Author: Harold MacGrath

Language: English

Published: 1915

Language: English

Published: 1885

Author: Frederic Arnold Kummer

Language: English

Published: 1915

Author: Johnston McCulley

Language: English

Published: 1921

An exciting adventure with the gentleman criminal Black Star.

Language: English

Published: 1922

There are twenty-six nail-biting chapters in this exciting novel from Frank L. Packard.

Language: English

Published: 1906

Yet another thrilling story by this British writer and journalist.

Author: Allan Pinkerton

Language: English

Published: 1879

One of Pinkerton's popular Detective books. Pinkerton gives a vivid picture of what really happened.

Author: Arthur Machen

Language: English

Published: 1917

One of Machen's best horror novels. A series of murders take place, but who or what is responsible?

Language: English

Published: 1909

A noir story dashed with rich galleries of persons and relationships.

Author: Fergus Hume

Language: English

Published: 1902

Fergus Hume delights in the complex. On the part of the reader it requires a great deal of attention to follow the peculiar actions of his characters. There always are detectives more or less clever who figure in this author's romances. The master rascal never is wanting. Mr. Richard Pratt is the genius of thieves. To his other capabilities of the skeleton key and jimmy kind he adds that of being a collector of rarities. He has stolen a cup, said to be old Roman, and, being a generous scoundrel, he presents the cup in lieu of a chalice to a church in Calchester, and Calchester is a little out-of-the-way English town. Because no one is likely to live in prosy Calchester, it is there that Pratt establishes himself in a queer old house--and he furnishes his abode with the nice pictures and the antique furniture he has stolen. The plot of the story depends on the purloining of the cup or chalice, for Leo Haverleigh, a rather weakminded young man, is believed to have stolen it.

Author: Mildred A. Wirt

Language: English

Published: 1946

The Riverview Star is short-handed, and Penny convinces Mr. Parker to hire her during her school vacation. Penny finds the work difficult, especially because a jealous reporter makes trouble for her. Penny is asked to cover an explosion at the Conway Steel Plant and bungles the job when she loses the camera that was used to take pictures for the story.

Author: Mildred A. Wirt

Language: English

Published: 1944

Penny is dismayed when her father's new friend, Mrs. Deline, travels with the Parkers on their vacation. Penny considers Mrs. Deline to be a pest and feels that Mrs. Deline has ruined their vacation. Fortunately, Penny is distracted by a search for foreign spies who are hiding in the area and have been transmitting information over the radio.

Author: Mildred A. Wirt

Language: English

Published: 1945

Mr. Gandiss and his son, Jack, ask Mr. Parker to help them stop the theft of brass from their airplane factory. While Jack and Penny visit the factory, a piece of brass is found in the possession of Sally Barker, and she is fired. Sally maintains that she has no idea how the brass came to be in her locker, and Penny believes her. With Jack and Sally's help, Penny attempts to bring the real thieves to justice

Author: Ernest Bramah

Language: English

Published: 1914

Max Carrados is blind, but in his case blindness is more than counter-balanced by an enormously enhanced perception of the other senses. How these serve their purpose in the various difficulties and emergencies that confront the wealthy amateur when, through the instigation of his friend Louis Carlyle, a private inquiry agent, he devotes himself to the elucidation of mysteries, is the basis of Mr. Ernest Bramah's new book. The adventures that ensure range from sensational tragedy to romantic comedy as the occasions rise.

Contents: The Coin of Dionysius -- The Knight’s Cross Signal Problem -- The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage -- The Clever Mrs Straithwaite -- The Last Exploit of Harry the Actor -- The Tilling Shaw Mystery -- The Comedy at Fountain Cottage -- The Game Played in the Dark

Language: English

Published: 1901

A detective story which solves in an exceedingly clever manner the inexplicable death of a prosperous stockbroker and the secret of his life. The reader's attention is first caught by a mysterious letter, the key to the situation, and is held to the end by a series of ingenious devices.

