British Murder Mysteries: 350+ Detective Novels & True Crime Stories in One Volume
350+ Victorian and Golden Age Detective Tales, Thrillers, and True CrimesBy Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Wallace, Wilkie Collins, R. Austin Freeman, Agatha Christie, H. C. McNeile, G. K. Chesterton, Arthur Morrison, Ernest Bramah, Victor L. Whitechurch, Thomas W. Hanshew, E. W. Hornung, J. S. Fletcher, Rober Barr, Frank Froest, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, Isabel Ostander
Length1067h 44m
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British Murder Mysteries gathers more than 350 detective tales, novels, and true-crime narratives into a capacious survey of British crime writing's formative decades. Ranging from clue-driven puzzles and locked-room enigmas to legal investigation, urban suspense, adventure, and reportage, the volume charts the genre's movement between sensationalism and rational deduction. Its memorable investigations, criminal confessions, and atmospheric cases reveal murder as both a narrative problem and a lens on class, modernity, policing, and moral uncertainty. The contributors comprise major architects and energetic popularizers of Victorian, Edwardian, and Golden Age detective fiction, alongside writers whose work bridges journalism, melodrama, and the early thriller. Their collective presence situates the anthology within the development of the professional detective, the amateur sleuth, and the increasingly sophisticated fair-play mystery. Diverse settings, investigative methods, and narrative voices illuminate how British crime literature absorbed influences from sensation fiction, imperial adventure, domestic realism, and contemporary accounts of criminality. This volume is especially recommended for readers, students, and researchers seeking an expansive introduction to the traditions that shaped modern mystery fiction. Its unusual breadth permits sustained comparison among narrative forms and historical moments, while the proximity of fictional detection and true-crime writing fosters a productive dialogue about evidence, justice, fear, and storytelling.
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GenreMystery and Thriller
Length1067 hrs 44 mins
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Publish dateAug 6, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Phantom Detective: 5 Murder Mysteries in One Volume (Annotated)
2British Murder Mysteries: 350+ Detective Novels & True Crime Stories in One Volume
3Arthur Conan Doyle
4Sherlock Holmes Series
5A Study in Scarlet
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6Part I. Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D.
7I. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
8II. The Science of Deduction
9III. The Lauriston Gardens Mystery
10IV. What John Rance had to Tell
11V. Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor
12VI. Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do
13VII. Light in the Darkness
14Part II. The Country of the Saints
15I. On the Great Alkali Plain
16II. The Flower of Utah
17III. John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet
18IV. A Flight for Life
19V. The Avenging Angels
20VI. A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D.
21VII. The Conclusion
22The Sign of Four
23Chapter I. The Science of Deduction
24Chapter II. The Statement of the Case
25Chapter III. In Quest of a Solution
26Chapter IV. The Story of the Bald-Headed Man
27Chapter V. The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge
28Chapter VI. Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration
29Chapter VII. The Episode of the Barrel
30Chapter VIII. The Baker Street Irregulars
31Chapter IX. A Break in the Chain
32Chapter X. The End of the Islander
33Chapter XI. The Great Agra Treasure
34Chapter XII. The Strange Story of Jonathan Small
35The Hound of the Baskervilles
36I. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
37II. The Curse of the Baskervilles
38III. The Problem
39IV. Sir Henry Baskerville
40V. Three Broken Threads
41VI. Baskerville Hall
42VII. The Stapletons of Merripit House
43VIII. First Report of Dr. Watson
44IX. The Light Upon the Moor
45X. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
46XI. The Man on the Tor
47XII. Death on the Moor
48XIII. Fixing The Nets
49XIV. The Hound of the Baskervilles
50XV. A Retrospection
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