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• The Red Triangle: Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator (New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1970), by Arthur Morrison (Gutenberg text and page images)
• Crooks in the Sunshine (c1932), by E. Phillips Oppenheim (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• Four Faultless Felons (1930), by G. K. Chesterton (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
• The Croxley Master, and Other Tales of The Ring and Camp (New York: George H. Doran company, ca. 1925), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Mammoth Mystery Book: Three Complete Novels (includes The Hairy Arm; Blue Hand; and The Sinister Man; New York and Chicago: A. L. Burt Co., c1925), by Edgar Wallace (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Dinner Club (London et al.: Hodder and Stoughton, ca. 1923), by H. C. McNeile (Gutenberg text)
• Jim Maitland (c1923), by H. C. McNeile (HTML at Gutenberg Australia)
• The Case of Miss Elliott (12-story collection, popular edition; London: Greening and Co., 1909), by Emmuska Orczy Orczy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Chronicles of Martin Hewitt (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1896), by Arthur Morrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Four Max Carrados Detective Stories (originally published ca. 1914), by Ernest Bramah (Gutenberg text and audio)
• The Green Diamond (Boston: L. C. Page and Co., 1904), by Arthur Morrison, illust. by F. H. Townsend (page images at HathiTrust)
• Green Ginger (third edition; London: Hutchinson and Co., 1909), by Arthur Morrison (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Martin Hewitt, Investigator (1894), by Arthur Morrison (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Marvels and Mysteries (new and cheaper edition; London: Methuen and Co., 1905), by Richard Marsh (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Master of Mysteries, by L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace, illust. by J. Ambrose Walton (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• Max Carrados (London: Methuen and Co., c1914), by Ernest Bramah (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Old Man in the Corner, by Baroness Orczy (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Other Man (published elsewhere as "The Nine Bears"; New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1911), by Edgar Wallace, illust. by Thomas Fogarty
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• The Red Triangle: Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator (Boston: L. C. Page and Co., c1903), by Arthur Morrison (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The River of Stars (London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock and Co., ca. 1914), by Edgar Wallace (page images at HathiTrust)
• Secret Service: or, Recollections of a City Detective (London: Ward and Lock, 1864), by Andrew Forrester
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• The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond (1937), by G. K. Chesterton (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
• The Scandal of Father Brown (1935), by G. K. Chesterton (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
• The Secret of Father Brown (c1927), by G. K. Chesterton
  • illustrated HTML at Gutenberg Australia
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• The Incredulity of Father Brown (1926), by G. K. Chesterton
  • illustrated HTML at Gutenberg Australia
  • text at Gutenberg Australia
• The Black Doctor, and Other Tales of Terror and Mystery (New York: G. H. Doran Co., ca. 1925), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Christopher Quarles, College Professor and Master Detective (New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., c1914), by Percy James Brebner (Gutenberg text)
• The Experiences of a Barrister (New York: Cornish, Lampert and Co., 1853), by Samuel Warren (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Innocence of Father Brown, by G. K. Chesterton
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• The Innocence of Father Brown (New York: The Macaulay Co., c1911), by G. K. Chesterton
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• John Carruthers, Indian Policeman (London et al.: Cassell and Co., 1905), by Edmund C. Cox
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• John Thorndyke's Cases, by R. Austin Freeman, illust. by H. M. Brock (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• John Thorndyke's Cases (London: Chatto and Windus, 1916), by R. Austin Freeman, illust. by H. M. Brock (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tales of Terror and Mystery, by Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg text)
• The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont, by Robert Barr (Gutenberg text and audio)
• The Wisdom of Father Brown, by G. K. Chesterton
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  • Gutenberg text and audio reading
• The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (c1927), by Arthur Conan Doyle (HTML at Gutenberg Australia)
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg text and audio)
• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (illustrated; New York: Harper and Bros., c1892), by Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• His Last Bow, by Arthur Conan Doyle (HTML at Bibliomania)
• His Last Bow: A Reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes (New York: George H. Doran Co., 1917), by Arthur Conan Doyle (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg text and audio)
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg text and audio)
• Tales of Sherlock Holmes (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1915), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Amateur Cracksman, by E. W. Hornung
