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  • A Bomb Built in Hell - Written in 1973, it's the story of Wesley, a cold-blooded assassin.
  • A History of the Classic Whodunit - At MysteryGuide.com.
  • A Story to Die For - A creepy murder mystery about a West Somerset writer that takes his stories to the public through car boot sales - but are his stories fiction? Some think not and this puts his life in danger.
  • Absolute Authority on Mystery Books - Collection of content, community and tools.
  • African American Mystery Club - Information about African American mystery writers and their works. Links to webrings and relevant pages on authors, books, and history.
  • Allreaders - Search engine for novels, with specific search elements, including plot, theme, characters, and setting.
  • Bad Attitudes - Online mysteries by Jerome Doolittle and K.C. Constantine.
  • Beau Brummell Mystery Series - Features an excerpt from one of the novels, information about the main character, the Regency era and the author.
  • Bibliomysteries - Information about bibliomysteries (mysteries with book/archive/library connections).
  • Calley Moore Mysteries - Whodunit mysteries in the classic tradition, featuring Murderous Greed and Cabin of Death
  • Carl's Wordsmith Shop - Creative, original poems and essays, along with several chapters from an unfinished whodunnit murder mystery novel.
  • City of Pillars - A man is pushed to the brink of madness as he tries to decode an ancient text and stop a secret conspiracy from taking over the world.
  • ClaudiaM's Art Site - Art related site containing the first half of Claudia Markovich's mystery novel entitled, "Nikola's Nightmares - A Mystery in the Art World".
  • ClueLass - Contains information about awards, events, groups, new books, bookstores, magazines and other mystery websites.
  • Clues to Love - A whodunit set in an English country hotel, where a murderer stalks the inhabitants, and author Nancy Madison cleverly sprinkles a series of confessions amidst the clues to love and murder
  • Contract - a Novel - Novel about a fatal automobile accident and USA crime syndicate conspiracy. Gruesome deaths make spouses and dependents wealthy from insurance fraud. By Ralph Singleton Jr.
  • Covered Lives - Novel set in Caribbean, includes sample chapters for reading.
  • Crime Library Short Story Classics - Collection of short suspense stories by best selling and Edgar-award winning authors.
  • Crime Watch - Monthly reviews of new mysteries and thrillers by Dick Adler.
  • Crimebuff - Reviews of recently published crime novels.
  • Danny Yee's Book Reviews - Reviews of detective novels.
  • Dead Birds Don't Sing - Electronic book featuring amateur sleuth Alex Masters and homicide detective Cole Armstrong.
  • Death is a Debt - In Regency England, a man promises to protect a mysterious woman, but his betrayal leads to her murder. Can he solve the crime? Full-length novel by Antony MacGinnis.
  • Detective Lieutenant Nick DeLeon - Original, hardboiled detective pulp-fiction. Offers text-only or multi-media options.
  • Detectives on Stamps - Nicaragua issued a series of postage stamps portraying a dozen fictional detectives.
  • Diamondback by Elizabeth Dearl - Set in West Texas rattlesnake country, Diamondback is an intriguing tale with many red herrings to confound the little gray cells.
  • DorothyL Mailing List - Information about a mystery discussion mailing list.
  • Driftwood - A novel of suspense by Ben Johnson published online in Adobe PDF format. Free to download and enjoy!
  • Female Detective - Mystery fiction featuring female investigators, with news, reviews, articles and a comprehensive directory of related sites.
  • Field of Reeds - A story based around an electronic method of measuring the human soul. Where is the inventor?
  • Funny But Fatal - Guide to funny mystery novels. Includes a bibliography and reviews.
  • Gaslight - Internet discussion list which reviews one story a week from the genres of mystery, adventure and The Weird, written between 1800 and 1919.
  • Habibullah at the Ottoman Court - Mystery/adventure novella set in the time of Süyleman the Magnificent.
  • HandHeldCrime - Delivering free short mystery fiction, articles, news and reviews to handheld computer users through email and AvantGo. Stories also available on the web.
  • Hard-boiled Mysteries - Hard-Boiled and noir literature from all origins. Comics, films, references and links related to the genres.
  • Hardboiled Heaven - Dedicated to hardboiled detective and mystery novels, with a checklist, links to other sites and a gallery of paperback cover art.
  • Historical Deviation - The interactive novel of the film of the autobiography of a star of interactive films. A murder mystery too. You play the reader, and perhaps the assassin.
  • Historical Mysteries Reading List - Fiction Readers' Advisory developed from Armchair Detective lists. By Historical Period, and Geograhic Region/Country
  • Historical Mystery Bibliography - Abreviated bibliography. Loose interpretation of 'historical'. Last updated 1996.
  • Historical Mystery Fiction - Comprehensive bibliography listed by author, period, and discussion of criteria for inclusion and sources.
  • History & Mistery - Fiction and reality in historical mystery novels.
  • Holidays Can Be Murder! - List of holiday-theme murder mysteries and their authors, categorized by holiday.
  • Jonathon Cole - Suspense novel in progress by J.M. Sterling. The ultimate truth can be a bitter twist: a woman discovers her boyfriend isn't all he seems.
  • Leonardo's Flight - Leonardo Da Vinci travels five hundred years forward in time to foil a modern-day sabotage and murder in the world of aeronautics. A whodunnit by Philippe Blais .
  • Madam Murder - True crime and mystery stories by Doris Lane, based on Americana, folklore, legend, and local history.
  • Miss President and The Trail of Clues - A whodunit with a youthful sleuth and a political twist, written by Robyn Leslie.
