This site features the author Sax Rohmer including the full text of 11 novels such as The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Fire-Tongue, and The Quest of the Sacred Slipper.

This site provides a long list of literary terms complete with full definitions and examples.

This site from the Arlington National Cemetery has information about Dashiell Hammett and his service as a sergeant in the Army. Includes great biographical information along with several helpful pictures of this sergeant and author.

"The House of Dies Drear," is a powerful novel by Virginia Hamilton.

Text of the book "Initials Only" by Anna Katharine Green. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Read the full text of the mystery novel "The Widow Lerouge" by Emile Gaboriau on this site.

Read the full text of the mystery novel "Caught in the Net" by Emile Gaboriau. Ms. Gaboriau is considered a pioneer of detective fiction and to have inspired Sherlock Holmes.

Read the full text of the mystery novel "The After House" by Mary Roberts Rinehart about gruesome murders aboard a yacht.

Read the full text of the mystery novel "The Circular Staircase" by Mary Roberts Rinehart. The story centers around a woman who stops a series of crimes at a rented summer home.

In Battle of the Bands by K. L. Denman, one band is preparing to battle another in a music competition. But then a guitar is destroyed and suspicions against a lead band member mount. This teacher's guide includes a book summary,...

This website provides the full text of Emily Bronte's novel, "Wuthering Heights." There is a brief paragraph introducing the context, characters, and significance of this "tale of heartbreak and mystery."

Take a look at four activity ideas to use with Aiken's novel, "Wolves of Willoughby Chase."

Ian's parents go on vacation and leave him on his own, which he sees as an opportunity to have a large party. But a friend of the parents comes to check on him and is murdered. No one will talk and two school newspaper reporters put...

This website is about author Jean Craighead George. Offers information on her background, her books, she gives hints about becoming a writer. She also has a question and answer section where she answers questions that people most often...

A review of "The Law of Love" from MostlyFiction.com and a short biography of the author, Laura Esquivel.

Published in 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson's novel was classified as a mystery thriller. This site looks in depth at the characters, themes and important quotations from the novel.

Read the humorous novel "When a Man Marries" by mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart.

Read the full text of the mystery crime novel "The Angel of Terror" also known as "The Destroying Angel" by Edgar Wallace about a beautiful woman who can get away with murder.

Read the full text of the novel that combines mystery and humor "The Bat" by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Rinehart has been referred to as the American Agatha Christie.

Read the full text of the mystery "The Circular Study" by Anna Katharine Green. Ms. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".

Read the full text of the mystery "The Clue of the Twisted Candle" by Edgar Wallace. This novel has a little bit of everything - murder, villains, a locked room, romance, revenge, and detectives.

Read the full text of the mystery "The Confession" by the master of suspense Mary Roberts Rinehart. At the heart of this novel is a possible haunted house.

This young adult fiction novel is one of Virginia Hamilton's most delightful mystery stories. Read about the characters, plot and themes in this informative site.

This site includes a biography of the writer Fredric Brown. Included towards the end of the article is a list of his books. Good overall and very factual.