Author: Mildred A. Wirt

Language: English

Published: 1944

Penny is in need of money, as usual, and is highly interested when a man shows her a clipping offering a reward for any information leading to the capture of the Headless Horseman. Penny and Louise travel to Red Valley to search for the horseman and find themselves trapped in a flood after a dam breaks.

Author: Mildred A. Wirt

Language: English

Published: 1942

Wishes made at a well on an old abandoned estate are mysteriously granted, and Penny searches for the explanation. In addition to magical qualities, the well appears to have a tangible hidden value since the property owner is seen searching the vicinity, and a neighbor tries to buy the land. Penny investigates and discovers not only the secret of the well but also a valuable treasure.

Author: Maurice LeBlanc

Language: English

Published: 1921

Another thrilling, whirlwind mystery--a maze of inscrutable riddles solved by this ingenious and compelling author upon the breath-holding pages of his greatest achievement, "The Three Eyes."

Author: Harriet Pyne Grove

Language: English

Published: 1931

Author: Mildred A. Wirt

Language: English

Published: 1939

When Penny and Louise take their friend Laura Blair to apply for a new job, they accidentally discover several mysteries. Linda begins work in a boarding house known for strange disappearances. Meanwhile, Penny becomes acquainted with Mud-Cat Joe and his family who are homeless ever since their houseboat was stolen.

Author: Mildred A. Wirt

Language: English

Published: 1941

Penny wants to write a story about a strange tattoo she sees on a sailor, but neither her father's nor her school's newspaper agree to the idea. Penny impulsively decides to start a new newspaper in the abandoned Morning Press building and enlists the help of a few close friends. She soon finds herself in over her head and courting trouble after she runs the story about the tattooed man in her new paper.

Author: George Manville Fenn

Language: English

Published: 1889

Language: English

Published: 1921

Including Christmas stories, Greek legends, and Hallowe'en and Mystery stories.

Author: Mildred A. Wirt

Language: English

Published: 1941

On an impulse, Penny buys back her old car, the Leaping Lena, even though she has a new car and no money, but fortunately, she gets another job at her father's newspaper. Penny discovers a strange silken ladder and learns how it is used in burglaries.

Author: Mildred A. Wirt

Language: English

Published: 1940

Penny visits a ski resort and stumbles upon several mysteries. Unknown enemies are trying to force the resort to close, and during her investigations, Penny discovers a mysterious green door in the resort that leads to a room that can only be entered by invitation.

Author: Samuel Rutherford Crockett

Language: English

Published: 1907

The scenes of this love story, involving murder and mystery, are laid in the north of England, "Deep Moat Grange" being an old and much neglected estate near a small village.

Author: Mildred A. Wirt

Language: English

Published: 1940

When the newspaper's society editor becomes ill, Penny gets to cover a society wedding at a mysterious old estate which is surrounded by a moat. Penny discovers quite a mystery when the groom fails to show up for the wedding. Penny also learns about a missing tax evader and searches for both men at the same time.

College Professor and Master Detective

Author: Percy James Brebner

Language: English

Published: 1914

Professor Quarles is the most lovable, the most learned, the most unpoliceman-like detective we have yet met. As a matter of fact he is not a detective at all, but a scholar, specialising in philosophy and keenly interested in the human motives behind every act. Criminal cases interest him only when it is necessary to find this motive. He confesses that he does not make his theory from facts. He finds his theory of motives first and makes the facts fit it. It is an interesting method, and as after all human nature, even if warped and twisted out of humanity by circumstances, is at the back of every crime, the professor is not so far wrong when he insists that philosophy and imagination are good guides for detective work.

Author: Mildred A. Wirt

Language: English

Published: 1947

While out skiing at night, Penny, Louise, and Jerry hear strange sounds coming from a nearby monastery. They discover that a religious cult is living at the monastery. Penny tries to learn more about the cult, but the leader is very secretive. When Penny learns of a missing woman who is interested in cults, she becomes convinced that there is a connection. Penny masquerades as one of the cult members and learns the secret of the strange cult.

Author: Walter Walden

Language: English

Published: 1922