  • Mormons in Mystery Novels - Mormon and Utah-based fictional detectives, and the mystery novels in which they appear.
  • Mostly Links Mystery Site - Links to sites dealing with mystery authors, books, publishers and book stores.
  • Murder In Greenwich Village - Set in 1970s Greenwich Village. Masie goes to her first audition and finds a killer. A Rafe and Masie Story
  • Murder in Pallatine - Fictionalized version of a real-life mystery in Illinois. From August 1962 issue of the pulp magazine "Inside Detective."
  • Murder, Mystery and Suspense - A site for visitors to read and submit crime and thriller stories, recommendations and reviews.
  • My Mystery Writing by Annette Rose - mystery, suspense, on going story,Canadian Reformed
  • Mysteries - Reviews on Mysteries written by consumers at Epinions.com.
  • Mysteries (About.com) - Information about books and their authors, interviews, live chats, weekly features, and book reviews.
  • Mysteries In Print - An on-going listing of new and upcoming mystery books and books on tape. Books and audio tapes can be purchased online.
  • Mysteries of Time - Kendrick lived in the 2nd century and was amazed if not a little surprised when he invented a radio.
  • Mysteries.com - Mystery of the Day, mysteries database, message board, and TV listings.
  • Mysterious Home Page - A guide to mysteries and crime fiction on the Internet.
  • Mysterious Strands - Features information on authors and mystery in print, online and on television.
  • Mystery Authors and their Detectives Through Time - Light background info. Chronology. Limited bibliogrpahy. Sample reading list and related links to genre fiction and theme material.
  • Mystery Cove - Book reviews and information about authors, writing and book collecting.
  • Mystery Ink - Information about mystery novels and authors. Includes book reviews.
  • Mystery On-Line - Mystery lovers, here is your chance to participate in writing a mystery on the Web or to read a mystery...
  • MysteryGuide.com - Database of original book reviews, author interview series, games, and other features.
  • MysteryNet.com - Online mystery network offering mystery entertainment and information.
  • MysteryPages.com - Dell Magazines' official site for its Alfred Hitchcock, Ellery Queen and Mystery Scene publications. Includes abbreviated online versions of all three print magazines, with stories, articles, columns, and online resources.
  • MystNoir - Devoted to mystery fiction written by African-American writers and African-American main characters, including amateur sleuths, private eyes and police detectives.
  • Ongoing Tales - Stories of mystery, romance and suspense in serial with new postings made monthly by Antelope Publishing.
  • Ongoing Tales of Mystery - Serial stories of mystery and suspense.
  • Over My Dead Body - Online and print mystery magazine with fiction, true crime, stories, author interviews, and lots of reviews.
  • Overbooked - New release information, book lists and author links.
  • PJ Boler Publications - Contains 3 Sherlockian novels. The "Whitechapel Horrors" pits Sherlock Holmes against Jack the Ripper in 1888 London, also "The Giant Rat of Sumatra", and "The Werewolf of Devon."
  • PJ Boler Publications #4 - Links a mystery-western and 2 conventional mysteries. The novels are each printed in 2 parts. Instructions on how to access part 2 of each can be found on the home page.
  • QESN: Two Minute Mystery Writing Club - New mystery posted daily. Try and solve the crime or submit a mystery of your own.
  • Red Light - Historical mystery set in Storyville, New Orleans. Includes a synopsis, author biography and links to background information.
  • Sometimes The Dragon Wins - It's a fast paced, page-turner mystery thriller with plenty of plots twists and red herrings. Two Laurel Hill, Massachusetts detectives and a CIA Special Operative solve the gruesome murder of a high school principal amid the shenanigans of Neo-nazi's and a Satanic Cult!
  • Stop, You're Killing Me! - Lists authors and series characters, indexed by last name, location and occupation.
  • Tangled Web UK - Authors, books, reviews, Crime Scene, discussion and news.
  • Tea and Mystery - Features books, reviews, children's mysteries, and links. Feature author is Agatha Christie.
  • The Clue - Features book reviews, book forum, chatroom, interactive mystery story, and online shopping.
  • The Detective and the Toga - Mystery novels and short stories set in Ancient Rome in over 11 languages, also including synopses, ratings, author profiles, chronologies, and miscellaneous information.
  • The Early Whodunit - Traces the development of the early whodunit in both mystery and conventional literature of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • The Fifth Horseman - A suspenseful murder mystery, written by Gregg Gonzalez, that brings the Headless Horseman back to modern-day Sleepy Hollow.
  • The Frisco Foil stories - Several hardboiled stories using a fictional San Francisco newspaper as background. Journalists sniffing out the truth from the 1930s to the present and beyond.
  • The Great Detective Stories - Discussion of mystery novel standards by Willard Huntington Wright.
  • The Historical Mystery - A history of the historical mystery by MysteryGuide.com
  • The Kusanagi Sword - A humorous mystery story by Ron Thomas. Set in 2011 in Sydney, Los Angeles and Fukuoka and revolving around an Australian official and his Japanese female counterpart.
  • The Mystery Reader - The latest reviews and news of current mystery novels.
  • TheReadersVine - Mystery - Online community for book readers and writers. Includes reviews, information about reading groups and discussions, message boards and chat room.
  • True Crime Reading Group - True crime reading group on AOL. New releases, member recs, NCMEC info, upcoming topics, numerous links, and upcoming author chats can all be found here.
  • Whodunitdot.com - Features reviews of mystery and crime novels, message boards, and links.
  • Whole Lot of Lying Going On - Mystery novel set in New York City.
  • Women's Press Crime Authors - Publisher of crime fiction written by female authors.

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