Add Item to wish list Add Item to wish list

Now through 07/05/26 Premium & Rewards Members Earn Double Stamps! 10 stamps = $5 reward

Collect stamps to save with Rewards. 10 stamps = $5. Learn More

Formats

Select a store to view item availability.

Available on compatible , the free NOOK App, and in My Digital Library

NOOK App

Download NOOK app

NOOK Devices

NOOK eReaders

NOOK GlowLight 4 Plus
NOOK GlowLight 4e
NOOK GlowLight 4
NOOK GlowLight Plus 7.8"
NOOK GlowLight 3
NOOK GlowLight Plus 6"

NOOK Tablets

NOOK 9" Lenovo Tablet
NOOK 10" HD Lenovo Tablet
NOOK Tablet 7" & 10.1"
NOOK by Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 [Tab A and Tab 4]
NOOK by Samsung [Tab 4 10.1, S2 & E]

Free NOOK Reading Apps

NOOK for iOS
NOOK for Android

BN.com website

Go to your Digital Library in My Account

Overview

Can you name the first detective novel ever published? For years, many believed it to be Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone, published in 1868. Others speculated it might be Émile Gaboriau's first Monsieur Lecoq novel, L'Affaire Lerouge. Actually, the first modern detective novel predates both of these by several years—Charles Warren Adams's The Notting Hill Mystery, originally published as an eight-part serial in Once A Week magazine in 1862 under the pseudonym Charles Felix, then as a single-...