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Short Stories (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]) Arthur Conan Doyle · 1946 · ★ 4.0 · 326p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Shares: Brokers, Amyl Nitrate, Broughams, Suicide by Hanging Shares: Brokers, Amyl Nitrate, Broughams, Suicide by Hanging

Why shoot a butler? Georgette Heyer · 1933 · ★ 3.7 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Every family has secrets, but the Fountains' are turning deadly…On a dark night, along a lonely country road, barrister Frank Amberley stops to help a young lady in distress and discovers a sports car with a corpse behind the wheel. The girl protests her innocence, and Amberley believes her—at least until he gets drawn into the mystery and the clues incriminating Shirley Brown begin to add up…In… Shares: Butlers, Mystery

The Complete Sherlock Holmes [4 novels, 56 stories] Arthur Conan Doyle · 1900 · ★ 4.4 · 1127p · ≈ 37h · Challenging Shares: Ancestors, Short Stories, Mystery Shares: Ancestors, Short Stories, Mystery

The beach house James Patterson · 2001 · ★ 3.9 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Jack Mullen is in law school in New York City when the shocking news comes that his brother Peter has drowned in the ocean off East Hampton. Jack knows his brother and knows this couldnt be an accident. Someone must have wanted his brother dead. But the powers that be say otherwise. As Jack tries to uncover details of his brothers last night, he confronts a barricade of lawyers, police, and paid… Shares: Crime & mystery, Mystery

Mördare utan ansikte Henning Mankell · 1993 · ★ 3.6 · 303p · ≈ 10h · Moderate En natt i januari mördas Maria och Johannes Lövgren, ett äldre bondepar i Skåne. Innan kvinnan avlider yttrar hon ordet ”utländsk”. Någon tid senare brinner stadens flyktingförläggning och en somalisk flykting blir mördad. Den som hotar menar uppenbarligen allvar. Kommissarie Wallander tar upp kampen mot den hänsynslöse mördaren. Shares: Crime & mystery, Mystery

A Twist in the Tale Jeffrey Archer · 1988 · ★ 3.9 · 253p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Jeffrey Archer's collection of twelve spellbinding stories, A Twist in the Tale, will sweep you on a journey of thwarted ambition, undying passion, and unswerving honor that you'll never forget. No one can weave a web of suspense, deliver a jolt of surprise, or teach a lesson in living like bestselling author Jeffrey Archer. From Africa to the Middle East, and from London to Beijing, Archer… Shares: Short Stories

Lifeguard James Patterson · 2005 · ★ 3.8 · 323p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The danger isn't in the water.Working as a lifeguard at a Florida resort, Ned Kelly meets a woman he is wild about, the woman of his dreams. It feels perfect in every way - except that she is used to caviar and Manolo Blahniks, and he is used to burgers and flip-flops. She is a guest at the luxurious hotel - he lives above a garage.So when Ned's cousin offers to cut him in on a rich deal he's… Shares: Crime & mystery, Mystery

Fiction 100 James H. Pickering · 1988 · 1533p · ≈ 51h · Challenging The Grand inquisitor / Fëdor Dostoevski -- The Adventure of the speckled band / Arthur Conan Doyle -- King of the Bingo game / Ralph Ellison -- Barn burning Dry September -- A Rose for Emily / William Faulkner -- Winter dreams / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Road from Colonus / E.M. Forster -- Aura / Carlos Fuentes -- Watch time fly / Laura Furman -- A Very old man with enormous wings / Gabriel G.… Shares: Catalepsy, Short Stories, Mystery

Derniers Contes Edgar Allan Poe · 2004 · 153p · ≈ 5h · Moderate La vie d'Edgar Allan Poe n'est plus a raconter: ses derniers traducteurs francais, s'inspirant des travaux definitifs de son nouvel editeur J.H. Ingram, l'ont eloquemment venge des calomnies trop facilement acceptees sur la foi de son ami et executeur testamentaire, Rufus Griswold. En depit de ses mensonges, Edgar Poe reste pour nous et restera pour la posterite, de plus en plus admiratrice de… Shares: Catalepsy, Short Stories

Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway Corinne Demas · 2004 · 560p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Young Goodman Brown / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The birthmark / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Rappaccini's daughter / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Cask of Amontillado / Edgar Allan Poe -- Fall of the House of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe -- The purloined letter / Edgar Allan Poe -- Bartleby the Scrivener / Herman Melville -- The notorious jumping frog of Calaveras County / Samuel Langhorne Clemens -- Occurrence at… Shares: Catalepsy, Short Stories, Mystery

Cuentos Edgar Allan Poe · 1970 · 850p · ≈ 28h · Moderate William Wilson Pit and the Pendulum MS. Found in a Bottle Black Cat Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Oval Portrait Tell-tale Heart Descent into the Maelstrom Cask of Amontillado Masque of the Red Death Un cuento de las Montaias Escabrosas Imp of the Perverse Premature Burial Hop-Frog Metzengerstein Oblong Box El hombre de la multitud La cita Sombra Eleonora Morella Berenice Ligeia Fall of the… Shares: Catalepsy, Short Stories, Mystery

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side Agatha Christie · 1960 · ★ 4.0 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side;2) "The Marples": the complete guide to all the cases of crime literature's foremost female detective.The quaint village of St Mary Mead has been glamourized by the presence of screen queen Marina Gregg, who has taken up residence in preparation for her comeback. But when a local fan is… Shares: Crime & mystery, Mystery

Short Stories Schweikert, Harry Christian · 1925 · 566p · ≈ 18h · Challenging This book contains short stories by Puskin, Gogol, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and others. Shares: Catalepsy, Short Stories, Mystery

Short stories , Enlarged Edition Harry Christian Schweikert · 1934 · ★ 4.5 · 612p · ≈ 20h · Challenging Token / Joseph Hergesheimer Third ingredient / O. Henry Turkey red / Frances Gilchrist Wood Elephant remembers / Edison Marshall Fall of the House of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe Postmistress of Laurel Run / Bret Harte Ambitious guest / Nathaniel Hawthorne Penrod's busy day / Booth Tarkington Young man Axelbrod / Sinclair Lewis Ice water, pl! / Fannie Hurst Heyday of the blood / Dorothy… Shares: Catalepsy, Short Stories, Mystery

Roses Are Red James Patterson · 1752 · ★ 4.1 · 441p · ≈ 14h · Demanding In this heart-pounding but touchingly romantic thriller, Detective Alex Cross pursues the most complex and brilliant killer he's ever confronted - mysterious criminal who calls himself the Mastermind.In a series of crimes that has stunned Washington, D.C., bank robbers have been laying out precise demands when they enter the building - and then killing the bank employees and their families if… Shares: Crime & mystery, Mystery

In black and white Rudyard Kipling · 1880 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Tales of native life in India, in Oriental style. Shares: Short Stories

I Sing the Body Electric! Ray Bradbury · 1969 · ★ 4.1 · 305p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Eighteen stories with bizarre and whimsical themes which transcend time and space. Shares: Short Stories

L'affaire Lerouge Émile Gaboriau · 1800 · 478p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Le jeudi 6 mars 1862, surlendemain du Mardi gras, cinq femmes du village de La Jonchere se presentaient au bureau de police de Bougival. Shares: Mystery

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