Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Emile Gaboriau
This site features the author Emile Gaboriau including the full text of nine novels including The Mystery of Orcival, Other People's Money, and The Widow Lerouge.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: "The Mysterious Affair at Styles"
The unabridged text of Agatha Christie's first novel. A no-expense way to read the book that started the career of one of world's best known mystery writers.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Gold of the Gods by Arthur B. Reeve
This is the full text of the novel The Gold of the Gods by Arthur B. Reeve, a mystery involving an ancient Peruvian dagger, poisoned cigars, a beautiful heiress, a journalist/investigator, professors and doctors and a host of other...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: From Whose Bourne by Robert Barr
This is the full text of the novel From Whose Bourne by Robert Barr, a murder mystery with a twist.
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Classic Reader: The Green Mummy by Fergus Hume
This is the full text of the novel The Green Mummy by Fergus Hume. One of the main characters is a professor of Egyptology, who wishes to compare a Peruvian mummy with Egyptian mummies. The first and main mystery is how the green...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Golden Fleece by Julian Hawthorne
This is the full text of the novel The Golden Fleece by Julian Hawthorne, a combination romance, adventure, metaphysical and mystery from the Victorian era by the son of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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Classic Reader: Authors: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
This site features the author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu including a biography and the full text of 9 novels and 13. He is called the father of the modern ghost story; his vampire story Carmilla influenced Bram Stoker's Dracula.
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Classic Reader: Author: Sax Rohmer
This site features the author Sax Rohmer including the full text of 11 novels such as The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Fire-Tongue, and The Quest of the Sacred Slipper.
Virtual Salt
Virtual Salt: A Glossary of Literary Terms
This site provides a long list of literary terms complete with full definitions and examples.
Arlington Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery: Dashiell Hammett
This site from the Arlington National Cemetery has information about Dashiell Hammett and his service as a sergeant in the Army. Includes great biographical information along with several helpful pictures of this sergeant and author.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Initials Only" by Anna Katharine Green
Text of the book "Initials Only" by Anna Katharine Green. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Widow Lerouge by Emile Gaboriau
Read the full text of the mystery novel "The Widow Lerouge" by Emile Gaboriau on this site.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Caught in the Net by Emile Gaboriau
Read the full text of the mystery novel "Caught in the Net" by Emile Gaboriau. Ms. Gaboriau is considered a pioneer of detective fiction and to have inspired Sherlock Holmes.
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Classic Reader: The After House by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Read the full text of the mystery novel "The After House" by Mary Roberts Rinehart about gruesome murders aboard a yacht.
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Classic Reader: The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Read the full text of the mystery novel "The Circular Staircase" by Mary Roberts Rinehart. The story centers around a woman who stops a series of crimes at a rented summer home.
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: 'Battle of the Bands' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
In Battle of the Bands by K. L. Denman, one band is preparing to battle another in a music competition. But then a guitar is destroyed and suspicions against a lead band member mount. This teacher's guide includes a book summary,...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: The Bronte Sisters Wuthering Heights
This website provides the full text of Emily Bronte's novel, "Wuthering Heights." There is a brief paragraph introducing the context, characters, and significance of this "tale of heartbreak and mystery."
Other
Nancy Polette: "Wolves of Willoughby Chase"/lesson Plan
Take a look at four activity ideas to use with Aiken's novel, "Wolves of Willoughby Chase."
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: 'Truth' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Ian's parents go on vacation and leave him on his own, which he sees as an opportunity to have a large party. But a friend of the parents comes to check on him and is murdered. No one will talk and two school newspaper reporters put...
Other
Jean Craighead George's Website
This website is about author Jean Craighead George. Offers information on her background, her books, she gives hints about becoming a writer. She also has a question and answer section where she answers questions that people most often...
Other
Mostly fiction.com: Laura Esquivel
A review of "The Law of Love" from MostlyFiction.com and a short biography of the author, Laura Esquivel.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Published in 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson's novel was classified as a mystery thriller. This site looks in depth at the characters, themes and important quotations from the novel.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: When a Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Read the humorous novel "When a Man Marries" by mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart.
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Classic Reader: The Angel of Terror by Edgar Wallace
Read the full text of the mystery crime novel "The Angel of Terror" also known as "The Destroying Angel" by Edgar Wallace about a beautiful woman who can get away with murder.