Works of Mystery and Detective Fiction
This story marks the debut of C. Auguste Dupin. The unnamed narrator begins by musing on the unique mental challenges presented by the games of chess and whist. Name this story by Edgar Allen Poe.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
This author is best known for his novel Invisible Man, whose unnamed narrator joins a political group called the Brotherhood. This author was born in 1919 and died in 1994. Name this author whose unfinished second novel was published posthumously in a long version called Three Days Before the Shooting… and a short version called Juneteenth?
Ralph Ellison
The book Murder on the Orient Express features Christie’s popular Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. This story was published in 1934. Name the author of this book and the book, And Then There Were None, published in 1940.
Agatha Christie
This novel is published in 1902, was the first Holmes story to appear after “The Final Problem.” what is the name of this book written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Wilkie Collins. Rachel Verinder’s 18th birthday party is marred by the theft of this book.This book is named after a sacred gem plundered from India. What is the name of this book published in 1868?
The Moonstone
This African American author was a leading poet of the Harlem Renaissance. His poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” invokes world rivers like the Euphrates and the Congo. What is the name of this author who wrote the poem “Harlem,” which asks “What happens to a dream deferred?
Langston Hughes
In this book Wealthy patriarch General Sternwood hires private eye Philip Marlowe to help his daughter Carmen. This book was published in 1939. What is the name of the book written by Raymond Chandler.
The Big Sleep
This author won a National Book Award and a Pulitzer for her novel The Color Purple.
Alice Walker