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mystery fiction (1,135)

This mystery series belongs to the whodunit tradition and was written by Phoebe Atwood Taylor. At its core, it offers stories built around puzzles, clues, and uncertainty, with the emphasis on working out what happened through careful reasoning. If you enjoy fiction where the mystery stays front and center and the pleasure comes from following the trail of evidence, this series fits that lane well.

If you are wondering where to begin, this is a good place to follow the page order: the books are presented in publication order. Booktheque includes 8 titles in the series, ranging from 1938 to 1947. Since there is no separate reading order indicated in the data, the order shown here should be treated as the reading order.

A good starting point is Murder at the New York World's Fair or The Cut Direct, and then you can continue in the order shown on the page. The series is a natural fit for readers who like classic mystery fiction, tidy clue-based investigations, and a steady focus on solving the central puzzle rather than on heavy action.

Colonel Gore’s Second Case
Lynn Brock · 1925
The Treasure of Mulai el-Hassan (Adventure magazine)
George Edmund Holt · 1925
Where Stillwater Runs Deep
Bertha Muzzy Bower · 1926
Two Fares East
W. C. Tuttle · 1926
The Buckaroo of Blue Wells
W. C. Tuttle · 1926
The King of Matabanick (Adventure magazine)
Leslie McFarlane · 1926
The Kink
Lynn Brock · 1927
Shotgun Gold
W. C. Tuttle · 1927
A Fool and Some Money (Popular Magazine)
Bertrand William Sinclair · 1927
The Hand of Power
Edgar Wallace · 1927
The Slip-Carriage Mystery
Lynn Brock · 1928
The Murder of Mrs. Davenport
Lucy Beatrice Malleson · 1928
Royal Amethyst (Munsey's 1928)
J. S. Fletcher · 1928
La Belle Marquise
H. Bedford-Jones · 1928
The Prisoner in the Opal
Alfred Edward Woodley Mason · 1928
Death at Four Corners
Lucy Beatrice Malleson · 1929
The Dagwort Coombe Murder
Lynn Brock · 1929
The Mendip Mystery
Lynn Brock · 1929
The Mystery of the Open Window
Lucy Beatrice Malleson · 1929
The Poet and the Lunatics
G. K. Chesterton · 1929
The Gray God (Argosy All-Story)
J. Allan Dunn · 1929
Wolf Meagher (Everybody's Magazine)
Hugh Pendexter · 1929
The Night of the Fog
Lucy Beatrice Malleson · 1930
Enter the Saint
Leslie Charteris · 1930
Wanted for Murder
Leslie Charteris · 1931
The Body on the Beam
Lucy Beatrice Malleson · 1932
The Holy Terror
Leslie Charteris · 1932
The Sapphire
Alfred Edward Woodley Mason · 1933
The Musical Comedy Crime
Lucy Beatrice Malleson · 1933
Once More the Saint
Leslie Charteris · 1933
The Brighter Buccaneer
Leslie Charteris · 1933
Moss Rose
Marjorie Bowen · 1934
The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal
Leslie Charteris · 1934
The Saint Goes On
Leslie Charteris · 1934
The House on the Roof
Mignon G. Eberhart · 1935
Murder by Experts
Lucy Beatrice Malleson · 1936
Bury Him Darkly
Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet · 1936
The High Sheriff
Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet · 1937
The Cursed Tower
Seishi Yokomizo · 1937
The Hand in the Glove
Rex Stout · 1937
The Silver Sickle Case
Lynn Brock · 1938
Follow the Saint
Leslie Charteris · 1938
Murder at the New York World's Fair
Phoebe Atwood Taylor · 1938
The Cut Direct
Phoebe Atwood Taylor · 1938
Fourfingers
Lynn Brock · 1939
The Riddle of the Roost
Lynn Brock · 1939
Cold Steal
Phoebe Atwood Taylor · 1939
The Happy Highwayman
Leslie Charteris · 1939