# Classic Mystery: From Baker Street to the Hard-Boiled Streets

The detective story's golden age produced literature's sharpest minds. Start free with Sherlock Holmes, then follow Christie and Chandler into darker territory.

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## The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Free

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Read online (free, public domain): https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sherlock-holmes-adventures/

I. A Scandal in Bohemia II. The Red-Headed League III. A Case of Identity IV. The Boscombe Valley Mystery V. The Five Orange Pips VI. The Man with the Twisted Lip VII. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle VIII. The Adventure of the Speckled Band IX. The Adventure of the Enginee...

## Murder on the Orient Express — Kindle

Author: Agatha Christie (1934)
Buy on Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0046H95PO?tag=cyberlibrar00-20

Poirot is trapped on a snowbound train with a dead man and a dozen suspects — each with an alibi.

## And Then There Were None — Kindle

Author: Agatha Christie (1939)
Buy on Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FC1RCI?tag=cyberlibrar00-20

Ten strangers are lured to a remote island, and one by one they begin to die.

## The Maltese Falcon — Kindle

Author: Dashiell Hammett (1930)
Buy on Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004G5ZU32?tag=cyberlibrar00-20

Sam Spade's partner is killed. The trail leads to a priceless black bird and a cast of liars.

## The Big Sleep — Kindle

Author: Raymond Chandler (1939)
Buy on Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086QX4Q88?tag=cyberlibrar00-20

Philip Marlowe enters Los Angeles's criminal underworld to protect the Sternwood family.