# Murder Investigation Fiction Shelf — library.forgemesh.io

> Murder Investigation Fiction Shelf — library.forgemesh.io is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns a ranked list of up to 50 curated public-domain murder mystery and investigation fiction books, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/murder-investigation-fiction
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/murder-investigation-fiction-shelf-library-forgemesh-io-9e63ac99
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_1HojSqLDf65cW9sh-6Rpa

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability murder-investigation-fiction-shelf-library-forgemesh-io-9e63ac99 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Show me up to 30 public-domain murder mystery novels from the library.forgemesh.io shelf — I want classic detective fiction like Agatha Christie or Lord Peter Wimsey that I can read for free.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-ranked list of public-domain murder mystery and detective fiction books with immediate drill-down access to full text — especially when you want golden-age classics like Agatha Christie or Dorothy Sayers without any licensing overhead. Prefer it over a full-text search endpoint when you want a browseable shelf rather than keyword-matched passages.

## Known failure modes

- Requesting a limit above 50 may return an error or be capped at the maximum
- Payment of $0.003 USDC via x402 is required; missing or invalid payment will result in a 402 error
- Network or service unavailability may result in a timeout or 5xx error

## How this service works

Curated reading list on Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction for tutoring agents, quiz generators, and reading apps — 158 public-domain books (e.g. The murder of Roger Ackroyd, The Big Four, Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel). Full-text retrieval with drill-down routes for chapters, quotes, and citations. No license, no API key required.

## Output

A ranked list of up to 50 public-domain murder mystery and investigation fiction books (defaulting to 20), including titles such as The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The Big Four, and Whose Body?, along with drill-down routes enabling full-text retrieval of each book.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "Max books to return (default 20, max 50)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "books": [
   {
    "year": null,
    "title": "The murder of Roger Ackroyd",
    "author": "Christie, Agatha",
    "book_id": 69087,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 56966
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/murder-investigation-fiction-shelf-library-forgemesh-io-9e63ac99/health.json
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