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• Galactic Patrol (book version, 1964), by E. E. Smith (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)

• About the Murder of a Startled Lady: A Thatcher Colt Detective Mystery (c1935), by Anthony Abbot (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• The Ambulance Made Two Trips (originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, April 1960), by Murray Leinster, illust. by John Schoenherr (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Partners of the Night (New York: A. L. Burt Co., c1916), by Leroy Scott, illust. by Dalton Stevens (multiple formats at Indiana)

• 13 Bullets: A Vampire Tale (2007), by David Wellington (HTML with commentary at archive.org)

• The Mistress of Bonaventure (New York: F. A. Stokes Co., n.d.), by Harold Bindloss (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• The Seven Dials Mystery (Bantam Books edition, 1986), by Agatha Christie (Gutenberg text)
• An English Murder (c1951), by Cyril Hare (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• Suicide Excepted (book originally published 1939), by Cyril Hare (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• Autobiography of an English Detective, by "Waters" (2 volumes; London: J. Maxwell and Co., 1863), by William Russell
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • both volumes; page images at HathiTrust
• The Mystery of the Downs (New York and London: J. Lane; Toronto: S. B. Gundy, 1918), by John R. Watson and Arthur J. Rees (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Recollections of a Detective Police-Officer, by "Waters" (first series; London: J. and C. Brown and Co., 1856), by William Russell (multiple formats at Google)
• Recollections of a Detective Police-Officer, by "Waters" (second series; London: W. Kent and Co., 1859), by William Russell (multiple formats at Google)
• The Ponson Case (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1937), by Freeman Wills Crofts (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Seven Dials Mystery (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1929), by Agatha Christie (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Secret of Chimneys (c1925), by Agatha Christie (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Moonstone (novel), by Wilkie Collins
  • Gutenberg text
  • HTML at Bibliomania

• A Gentleman of Leisure (c1921), by P. G. Wodehouse (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Tenant for Death (c1937), by Cyril Hare (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• The Clue of the Silver Key (c1930), by Edgar Wallace (text in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• The Square Emerald (c1926), by Edgar Wallace (HTML at Gutenberg Canada)
• The Brooklyn Murders (New York: T. Seltzer, 1924), by G. D. H. Cole (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cleek of Scotland Yard: Detective Stories (New York: W. R. Caldwell and Co., c1914), by Thomas W. Hanshew
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces, by Thomas W. Hanshew
  • Gutenberg text
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Cleek, the Master Detective (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1918), by Thomas W. Hanshew, illust. by Gordon Grant (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Cleek's Government Cases (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1917), by Thomas W. Hanshew, illust. by Clarence Rowe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lady Molly of Scotland Yard (illustrated fifth edition; London et al.: Cassell and Company, 1912), by Baroness Orczy, illust. by Cyrus Cuneo (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Lady Molly of Scotland Yard (London: Cassell and Company, 1912), by Baroness Orczy (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• The Passenger From Scotland Yard (copyright edition; Leipzig: B. Tauchnitz, 1888), by H. F. Wood
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Riddle of the Frozen Flame, by Mary E. Hanshew and Thomas W. Hanshew, illust. by Walter DeMaris (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Riddle of the Night (New York: W. R. Caldwell and Co., c1915), by Thomas W. Hanshew (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Riddle of the Purple Emperor (New York: McKinlay, Stone and McKenzie, c1919), by Mary E. Hanshew and Thomas W. Hanshew (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel (New York: A. L. Burt Co., c1922), by Mary E. Hanshew and Thomas W. Hanshew, illust. by Walter DeMaris (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Singing Sands (c1952), by Josephine Tey (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• To Love and Be Wise (c1950), by Josephine Tey (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• A Shilling for Candles (c1936), by Josephine Tey (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• Wilful and Premeditated: An Inspector French Detective Story (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1934), by Freeman Wills Crofts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Inspector French's Greatest Case (New York: A. L. Burt Co., c1925), by Freeman Wills Crofts (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Riddle of the Mysterious Light (New York: McKinlay, Stone and McKenzie, c1921), by Mary E. Hanshew and Thomas W. Hanshew (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Starvel Hollow Tragedy: An Inspector French Case, by Freeman Wills Crofts
  • multiple formats at Standard Ebooks
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
• The Daughter of Time (c1951), by Josephine Tey (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• The Groote Park Murder (Toronto: T. Allen, c1923), by Freeman Wills Crofts (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Keeper of the Keys (1932), by Earl Derr Biggers (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
• Charlie Chan Carries On (c1930), by Earl Derr Biggers (text in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• The Black Camel (1929), by Earl Derr Biggers (text at Gutenberg Australia)
• Behind That Curtain (1928), by Earl Derr Biggers
  • illustrated HTML at Gutenberg Australia
  • text at Gutenberg Australia
• The Chinese Parrot (1926), by Earl Derr Biggers
  • HTML at Gutenberg Australia
  • text at Gutenberg Australia
• The Chinese Parrot (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1926), by Earl Derr Biggers (page images at HathiTrust)
• The House Without a Key (1925), by Earl Derr Biggers (text at Gutenberg Australia)

• The Sheriff of Pecos (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1923), by H. Bedford-Jones (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Sheriff of the Beech Fork: A Story of Kentucky (third edition; New York et al.: Benziger Bros., 1903), by Henry S. Spalding (page images at HathiTrust)

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