Ladbroke Lionel Day Black (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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• The Poison Fiend! Life, Crimes, and Conviction of Lydia Sherman (the Modern Lucretia Borgia), Recently Tried in New Haven, Conn., for Poisoning Three Husbands and Eight of Her Children: Her Life in Full! Exciting Account of Her Trial; The Fearful Evidence; The Most Startling and Sensational Series of Crimes Ever Committed in This Country; Her Conviction (Philadelphia: Barclay and Co. 1873), by George L. Barclay (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Die gifte in der weltgeschichte : toxikologische, allgemeinverst3andliche untersuchungen der historischen quellen. (J. Springer, 1920), by Louis Lewin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Poison mysteries in history, romance and crime (Lippincott, 1924), by Charles John Samuel Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Famous American poison mysteries ... (Hurst & Blackett, ltd. [pref]., 1926), by Edward H. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le drame des poisons (Paris : Hachette, 1900), by Frantz Funck-Brentano (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Poisons and poisoners, with historical accounts of some famous mysteries in ancient and modern times (Macmillan, 1931), by C. J. S. Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le poison dans l'histoire et les grandes empoisonneuses (s.n.], 1917), by Arthur Vallée (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die gifte als bezaubernde macht in der hand des laien. Akademischer vortrag gehalten in Bern am 24. februar 1874 von dr. C. Ed. Pfotenhauer. (Berlin, C. G. Lüderitz, 1874), by C. Pfotenhauer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Articles, speeches and poems of Carlyle W. Harris (J.S. Ogilvie, 1893), by Carlyle W. Harris and F. McCready Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Poison romance and poison mysteries. (The Scientific Press, Ltd., 1899), by Charles John Samuel Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The prince of poisoners (Lincoln Mac Veagh, Dial Press Inc., 1932), by Ladbroke Lionel Day Black (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Famous poison mysteries. (Hurst & Blackett, 1927), by Edward H. Smith (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Poison mysteries in history, romance and crime (The Scientific Press, Ltd., 1925), by C. J. S. Thompson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Poison mysteries in history, romance and crime (Scientific Press, 1923), by C. J. S. Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Poison Romance and Poison Mysteries, by C. J. S. Thompson (Gutenberg ebook)

• Horrid news from St. Martins, or, Unheard-of murder and poyson being a true relation how a girl not full sixteen years of age, murdered her own mother at one time, and a servant-maid at another with ratsbane : as also how she very lately gave poyson to two gentlewomen that since her mothers death kept and maintained her : upon which being aprehended, she has confess'd the former villanies, and was on Tuesday last, being the 19th of this instant June, committed to prison, where she now remains : with the substance of her examination, the like unnatural wickedness scarce ever read of before in any age : to which is added the taking of a man for murder committed at Islington two years ago, &c. (London : Printed for D.M., 1677) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Capt. Cranstoun's Account of the Poisoning the Late Mr. Francis Blandy, of Henley upon Thames, Oxfordshire (London: Printed for R. Richards, ca. 1752), contrib. by Mary Blandy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Palmer's life & trial (Ward and Lock, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)

