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Classic Detectives
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
Independent digital catalogue
The EDIEP Classic Mystery Library: 99 Works of Mystery, Suspense, and Historical Fiction
The EDIEP Classic Mystery Library includes 99 public-domain books by 81 authors, covering categories such as cases and clues, shipwrecks, historical customs, and romance. This digital collection presents a varied selection of early crime fiction, adventure, and domestic narratives drawn from public-domain sources.
99 public-domain works81 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
Subject gateways
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Crime Investigation
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Suspense
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Mystery Collections
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
Mystery — Editor’s Selection
A closer look
Collection Spotlight
One work and three nearby readings from the current catalogue.
Mystery Collections
Dancing Devil range — Text and C...
Authored by Authors: Tuttle, W. C. (Wilbur C.)..., 'Dancing Devil range — Text and C...' stands as a notable and significant work within the Mystery Collections category. W. C. Tuttle's 'Dancing Devil Range' follows drifting cowboys Hashknife Hartley and Sleepy Stevens into a Christmas-season mystery on the Arizona range. The story opens with a shotgun murder at a desert depot and builds through nocturnal surveillance, cryptic visitors, and fatalistic dialogue, all set against the sparse, dusty landscape of the Dancing Devil country. Discover the unique thematic elements that make this specific work highly regarded.
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The shadow shooter — Text and Co...
In Mystery...
The Silver Bar mystery — Backgro...
In Mystery...
The girl from Scotland Yard — Ed...
In Classic...
Room 13 — Themes and Context
In Mystery...
The strange countess — Inside th...
In Mystery...
Splashes of red — Inside the Cla...
In Mystery...
Chalk face — Themes and Context
In Mystery...
The crystal claw — Reading Notes
In Mystery...
Routes through the collection
Reading Paths
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Begin with Classic DetectivesOpen a focused route to works connected with Classic Detectives.Explore Crime InvestigationCompare authors, source types and recurring questions within Crime Investigation.Read through SuspenseMove from introductory records to related works in Suspense.Browse Mystery CollectionsUse this theme as a starting point for nearby catalogue records in Mystery Collections.
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Catalogue stewardship
Charles Conrad
Acquisitions Editor
Charles Conrad oversees the overarching architecture of our digital library, comprising 99 books and 81 authors within 4 distinct categories. They guarantee the integrity of our extensive collections.
