Disaster Books in Order

Mystery writer Jacques Futrelle investigates a passenger’s death inside a locked Titanic cabin. Conducting his inquiry discreetly among first-class travelers, he uncovers hidden motives while the liner’s voyage continues toward disaster and a killer remains aboard.

A vanished passenger and a suspected bomb threat prompt mystery writer Leslie Charteris to investigate aboard the Hindenburg. Discovering links to Nazi surveillance, he searches for a killer while fearing a wider plot against the airship.

Edgar Rice Burroughs and his son investigate a singer’s murder in Honolulu shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Her connections to military officers and suspected spies raise questions beyond the apparent explanation of romantic jealousy.

Journalist Willard Huntington Wright boards the Lusitania and discovers suspicious wartime cargo and murdered German stowaways. With fellow passenger Philomina Vance, he investigates a shipboard mystery while the liner faces dangers beyond its own decks.

Working in a London hospital during the Blitz, Agatha Christie becomes involved in murders resembling Jack the Ripper's crimes. She joins forensic expert Sir Bernard Spilsbury to investigate amid wartime blackouts and the threat of bombing.

Writer Walter Gibson visits Orson Welles's studio shortly before the 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast and discovers a body. With Welles under suspicion, Gibson has limited time to investigate before the performance begins.