A Collection Of Thirty-three Stories Showing The Scope, Vigour, And Enduring Fascination Of The Detective Story. Introduction -- Stir Outside The Cafe Royal / Clarence Rook -- Silver Blaze / Arthur Conan Doyle -- Mysterious Visitor / R. Austin Freeman -- Case Of Laker, Absconded / Arthur Morrison -- Oracle Of The Dog / G.k. Chesterton -- Genuine Tabard / E.c. Bentley -- Dead Leaves / H.c. Bailey -- Mystery Of The Sleeping-car Express / Freeman Wills Crofts -- Purple Line / John Rhode -- Solved By Inspection / Ronald Knox -- Henpecked Murderer / Roy Vickers -- Superintendent Wilson's Holiday / G.d.h. Cole And M. Cole -- Witness For The Prosecution / Agatha Christie -- Avenging Chance / Anthony Berkeley -- Murder At Pentecost / Dorothy L. Sayers -- Death On The Air / Ngaio Marsh -- Miss Burnside's Dilemma / Cyril Hare -- Daisy Bell / Gladys Mitchell -- Three Is A Lucky Number / Margery Allingham -- Assassins' Club / Nicholas Blake -- House In Goblin Wood / Carter Dickson -- Furies / Michael Innes -- Hornets' Nest / Christianna Brand -- Murderer / Julian Symons -- Killing Of Michael Finnegan / Michael Gilbert -- Murder At St Oswald's / Michael Underwood -- Great Aunt Allie's Flypapers / P.d. James -- Baker Dies / Edmund Crispin And Geoffrey Bush -- Dangerous Thing / H.r.f. Keating -- Thornapple / Ruth Rendell -- Oxford Way Of Death / Robert Barnard -- Bring Back The Cat! / Reginald Hill -- How's Your Mother? / Simon Brett. Edited By Patricia Craig. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [550]-554).
Categories:
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
- Mystery
- Traditional Detectives
- Mystery
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Author : Patricia Craig
Language : English
Edition : First American Edition
Published :1990-08-30
Number Of Pages : 576
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0192141872
ISBN-13 : 9780192141873
Item weight : 1.8 lb
Dimensions : 1.6 in x 5.6 in x 8.5 in
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