| 1. Edgar Allan Poe - Tales - 1854
2. "Waters" - Recollections of a Detective Police-Officer - 1856 3. Wilkie Collins - The Queen of Hearts - 1859 4. Charles Dickens - Hunted Down - 1860 5. "Anonyma" - The Experiences of a Lady Detective - 1861 6. Thomas Bailey Aldrich - Out of his Head - 1862 7. Mark Twain - The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County - 1867 8. Emile Gaboriau - The Little Old Man of Batignolles - 1876 9. James M'Govan - Brought to Bay - 1878 10. Detective Sketches (By a New York Detective) - 1881 11. Robert Louis Stevenson - New Arabian Nights - 1882 12. Frank R. Stockton - The Lady, or the Tiger? - 1884 13. Eden Phillpotts - My Adventure in the Flying Scotsman - 1888 14. Dick Donovan - The Man Hunter - 1888 15. Israel Zangwill - The Big Bow Mystery - 1892 16. A. Conan Doyle - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - 1892 17. Meade & Halifax - Stories from the Diary of a Doctor - 1894 18. Arthur Morrison - Martin Hewitt, Investigator - 1894 19. M.P. Shiel - Prince Zaleski - 1895 20. Melville Davisson Post - The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason - 1896 21. Grant Allen - An American Millionaire - 1897 22. George R. Sims - Dorcas Dene Detective - 1897 23. M. McDonnell Bodkin - Paul Beck, the Rule of Thumb Detective - 1898 24. Rodrigues Ottolengui - Final Proof - 1898 25. Nicholas Carter - The Detective's Pretty Neighbor - 1899 26. EW Hornung - The Amateur Cracksman - 1899 27. L.T. Meades & Robert Eustace - The Brotherhood of Seven Kings - 1899 28. Herbert Cadett - The Adventures of a Journalist - 1900 29. Richard Harding Davis - In the Fog - 1901 30. Clifford Ashdown - The Adventures of Romney Pringle - 1902 31. Bret Harte - Condensed Novels - 1902 32. Percival Pollard - Lingo Dan - 1903 33. B. Fletcher Robinson - The Chronicles of Addington Peace - 1905 34. Arnold Bennett - The Loot of Cities - 1905 35. Robert Barr - The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont - 1906 36. Alfred Henry Lewis - Confessions of a Detective - 1906 37. Maurice Leblanc - The Exploits of Arsene Lupin - 1907 38. Jacques Futrelle - The Thinking Machine - 1907 39. George Randolph Chester - Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford - 1908 40. O. Henry - The Gentle Grafter - 1908 41. Baroness Orczy - The Old Man in the Corner - 1909 42. R. Austin Freeman - John Thorndyke's Cases - 1909 43. J.S. Fletcher - The Adventures of Archer Dawe - 1909 44. Balduin Groller - Detective Dagobert's Deeds and Adventures - 1910 45. T.W. Hanshew - The Man of the Forty Faces - 1910 46. MacHarg & Balmer - The Achievements of Luther Trant - 1910 47. G.K. Chesterton - The Innocence of Father Brown - 1911 48. Samuel Hopkins Adams - Average Jones - 1911 49. Arthur B. Reeve - The Silent Bullet - 1912 50. Gelett Burgess - The Master of Mysteries - 1912 51. Victor L. Whitechurch - Thrilling Stories of the Railway - 1912 52. R. Austin Freeman - The Singing Bone - 1912 53. William Hope Hodgson - Carnacki the Ghost-Finder - 1913 54. Anna Katharine Green - Masterpieces of Mystery - 1913 55. Hesketh Pritchard - November Joe - 1913 56. Ernest Bramah - Max Carrados - 1914 57. Arthur Sherburne Hardy - Diane and her Friends - 1914 58. Thomas Burke - Limehouse Nights - 1916 59. AEW Mason - The Four Corners of the World - 1917 60. Melville Davisson Post - Uncle Abner - 1918 61. Ellis Parker Butler - Philo Grubb - 1918 62. John Russell - The Red Mark - 