• A just account of the horrid contrivance of John Cupper, and Judith Brown his servant, in poysoning his wife. Who were tryed at the assizes held at Shrewsbury; Cupper to be hang'd in chains, and Judith Brown to be burnt. Together with their dying confessions. Published by me William Smith, rector of Bitterley, their minister, to prevent false reports. (London : printed for Edw. Robinson, bookseller in Ludlow, MDCLXXXIV. [1684]), by William Smith (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Hell open'd, or, The infernal sin of murther punished being a true relation of the poysoning of a whole family in Plymouth, whereof two died in a short time : for which horrid fact, the malefactors were condemned before the Lord Chief Justice North at Exector, the last Lent assizes, the one to be burnt, the other to be hanged : with an account of the several discourses and religious means used by divers godly ministers to bring them to repentance ... / by J.Q., Minister of the Gospel. (London : Printed for Francis Eglesfield ..., 1676), by John Quick (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Princes and Poisoners: Studies of the Court of Louis XIV (London: Duckworth and Co., 1901), by Frantz Funck-Brentano, trans. by George Maidment (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Die beiden Freundinnen und ihr Giftmord (in German), by Alfred Döblin, ed. by Rudolf Leonhard (Gutenberg ebook)

• A just account of the horrid contrivance of John Cupper, and Judith Brown, his servant, in poysoning his wife: who were tryed at the assizes held at Shrewsbury, the 21st. day of July, 1684 : Cupper to be hang'd in chains, and Judith Brown to be burnt : together with their dying confessions / published by me William Smith, Rector of Bitterly, their minister, to prevent false reports. (London : Printed for Edward Robinson, Bookseller in Ludlow, 1684), by William Smith (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Intentions (London: Methuen and Co., 1913), by Oscar Wilde (Gutenberg text)
• Intentions: The Decay of Lying; Pen, Pencil and Poison; The Critic as Artist; The Truth of Masks (New York: Brentano's, 1905), by Oscar Wilde, contrib. by Percival Pollard
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• Intentions (in French), by Oscar Wilde, trans. by Hugues Rebell, contrib. by Charles Grolleau (Gutenberg ebook)
• Στοχασμοί (in Greek), by Oscar Wilde, trans. by Alex G. Marpoutzoglou (Gutenberg ebook)

• Les empoisonneuses, étude psychologique et médico-légale; dégénérescence mentale et hystérie. (Steinheil, 1906), by René Charpentier (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Poison romance and poison mysteries (George Routledge & Sons, 1904), by C. J. S. Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Articles, speeches and poems of Carlyle W. Harris (J.S. Ogilvie, 1893), by Carlyle W. Harris and F. McCready Harris (page images at HathiTrust)

• Israel Rank; The Autobiography of a Criminal (London: Chatto and Windus, 1907), by Roy Horniman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rogues and Vagabonds (new edition; London: Chatto and Windus, 1892), by George R. Sims (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Something Doing (published as by "Varick Vanardy"; New York: The Macaulay Co., c1919), by Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey, illust. by George W. Gage (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Amateur Cracksman, by E. W. Hornung (Gutenberg text and audio reading)
• Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (in German; Berlin: Ullstein, c1920), by Norbert Jacques (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• The Groote Park Murder (Toronto: T. Allen, c1923), by Freeman Wills Crofts (multiple formats at archive.org)
• McAllister and His Double (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1905), by Arthur Train, illust. by F. C. Yohn and Alonzo Kimball (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens (HTML at Bibliomania)
• R. Holmes and Co.: Being the Remarkable Adventures of Raffles Holmes, Esq., Detective and Amateur Cracksman by Birth, by John Kendrick Bangs (Gutenberg text)
• The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, by Daniel Defoe (multiple editions)
• The Day of Days: An Extravaganza, by Louis Joseph Vance, illust. by Arthur William Brown (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Christmas Holiday (c1939), by W. Somerset Maugham (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• The amateur cracksman (C. Scribner's sons, 1899), by E. W. Hornung (page images at HathiTrust)
• Harry Roughton (Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1859), by Felix John Hamel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Norman Sinclair (William Blackwood and Sons, 1861), by William Edmondstoune Aytoun (page images at HathiTrust)
