Short Mystery Fiction
Discover gripping short mystery fiction with our curated list of the best books. Perfect for quick reads full of suspense, twists, and thrilling whodunits.
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Labyrinths
by Jorge Luis Borges
Readers are invited to take a new look at "Labyrinths," the classic by Latin America's finest writer of the 20th century--a true literary sensation--with a …
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Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief
by Maurice Leblanc
The inspiration for the Netflix series, Lupin, starring Omar Sy A curated collection of the very best adventures of Arsène Lupin, France’s most famous gentleman …
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The Couple Next Door
by Margaret Millar
The first collection of noveletets and short stories by one of the great mystery writers, and a mistress of psychological suspense.
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The Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant
by C. Daly King
"The Most Imaginative Detective Stories of Our Times" So wrote Ellery Queen about The Curious Mr. Tarrant, an extraordinary collection of detective stories by Charles …
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Banner Deadlines
by Joseph Commings
Joseph Commings (1913-1992) created one of the greatest investigators of locked rooms, impossible disappearances and other impossible crimes - the gargantuan, harrumphing Senator Brooks U. …
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The Evidence of the Sword
by Rafael Sabatini
Included in this volume are thirteen short stories and two novelettes; only one of the stories has been reprinted since their early magazine appearances. These …
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The Pleasant Assassin and Other Cases of Dr. Basil Willing
by Helen McCloy
Short detective stories by one of the great Golden Age authors
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Passports to Crime
by Janet Hutchings
Derived from a series launched in 2003 by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, called Passports to Crime, this volume collects stories from some of the world's …
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Buffet for Unwelcome Guests
by Christianna Brand
Christianna Brand’s fiction features brisk prose, wry twists, plots that lure the reader into a false sense of having figured every contingency, and ironic turns …
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2007
by Otto Penzler
A collection of mystery stories, originally published in 2006 and selected by editor Carl Hiaasen, including work by writers such as Lawrence Block, James Lee …
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2006
by Otto Penzler
Presents a collection of mystery stories selected from magazines in the United States and Canada.
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The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century
by Tony Hillerman
In this essential distillation of American suspense, 100 years worth of peerless tales are collected into a volume where giants of the genre abound: Raymond …
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2005
by Joyce Carol Oates
Edited by the critically acclaimed author Joyce Carol Oates, The Best American Mystery Stories 2005 brings together the genre's finest from the past year. With …
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The Sword of Welleran
by Lord Dunsany
Twelve tales by a master of the English language take readers on flights of fancy and make-believe. Includes such inventive tales as The Highwayman, In …
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Masterpieces in Miniature: The Detectives
by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie is the world's most popular writer in modern times and her books have only been outsold by the Bible and Shakespeare. Best remembered …
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The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories
by Agatha Christie
A priceless treasure for collectors and fans, "The Harlequin Tea Set" brings together nine brilliant Christie stories that have remained long out of print--until now. …
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Miss Marple
by Agatha Christie
All twenty of the short stories featuring Miss Jane Marple are collected in this work.
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Murder in the Mews
by Agatha Christie
Master sleuth Hercule Poirot draws upon his detective skills and insight into the human heart as he investigates various crimes, in "Dead Man's Mirror," "The …
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Murder - All Kinds
by William L. DeAndrea
The collected short mysteries by the 3-time winner of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award.
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The Casebook of Sidney Zoom
by Erle Stanley Gardner
The Casebook of Sidney Zoom is the first book-collection of the Zoom stories, showing Gardner's pulp style.
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The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham's Casebook
by Anthony Berkeley
Mystery stories by one of the greatest writers of the Golden Age of fictional sleuthing.
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The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill's Casebook
by Christianna Brand
Collection of all the Inspector Cockrill short mysteries
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The Detections of Francis Quarles
by Julian Symons
Forty-two classic fairplay detective stories, never before in bookform
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Dr. Poggioli
by Thomas Sigismund Stribling
Previously uncollected detective stories by a Pultizer Prize winner.
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Karmesin
by Gerald Kersh
Gerald Kersh (1912 1957) wrote amazing novels and hundreds of short stories about the weird and wonderful people he met during his lifetime. The most …
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Marksman and Other Stories
by William Campbell Gault
The first collection of short stories by a master of private-eye fiction
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The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories
by Agatha Christie
1 BESTSELLING MYSTERY WRITER. 3 POPULAR SLEUTHS. 9 TANTALIZING CRIMES.
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Diagnosis Impossible
by Edward D. Hoch
This collection is set in New England during the 1920's and the 1930's, and features country doctor Sam Hawthorne who specializes in locked room and …
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More Things Impossible
by Edward D. Hoch
Nothing is impossible! Dr. Sam Hawthorne, a New England country doctor in the first half of the twentieth century, was constantly faced by murders in …
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The Velvet Touch
by Edward D. Hoch
Edward D. Hoch's latest collection contains 14 stories about Nick Velvet, the choosey crook who steals only the seemingly valueless -- a bald man's comb, …
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The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits
by Michael Ashley
The third new collection of historical murder and mystery stories A brilliant new collection of thirty stories of mystery and intrigue spread over three thousand …
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The Mammoth Book of Vintage Whodunnits
by Maxim Jakubowski
Following on the heels of the popular Mammoth Book of Great Detective Stories, the The Mammoth Book of Vintage Whodunnits is an amazing collection of …
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The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits
by Mike Ashley
Charles Dickens created some of the most memorable characters in English literature and was also a larger-than-life individual himself, a champion of the underdog. The …
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The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits
by Mike Ashley
The seventeenth century was a time ripe with murder, anarchy, war, and political and religious intrigue, of which the Gunpowder Plot is only one example. …