Romans policiers historiques

Thomas W. Hanshew was an actor and writer who wrote detective stories featuring Hamilton Cleek, ‘the man of the forty faces’ who was skillfully able to disguise himself. Cleek was a British detective …

What does a police officer think about while he’s on his beat? Hulbert Footner’s Officer! not only tells you the necessary thoughts but gives you the necessary actions in this romantic mystery told w …

Tex Larimee, a grizzled sheriff, leaving the deserts of Cactus County, Arizona, behind and blazing a trail east to mix it up with The Slickers in the canyons of New York. Robbed of his cash, gun and …

This volume of the best-selling MEGAPACK series presents 5 classic Nick Carter stories. Included are: The Man Without a Conscience The Crime of the French Café Nick Carter’s Ghost Story The Mystery o …

An heiress has been murdered, and only Fleming Stone can see the vital evidence. … So Miss Van Norman was by no means a favorite with the Mapleton young people in a personal sense, but socially she …

Émile Gaboriau was a renowned 19th century French writer who wrote a number of mystery classics that helped revolutionize the genre. This is one of his most famous works. …

It takes place in northern England. Oliver Bassett, an acter and director of a theater company is missing. A young author Mr. Copplestone, who has come to meet with Bassett and the business manager s …

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ( 1859 – 1930 ) was a Scottish physician and writer most famous for his stories about a detective named Sherlock Holmes.  The stories about Sherlock Holmes have made his n …

The honour of founding the modern detective story belongs to an American writer. Such tales as ‘The Purloined Letter’ and ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’ still stand unrivalled. We in America no more …

These classic tales, centering on an American in Breton and a local French girl include stories about the murder of a butterfly collector and the haunting spirit of a renegade priest. …