• The buccaneer : a tale. (R. Bentley, 1832), by Mrs. S. C. Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adventures of A.J. Raffles (C. Scribner's Sons, 1908), by E. W. Hornung and Cyrus Cuneo (page images at HathiTrust)
• A thief in the night : further adventures of A.J. Raffles, cricketer and cracksman (C. Scribner's Sons, 1909), by E. W. Hornung (page images at HathiTrust)
• The buccaneer. A tale. (Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833), by Mrs. S. C. Hall and Lea & Blanchard Carey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oliver Twist or the parish boy's progress. (B. Tauchnitz, 1843), by Charles Dickens (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oliver Twist. (Chapman and Hall, 1867), by Charles Dickens and George Cruikshank (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les misérables (Little, Brown and co., 1887), by Victor Hugo (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oliver Twist : or the parish boy's progress (Dent ;, 1907), by Charles Dickens and G. K. Chesterton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Criminals I have known (Chapman & Hall, 1895), by Arthur Griffiths, G. Gülich, and Richard Clay and Sons (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anthony Trent, master criminal (Moffat, Yard & Company, 1918), by Wyndham Martyn and Yard and Company Moffat (page images at HathiTrust)
• The silence of Dean Maitland : a novel (D. Appleton and Co., 1891), by Maxwell Gray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Her convict (Hurst and Blackett Limited, 1907), by M. E. Braddon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oliver Twist (Chapman & Hall ;, 1897), by Charles Dickens, H. W. Vrooman, Martha Landis, Andrew Lang, H.W. Vrooman Collection of Dickensiana (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Library), William Clowes and Sons, Charles Scribner's Sons, and Chapman and Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Moll Flanders (Boston, Mass. : Small, Maynard and Co., [1926], 1926), by Daniel Defoe, Martin Travers, and W. H. Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
• Only seven were hanged, by Stuart Martin (Gutenberg ebook)
• Dr. Mabuse, master of mystery : a novel, by Norbert Jacques, trans. by Lilian A. Clare (Gutenberg ebook)
• The house of evil, by William Le Queux (Gutenberg ebook)
• The lazy detective, by George Dilnot (Gutenberg ebook)
• The invisible master, by Edmond Hamilton, illust. by Frank R. Paul and John Ruger (Gutenberg ebook)
• The terrors of the upper air, by Frank Orndorff, illust. by Frank R. Paul (Gutenberg ebook)
• Code, by L. Paul (Gutenberg ebook)
• Israel Rank : The autobiography of a criminal, by Roy Horniman (Gutenberg ebook)
• Star chamber, by H. B. Fyfe, illust. by Leo Summers (Gutenberg ebook)
• Respectfully mine, by Randall Garrett, illust. by John Schoenherr (Gutenberg ebook)
• Hidden guns, by Henry W. Patterson (Gutenberg ebook)
• Direct methods, by Thomson Burtis (Gutenberg ebook)
• Even Stephen, by Charles A. Stearns, illust. by Ed Emshwiller (Gutenberg ebook)
• To make a hero, by Randall Garrett, illust. by Ed Emshwiller (Gutenberg ebook)
• His darling sin, by M. E. Braddon (Gutenberg ebook)
• The master criminal, by G. Sidney Paternoster, illust. by Charles Johnson Post (Gutenberg ebook)
• The stainless steel rat, by Harry Harrison (Gutenberg ebook)
• Moon of memory, by Bryce Walton, illust. by Milton Luros (Gutenberg ebook)
• The stainless steel rat, by Harry Harrison, illust. by Kelly Freas (Gutenberg ebook)
• The white cipher, by Henry Leverage (Gutenberg ebook)
• Beyond the wall, by Henry Leverage (Gutenberg ebook)
• The hollow lens, by Henry Leverage (Gutenberg ebook)
• Problem in solid, by George O. Smith, illust. by Paul Orban (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Firing Line, by George O. Smith, illust. by Paul Orban (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Trail of Death, by H. Bedford-Jones, illust. by Lealand Gustavson (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Cosmic Snare, by Stephen Marlowe (Gutenberg ebook)
• Hunting License, by James V. McConnell, illust. by W. E. Terry (Gutenberg ebook)
• Eight Million Dollars From Mars!, by Winston K. Marks, illust. by W. E. Terry (Gutenberg ebook)
