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Edgar Allan Poe
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Charles Dickens
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Wilkie Collins
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue
It's the first modern detective short story.
The detective Auguste Dupin tries to solve the murder of two women, mother and daughter, on the 4th floor of a house in the Rue Morgue. The detective has to discover how is possible in an apparentely sealed flat. -
The Mystery of Marie Roget
This story is based on the details of a real crime. The body of Marie Roget is found in the Seine River. Inspector Dupon uses his skills of ratiocination to determine that a single murder dumps her body off a boat into theves So, finding the boat Dupin catch the murderer. -
The Purloined Letter
It's the third of the three detective stories featuring Auguste Dupin. In the story, a letter has been stolen from the bedroom of an unnamed woman. This letter contains compromising information. The thief of the letter has benn blackmailing his victim and Dupin has to look for this letter. -
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Anna Katharine Green
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Bleak House
It's considered the first novel in which the detective, Inspector Bucket in this case, plays a significant role into the plot. The novel explains a long-running litigation in the High Court of Chancery. The inspector Bucket is hired by lawyer Tulkinghorm to inquire, but then, the lawyer is murdered and Bucket has to investigate his death. -
The Unknown Public
It's an essay written by Wilkie Collins, the author of the Moonstone. Collins thought that the new generation of readers wanted books that reflected the changing places in English society. -
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Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Woman in White
It's considered the first detective novel, with the inspector empoying many of the techniques of the later private detectives. The story explains the disadvantatgeous position of married women in law at the time. Laura and Walter fall in love, but Laura has promised her father that she will marry Sir Percival Glyde. -
The Moonstone
The Moonstone is a famous yellow diamond and it was stolen from an Indian temple. The story begans when the diamond dissapeared again and the Sergeant Cuff tries to catch the thief . Sergeant Cuff is considered the first character that solves the crimes using his logical skills. -
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Is the final novel of Charles Dickens, in fact the book is unfinished due to his death. -
The Leavenworth Case
It's the first mystery nobel written by a woman in America. Her main characters is detective Ebenezer Gryce of the New York Metropolitan Police. In this story, a retired merchant, Moratio Leavenworth is murdered in his New York mansion. -
A Study in Scarlet
It's the first story by Arthur Conan Doyle, so it explains how Sherlcok met Doctor Watson.
Holmes is a consulting detective and used to help Inspector Lestrade. The body of a murdered man is found in a house, and above his body was written the word "RACHE". Another man is found dead and the same word is written above him. Holmes discovers that the two men have been poisoned with a pill. At the end Sherlock deduces that the murder has been a taxi driver called Jefferson Hope. -
The Sign of Four
Captain Arthur Morstan has dissapeared in strange circunstances and his daughter Mary asks Holmes to solve this mystery. Mary and Watson fall in love at first sight and get married. -
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Agatha Christie
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The White Company
The "white company" of the title is a free company of archers. The story is set in England, France and Spain during the Hundred Years War. Although Sherlock made Conan Doyle more popular, Doyle regarded "The White Company" and other historical novels more highly. -
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Dorothy L. Sayers
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The Final Problem
Althought Sherlock was the most beloved detective character, the author wanted "The final Problem" was the last story. So Holmes and his enemy Professor Moriarty died at the end of the novel. Sherlcok vanquish Professor Moriarty and both fatefully fall in the Reicherbach Falls. -
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The novel is the return of the character of Holmes into life. It was written 9 years later "The final Problem". Sherlock's fans forced Conan Doyle to bring Holmes back to life. In this story Holmes has to solve the strange death of a wealthy man, apparentely the cause is a heart attack. But around the body were found the footprints of a hound. Sir Henry Baskervilles is almost killed, like his uncle, apparently by a ferocious hound. -
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Golden Age of Detective Fiction
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
This is the first investigation of Hercules Poirot, a methodotical little Belgian detective. THe wealthy Mrs. Inglethorp is murdered at Styles Cort. There are lots of clues but strangely unrelated. Poirot is setting near Styles Court and using his detective skills discovers that Mrs Inglethorp has been poisoned by his husband Alfred. -
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
This novel is considered Agatha Christie's masterpiece. The story begins with the death of Mrs Ferrars, the lover of Roger Ackroyd. She poisoned herself and she has been the killer of her husband. After this, Roger Ackroyd is found murdered as well. There are many suspects, but at the end Poirot discovers that is his own assistant the real murderer. -
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
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The Murder at the Vicarage
It's the first novel introducing the character of Miss Marple. In the Victor's study Colonel Lucius Potheroe is found murdered. His wife snf her lover confessed the crime to evade suspicion. At the end Miss Marple determines that they were, indeed, the real murderers.
