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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.

The Stoat
Lynn Brock · 1940
The Wicked Flee
Anne Hocking · 1940
Portrait of Jennie
Robert Nathan · 1940
The Left Leg
Phoebe Atwood Taylor · 1940
The Woman in Red
Lucy Beatrice Malleson · 1941
Before the Storm
Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes · 1941
A Taste for Honey
Gerald Heard · 1941
Marihuana
Cornell Woolrich · 1941
The G-String Murders
Gypsy Rose Lee · 1941
The Hollow Chest
Phoebe Atwood Taylor · 1941
The Scarlet Button
Lucy Beatrice Malleson · 1944
Dead Ernest
Phoebe Atwood Taylor · 1944
Death of an Author
Cecil Street · 1947
The Iron Clew
Phoebe Atwood Taylor · 1947
Sudden Fear
Edna Sherry · 1948
Saint Errant
Leslie Charteris · 1948
A Nice Cup of Tea
Lucy Beatrice Malleson · 1950
The Saint in Europe
Leslie Charteris · 1953
Madam, Will You Talk?
Mary Stewart · 1954
The Saint on the Spanish Main
Leslie Charteris · 1955
Fear is the Same
John Dickson Carr · 1956
Horikoshi Sōsa Ikkachō-dono
Edogawa Ranpo · 1956
The Saint Around the World
Leslie Charteris · 1956
Thanks to the Saint
Leslie Charteris · 1957
Señor Saint
Leslie Charteris · 1958
The Ghost at Skeleton Rock
Franklin W. Dixon · 1958
Point Zero
Seichō Matsumoto · 1959
The Hardy Boys Detective Handbook
Franklin W. Dixon · 1959
The Saint to the Rescue
Leslie Charteris · 1959
Beauty in a Pot
Seishi Yokomizo · 1960
The Blue Man
Kin Platt · 1961
Dead Cert
Dick Francis · 1962
The Demoniacs
John Dickson Carr · 1962
Trust the Saint
Leslie Charteris · 1962
The Men Who Explained Miracles
John Dickson Carr · 1963
The Saint in the Sun
Leslie Charteris · 1963
The Croaking Raven
1966
The Herb of Death
Agatha Christie · 1966
The Cool Cottontail
John Ball · 1966
Necklace and Calabash
Robert van Gulik · 1967
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern
Lilian Jackson Braun · 1967
The Last One Left
John D. MacDonald · 1967
The Saint and the Fiction Makers
Leslie Charteris · 1968
They Never Came Home
Lois Duncan · 1968
Mystery of the Whale Tattoo
Franklin W. Dixon · 1968
Poets and Murder
Robert van Gulik · 1968
The Cat Who Turned On and Off
Lilian Jackson Braun · 1968
The Secret House of Death
Ruth Rendell · 1968