1919 63. William Le Quex - Mysteries of a Great City - 1920 64. Sax Rohmer - The Dream-Detective - 1920 65. J. Storer Clouston - Carrington's Cases - 1920 66. Vincent Starrett - The Unique Hamlet - 1920 67. Arthur Train - Tutt and Mr. Tutt - 1920 68. H.C. Bailey - Call Mr. Fortune - 1920 69. Maurice Leblanc - The Eight Strokes of the Clock - 1922 70. Octavus Roy Cohen - Jim Hanvey Detective - 1923 71. Agatha Christie - Poirot Investigates - 1924 72. Edgar Wallace - The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder - 1925 73. Louis Golding - Luigi of Catanzaro - 1926 74. Anthony Wynne - Sinner Go Secretly - 1927 75. Susan Glaspell - A Jury of Her Peers - 1927 76. Dorothy L. Sayers - Lord Peter Views the Body - 1928 77. G.D.H. & M. Cole - Superintendent Wilson's Holiday - 1928 78. W. Somerset Maugham - Ashenden - 1928 79. Percival Wilde - Rogues in Clover - 1929 80. T.S. Stribling - Clues of the Caribees - 1929 81. Harvey O'Higgins - Detective Duff Unravels it - 1929 82. Frederick Irving Anderson - Book of murder - 1930 83. F. Tennyson Jesse - The Solange Stories - 1931 84. Damon Runyon - Guys and Dolls - 1931 85. Georges Simenon - The Thirteen Culprits - 1932 86. Leslie Charteris - The Brighter Buccaneer - 1933 87. Henry Wade - Policeman's lot - 1933 88. M.G. Eberhart - The Cases of Susan Dare - 1934 89. Irvin S. Cobb - Faith, Hope and Charity - 1934 90. Ellery Queen - The Adventures of Ellery Queen - 1934 91. C. Daly King - The Curious Mr. Tarrant - 1935 92. Margery Allingham - Mr. Campion and Others - 1939 93. E.C. Bentley - Trent Intervenes - 1938 94. Carter Dickson - The Department of Queer Complaints - 1940 95. Willaim MacHarg - The Affairs of O'Malley - 1940 96. H. Bustos Domecq - Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi - 1942 97. William Irish - After-Dinner Story - 1944 98. Dashiell Hammett - The Adventures of Sam Spade - 1944 99. Raymond Chandler - Five Murderers - 1944 100. Lillian de la Torre - Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector - 1946 101. Rafael Sabatini- Turbulent Tales - 1946 102. Antonio Helu - The Compulsion to Murder - 1946 103. Stuart Palmer - The Riddles of Hildegarde Withers - 1947 104. Roy Vickers - The Department of Dead Ends - 1947 105. William Faulkner - Knight's Gambit - 1949 106. Lawrence G. Blochman - Homicide - 1950 107. John Collier - Fancies and Goodnights - 1951 108. Philip Macdonald - Something to Hide - 1952 109. Lord Dunsany - The Little Tales of Smethers - 1952 110. Edmund Crispin - Beware of the Trains - 1953 111. Roald Dahl - Someone Like You - 1953 112. Michael Innes - Appleby Talking - 1954 113. Stanley Ellin - Mystery Stories - 1956 114. Evan Hunter - The Jungle Kids - 1956 115. Charlotte Armstrong - The Albatross - 1957 116. Craig Rice - The Name is Malone - 1958 117. Rufus King - Malice in Wonderland - 1958 118. Georges Simenon - The Short Cases of Inspector Maigret - 1959 119. Patrick Quentin - The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow - 1961 120. Stuart Palmer & Craig Rice - People Vs. Withers & Malone - 1963 121. Helen McCloy - Surprise, Surprise ! - 1965 122. Robert L. Fish - The Incredible Schlock Homes - 1966 123. Miriam Allen deFord - The Theme is Murder - 1967 124. Michael Gilbert - Game Without Rules - 1967 125. Harry Kemelman - The Nine Mile Walk - 1967 see also Haycraft Queen Cornerstones Page Layout © 2004 R.D. Collins |
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