Subject heading
Mystery and detective stories
87 books carry this heading. It is a source-library term, kept as recorded; related traditions and headings below are drawn from co-occurrence, not editorial judgment.
Related traditions
- Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists35
- Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends22
- Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis10
- Ancient religions, animism, and ritual10
- Legendary beings and transformations5
- Parapsychology and psychical research4
- Out-of-body, astral, and dream studies4
- UFOs, extraterrestrials, and contact3
Related subjects
- Fiction68
- Children's fiction61
- Juvenile fiction54
- Detective and mystery stories26
- Horror stories26
- Horror tales23
- Ghost stories18
- Ghosts18
- Short Stories18
- horror17
- Classic Literature14
- Horror fiction13
- murder13
- Ghosts, fiction12
- Haunted houses12
- Supernatural12
- monograms12
- Gothic fiction11
- Mountaineering11
- Ratiocination11
Books
Open in Browse87 books
Era
The Accident
Diane Hoh
1991
The Creeping Shadow
Jonathan Stroud
2016
The Empty Grave
Jonathan Stroud
2017
The Hollow Boy
Jonathan Stroud
2015
The Mediator
Meg Cabot
2001
The Screaming Staircase
Jonathan Stroud
2013
The Secret Window
Betty Ren Wright
1982
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Stephenie Meyer
2009
The Stepsister
Robert Lawrence Stine
1990
The Whispering Skull
Jonathan Stroud
2014
The Window
Carol Ellis
1992
The case of the U.S. Navy adventure
Deborah Perlberg
2004
The flying saucer mystery
Carolyn Keene
1980
The magnificent Lizzie Brown and the ghost ship
Vicki Lockwood
2015
The gold bug, The purloined letter, and other tales (Eleonora / Gold-Bug / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart)
Edgar Allan Poe
1898