"The Mystery of the Sycamore" is an early type of detective story, falling somewhere between Conan Doyle's genius Sherlock Holmes and Hammett's tough-guy Sam Spade. It contains elements of the Gothic...

Sir Herbert Binney, millionaire owner of ‘Binney’s Buns,’ is found murdered in the ritzy lobby of the New York apartment hotel where he lives with his mother and aunt. The two women are bun-baking competitors...

As I look back on my life, eventful enough in spots, but placid, even monotonous in the long stretches between spots, I think the greatest thrill I ever experienced was when I saw the dead body of Sampson...

Yes, that’s my bag. I left it at the lace counter. Thank you. Please give it to me. What? I must prove property? Why, don’t you see it’s mine? That twisty silver monogram on the side is really E. C. S....

"Well, by the Great Catamaran! I think it's the most footle business I ever heard of! A regulation, clinker-built, angle-iron, sunk-hinge family feud, carried on by two women! Women! conducting a feud!...

Deep Lake, in Wisconsin, had a curious and sinister charm. By day it was a charming resort for summer visitors, but by night its character took on sinister depth like the swirl of its own waters. The...

For one, I have never been one of those who apologize for my frank and never-ending delight in mystery stories. Their mazes have led me unwearied through miles of printed pages, and if only the problem...

Carolyn Wells was an American author and poet. Wells wrote well over 100 books of children's and detective fiction. In addition to the incredible tales collected in the Eternal Feminine, this edition...

A wealthy entrepreneur is found murdered in the study of his lavish New Jersey mansion. Suspects include a retinue of servants, a beautiful niece, a private secretary and a will. Circumstantial evidence...

Quite aside from its natural characteristics, there is an atmosphere about a college town, especially a New England college town, that is unmistakable. It is not so much actively intellectual as passively...

Ptomaine Street (1921) by Carolyn Wells is a Jazz Age story about Warble Petticoat--who begins life as Warble Mildew, is promptly expelled from school for putting a caterpillar done the neck of another...

As the character of a woman may be accurately deduced from her handkerchief, so a man's mental status is evident from the way he opens his mail. Curtis Keefe, engaged in this daily performance, slit the...

"Well, by the Great Catamaran! I think it's the most footle business I ever heard of! A regulation, clinker-built, angle-iron, sunk-hinge family feud, carried on by two women! Women! conducting a feud!...

A respectable young attorney in New York City, Otis Landon has barely settled into his new living quarters when an incident occurs in a neighboring apartment that he cannot, in good conscience, ignore....

Raspberry Jam Carolyn Wells - Renowned detective Fleming Stone is back again in this captivating whodunit with some spooky supernatural elements. When a titan of industry is found dead in his lavish apartment,...

In Carolyn Wells' novel 'The Luminous Face,' readers are transported into a realm of mystery, suspense, and romance. Set in the early 20th century, the book follows the journey of a young woman who becomes...

As I look back on my life, eventful enough in spots, but placid, even monotonous in the long stretches between spots, I think the greatest thrill I ever experienced was when I saw the dead body of Sampson...

As the character of a woman may be accurately deduced from her handkerchief, so a man's mental status is evident from the way he opens his mail. Curtis Keefe, engaged in this daily performance, slit the...

A locked-room mystery is solved by detective Fleming Stone. Sanford Embury refused to give his wife an allowance of spending cash or even a checking account. He pays all the bills and her store charge...

Detective Pennington Wise and his assistant Zizi have yet another 'locked room' mystery to solve. The Varian family have rented a house for the summer, built on a cliff and surrounded by water on three...

'The Affair at Flower Acres' is the seventh in the Pennington Wise series of mystery novels from prolific author Carolyn Wells. Douglas Raynor is the owner of the beautiful estate of Flower Acres, where...

'The Eternal Feminine' is a collection of short stories from the prolific American author Carolyn Wells. Tales in the collection include 'The Night Before Christmas', 'Taking Care of Uncle' and 'At the...

Young schoolgirls Dotty Rose and Dolly Fayre are struggling to find peace and quiet in their respective family homes in which to study and do their schoolwork. Dotty's father draws up plans to build the...

Justin Arnold's abrupt disappearance from his own mansion cuts his weekend festivities short. When local police are unable to locate him, a missing person case quickly becomes a murder investigation,...

Myra Heath is a woman of few luxuries. She does not use cosmetics, she runs her business with precision and frugality, and she likes to pretend that her marriage is a happy one. In fact, the only two...

Victoria Van Allen is something of a riddle for her neighbour, Chester Calhoun. Known as Vicky Van to her friends, she is somewhat avant-garde but respected nonetheless. When a millionaire is stabbed...

In 'Two Little Women on a Holiday' we pick up with teenagers Dotty Rose and Dolly Fayre as they take a holiday to New York, alongside their friends Bernice and Alicia. The girls are enthralled by the...

Robert Gleason died of suicide. At least that's what he told his doctor when he called to inform him he had been shot. When his doctor arrived at his apartment though, it appeared that things were not...

Sam Appleby pays a weekend visit to Sycamore Ridge, Dan Wheeler's Connecticut estate. His intentions are not innocent, however, as they are old political rivals, and Appleby wants Wheeler's support for...

A group of wealthy New Yorkers. An interest in the supernatural. A haunted cabin deep into the mountains of Vermont. What could go wrong? When a bizarre summer vacation results in the death of two of...