Great Classic Crime Stories
Tales of Murder, Robbery, Extortion, Blackmail, Forgery, and Worse

A grisly collection of despicable crimes told by some of the world's best writers.1. Charles by A. J. Alan2. The Magic Casket by R. Austin Freeman3. The Game Played in the Dark by Ernest Bramah4. The Hammer of God by G. K. Chesterton5. His Brother’s Keeper by W. W. Jacobs6. The Murder of the Mandarin by Arnold Bennett7. The Murder of the Countess Gorlitz by S. Baring-Gould8. The Shadow of the Shark by G. K. Chesterton9. The Burglary by Arnold Bennett10. The Perfect Murder by Stacy Aumonier11. Blackmail by John Galsworthy12. The Honest Thief by Fyodor Dostoyevsky13. To be taken in Water by George Walter Thornbury14. The Man who stole a Meeting House by John Townsend Trowbridge15. The Great Bank Forgery by Sir Basil Thomson16. Diamond Cut Diamond by F. Britten Austin17. My Adventure at Chislehurst by A. J. Alan18. The Marionettes by O. Henry19. The Inn of the Two Witches by Joseph Conrad20. The Man with the Watches by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle21. The Saloon Passenger by E. W. Hornung22. The Severed Hand by Wilhelm Hauff23. Moon’s Gibbet by Egerton Castle24. A Lucky Number by S. B. Hale25. The Criminal from Lost Honour by Friedrich Schiller26. The Tete Noire by Charles Allston Collins27. The Downfall of Mulligans by Banjo Patterson28. Hunted Down by Charles Dickens29. Old Fags by Stacy Aumonier30. My Favorite Murder by Ambrose Bierce31. The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy32. A Bottomless Grave by Ambrose Bierce