• It Might Have Happened Otherwise, by Hugh Pendexter (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Three Thieves of Japetus, by Mark Reinsberg, illust. by Becker (Gutenberg ebook)
• Hero From Yesterday, by Randall Garrett and Robert Silverberg, illust. by Becker (Gutenberg ebook)
• Death Walks on Mars, by Alan J. Ramm (Gutenberg ebook)
• Hold Onto Your Body!, by Richard O. Lewis, illust. by W. E. Terry (Gutenberg ebook)
• In the Earth's Shadow, by John L. Chapman (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Berserker, by Charles V. De Vet, illust. by Ed Emshwiller (Gutenberg ebook)
• Happy Rain Night, by Dean Evans, illust. by Kelly Freas (Gutenberg ebook)
• Blind Play, by Chandler Davis, illust. by Raymond F. Houlihan (Gutenberg ebook)
• Wreck Off Triton, by Alfred Coppel, illust. by Herman B. Vestal (Gutenberg ebook)
• Vengeance on Mars!, by Jerome Bixby (Gutenberg ebook)
• Mirage for Planet X, by Stanley Mullen (Gutenberg ebook)
• Enter the Nebula, by Carl Jacobi, illust. by Harry Leydenfrost (Gutenberg ebook)
• Alien Equivalent, by Richard Rein Smith, illust. by Herman B. Vestal (Gutenberg ebook)
• Los Ladrones de Londres (in Spanish), by Charles Dickens, trans. by J. J. y C. (Gutenberg ebook)
• Olivier Twist: Les voleurs de Londres (in French), by Charles Dickens, trans. by Emile de La Bédollière (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Star of Satan, by Henry Hasse, illust. by Hannes Bok (Gutenberg ebook)
• Treasure of Triton, by Charles A. Baker, illust. by Hannes Bok (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Monster That Threatened the Universe, by R. R. Winterbotham, illust. by Don Lynch (Gutenberg ebook)
• Baker's Dozens, by Jim Harmon (Gutenberg ebook)
• Oliver Twist (in German), by Charles Dickens, contrib. by Johannes Gaulke (Gutenberg ebook)
• Who Was Lost and Is Found: A Novel, by Mrs. Oliphant (Gutenberg ebook)
• A servant of Satan: Romantic career of Prado the assassin, by Louis Berard (Gutenberg ebook)
• An eye for an eye, by Clarence Darrow, ed. by E. Haldeman-Julius (Gutenberg ebook)
• Abaellino der große Bandit (in German), by Heinrich Zschokke (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Plunderers: A Novel, by Edwin Lefevre, illust. by M. Leone Bracker (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Apaches of New York, by Alfred Henry Lewis (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Wire Tappers, by Arthur Stringer (Gutenberg ebook)
• Oliver Twist, Vol. 3 (of 3), by Charles Dickens, illust. by George Cruikshank (Gutenberg ebook)
• Oliver Twist, Vol. 2 (of 3), by Charles Dickens, illust. by George Cruikshank (Gutenberg ebook)
• Oliver Twist, Vol. 1 (of 3), by Charles Dickens, illust. by George Cruikshank (Gutenberg ebook)
• Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. Illustrated, by Charles Dickens, illust. by George Cruikshank (Gutenberg ebook)
• He Comes Up Smiling, by Charles Sherman, illust. by Arthur William Brown (Gutenberg ebook)
• Anthony Trent, Master Criminal, by Wyndham Martyn (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Turn of the Balance, by Brand Whitlock, illust. by Jay Hambidge (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Secret of the Silver Car: Further Adventures of Anthony Trent, Master Criminal, by Wyndham Martyn (Gutenberg ebook)
• Les vrais mystères de Paris (in French), by Eugène François Vidocq (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Beautiful White Devil, by Guy Boothby (Gutenberg ebook)
• De avonturen van Oliver Twist (in Dutch), by Charles Dickens, trans. by Anna van Gogh-Kaulbach, illust. by George Cruikshank and Elizabeth Arnolda Van der Veer (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Woman's Burden: A Novel, by Fergus Hume (Gutenberg ebook)
• Three Thousand Dollars, by Anna Katharine Green (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Eel, by Miriam Allen De Ford, illust. by Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon (Gutenberg ebook)
• Turnover Point, by Alfred Coppel, illust. by Ed Emshwiller (Gutenberg ebook)
• Zero Data, by Charles Saphro (Gutenberg ebook)
• Heist Job on Thizar, by Randall Garrett, illust. by Virgil Finlay (Gutenberg ebook)
• An Incident on Route 12, by James H. Schmitz (Gutenberg ebook)
• Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man, by Marie Conway Oemler (Gutenberg ebook)

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