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America's smartest sleuth solves his most puzzling cases yet Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen may look and sound like an egghead scientist--because he is one--but there is no detective in the world villains fear more. With the help of his friend and sidekick, newspaper reporter Hutchison Hatch,... More

Suppose you were locked into one of the most secure prisons in America at the turn of the twentieth century. You've been put into solitary confinement, with periodic inspections by the warden, whom you'd informed that you would escape in less than a week. How would you communicate with the outside, ... More

For the world's most brilliant criminologist, every mystery has a solutionHis name is Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, but to the newspapers he is known as "The Thinking Machine." Slender, stooped, his appearance dominated by his large forehead and perpetual squint, Van Dusen spends his days i... More

A New York jeweler is thrust into international intrigue when a perfect diamond inexplicably appears in the mail A breathtakingly flawless diamond is delivered to accomplished jeweler Harry Latham. Even though he is an expert in his trade, Latham is astonished by the stone's perfection and cannot be... More

Mistaken identity and intrigue abound in this classic mystery tale In the midst of a high-society masquerade ball, someone pulls off a daring heist. Several gold plates have been stolen, their value estimated at $15,000. Even more shocking is the fact that the crime seems to have been committed by a... More

A spy classic of epic proportions by Jacques Futrelle, author of The Thinking Machine Isabel Thorne--half Italian, half British--is a formidable international spy. Employed by the Italian secret service, her mission is to ensure the signing of a secret contract allying Latin countries against Englan... More

This irascible genius, this diminutive egghead scientist, known to the world as "The Thinking Machine," is no less than the newly rediscovered literary link between Sherlock Holmes and Nero Wolfe: Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, who--with only the power of ratiocination--unravels problems of ... More

A treasure trove of mysteries drawn from the case files of the world's cleverest private investigators. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes features many of the consulting detective's best-known cases. "A Scandal in Bohemia" finds Holmes matching wits with--and being outfoxed by--a beautiful American... More