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• The case book of Sherlock Holmes (George H. Doran Co., 1927), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• The amateur cracksman (C. Scribner's sons, 1899), by E. W. Hornung (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Harper & brothers, 1894), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (A.L. Burt, 1922), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• The valley of fear (Smith, Elder & Co., 1915), by Arthur Conan Doyle and Frank Wiles (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• His last bow; a reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes (George H. Doran company, 1917), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ; Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ; The sign of four (George Newnes Ltd., 1900), by Arthur Conan Doyle and Sidney Paget (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sherlock Holmes. (D. Appleton and company, 1902), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (John Murray, 1903), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (George Newnes, 1905), by Arthur Conan Doyle and Sidney Paget (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Harper & Bros., 1903), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• The adventures of Sherlock Holmes (George Newnes, Ltd., 1904), by Arthur Conan Doyle and Sidney Paget (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (A.L. Burt Co., 1914), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• His last bow : a reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes (The Review of Reviews Company, 1917), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (A.L. Burt Co. :, in the 1910s), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (A.L. Burt Co., in the 1900s), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• The return of Sherlock Holmes. (A. Wessels company, 1907), by Arthur Conan Doyle, C. R. Macauley, and A. Wessels Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The adventures of Sherlock Holmes (George Newnes, Ltd., 1901), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The innocence of Father Brown. (J. Lane, 1911), by G. K. Chesterton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Tote in der Badewanne (Scherz, 1985), by Dorothy L. Sayers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The sleuth of St. James's Square (D. Appleton and Company, 1920), by Melville Davisson Post and D. Appleton and Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The shadow of the rope (C. Scribner's Sons, 1902), by E. W. Hornung, Trow City Directory Company, and Charles Scribner's Sons (page images at HathiTrust)
• The transactions of Lord Louis Lewis (Dodd, Mead and Company, 1918), by Roland Pertwee (page images at HathiTrust)
• The experiences of a barrister (Cornish, Lamport, 1852), by Samuel Warren (page images at HathiTrust)
• El candor del Padre Brown (Editorial "Saturnino Calleja", in the 1920s), by G. K. Chesterton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• My friend the murderer and other mysteries and adventures (Lovell, Coryell & Co., 1893), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• The crooks' game (Houghton Mifflin, 1927), by George Dilnot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tales of Sherlock Holmes (Grosset & Dunlap, 1899), by Arthur Conan Doyle, N.Y. Byron, and Grosset & Dunlap (page images at HathiTrust)
• The valley of fear : a Sherlock Holmes novel (George H. Doran, 1914), by Arthur Conan Doyle and Arthur Ignatius Keller (page images at HathiTrust)
• The return of Sherlock Holmes (P.F. Collier, 1905), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Club of Queer Trades (Harper, 1905), by G. K. Chesterton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The illustrious prince (Musson, 1910), by E. Phillips Oppenheim (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Passers-by (Musson, 1910), by E. Phillips Oppenheim (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The return of Sherlock Holmes (Morang, 1905), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• His last bow a reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes (Hodder & Stoughton, 1917), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The camera fiend (McLeod & Allen, 1911), by E. W. Hornung (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Mr. Justice Raffles (McLeod & Allen, 1909), by E. W. Hornung (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tales of Sherlock Holmes (Musson, 1919), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The valley of fear a Sherlock Holmes novel (Hodder & Stoughton, 1914), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Cleek of Scotland Yard being the record of the further life and adventures of that remarkable detective genius, the man of the forty faces, once known to police as the vanishing cracksman (T. Langton, 1914), by Thomas W. Hanshew (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The mystery of the green ray (Hodder and Stoughton, 1915), by William Le Queux (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The hound of the Baskervilles another adventure of Sherlock Holmes (G.N. Morang, 1902), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• The mystery of Cloomber (Hodder and Stoughton, 1912), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The mystery of the green heart (W. Briggs, 1919), by Max Pemberton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sherlock Holmes. (Harper, 1902), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• His last bow : a reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes (A.L. Burt, 1920), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Men, women and guns (New York, 1916), by Sapper and H. C. McNeile (page images at HathiTrust)
• John Silence, physician extraordinary (J.W. Luce, 1909), by Algernon Blackwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The daffodil murder (A. L. Burt Co., 1921), by Edgar Wallace (page images at HathiTrust)
• Storied traditions of Scottish life. (W. P. Nimmo, 1861), by Alexander Leighton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The secret of Father Brown, by G. K. Chesterton (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Big Four, by Agatha Christie (Gutenberg ebook)
• Gilead Balm, knight errant : $b His adventures in search of the truth, by Bernard Capes, illust. by Cyrus Cuneo (Gutenberg ebook)
• The case-book of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg ebook)
• My friend the murderer, and other mysteries and adventures, by Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg ebook)
• Unravelled Knots, by Emmuska Orczy Orczy (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke: (The Singing Bone), by R. Austin Freeman (Gutenberg ebook)
• Adventures of Martin Hewitt, Third Series, by Arthur Morrison, illust. by T. S. C. Crowther (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Seven Conundrums, by E. Phillips Oppenheim, illust. by Wallace Morgan (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Dorrington Deed-Box, by Arthur Morrison, illust. by Stanley L. Wood (Gutenberg ebook)
• Aaron Rodd, Diviner, by E. Phillips Oppenheim (Gutenberg ebook)
• John Silence, Physician Extraordinary, by Algernon Blackwood (Gutenberg ebook)
• Recollections of a Policeman, by William Russell (Gutenberg ebook)
• Jewel Mysteries, from a Dealer's Note Book, by Max Pemberton (Gutenberg ebook)
• Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, by Arthur Morrison (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Crime Doctor, by E. W. Hornung, illust. by Frederic Dorr Steele (Gutenberg ebook)
• Max Carrados, by Ernest Bramah (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney, by Samuel Warren (Gutenberg ebook)

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