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With so many mysteries and true crime books out there, it's easy to forget some of the classics that shaped the genre. This page features some of our personal favorites completely free! We hope you enjoy them as much as us. Feel free to share these books however you please.
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Eugene Aram by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
From the famed author of The Last Days of Pompeii, Eugene Aram is a story of love and murder, with a reclusive scholar finally ending his loneliness when he falls in love with his neighbor. This bliss is threatened by a snooping cousin, who unearths a shocking secret from Eugene’s past. Can love survive under the black specter of murder? It is based on the infamous murderer of the same name.
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The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
This exciting tale of love, greed and insanity is not only one of the first mystery novels, but also created the genre of “sensation” novels, which deliciously blend criminal bios to Gothic romance. Follow Walter Hartright as he falls in love with an escaped inmate from a local asylum. But not all is at it seems, as this “woman in white” is engaged to another man, who has his heart set more on money than love.
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Jack Sheppard by William Harrison Ainsworth
Dive into the dark London underworld with this fascinating novel based on the exploits of real-life thief Jack Sheppard. Shocking in its bluntness, Ainsworth follows the life of criminal Jack Sheppard, who begins his life of crime after seeing his father both corrupted then executed. His life takes a shocking turn when he befriends a man named Blueskin who involves him in a murder.
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Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Perhaps one of the most unsettling novels of the 1800s, this Victorian tale describes the ultimate bored housewife, whose unhappiness leads to murder, promiscuousness, and child abandonment. But is she insane, or just stifled under the restrictive world of Victorian England? Do not judge this woman until you have read her story!
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McTeague by Frank Norris
The basis for Erich von Stroheim’s classic film Greed, McTeague is the story of a dentist whose wife wins the lottery. This happiness is short lived, as the couple rapidly plummets into poverty, with McTeague losing his job and the couple falling into increasingly desperate circumstances, eventually leading to murder.
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The Mystery of Marie Roget by Edgar Allan Poe
No one knew crime better than Poe, and The Mystery of Marie Roget stands as the first true crime novel. While the names have been changed, Marie Roget takes its story from the murder of Mary Cecilia Rogers, and follows detective C. Auguste Dupin as he gathers evidence in an attempt to solve the murder mystery.
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The American Claimant by Mark Twain
A delightful tale of downward mobility, where the son of a British Earl travels to America and loses his identification in a series of misadventures. Life grows progressively worse for the Earl, as his life takes a criminal turn. Only Twain could make the corruption of the American Dream a fun filled page turner!
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