Classic Crime Stories
13 Tales from Edgar Allan Poe to Lawrence Block
Dover Edition
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Publication
2007 - Dover Publications, Mineola, NY
Language
English
Word Count
73,250 words, Guess
Page Count
293 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveclassiccrimestor0000unse
- ISBN-10048645682X
- ISBN-139780486456829
- Goodreads59666608
- Library of Congress Control Number2007012780
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Number104893009
- OCLC Control Number836529919
- Better World Books9780486456829
- Open LibraryOL7640437M
Classifications
- DDC823.087208
- LCCPS648.D4 C53 2007
- LCCPS648.D4C53 2007
Description
The murders in the Rue Morgue / Edgar Allan Poe [A Scandal in Bohemia](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930611W) / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A costume piece / E. W. Hornung The case of Miss Elliott / Baroness Orczy The problem of Cell 13 / Jacques Futrelle The blue cross / G. K. Chesterton The case of Oscar Brodski / R. Austin Freeman The staircase at heart's delight / Anna Katharine Green The gutting of Couffignal / Dashiell Hammett Pastorale / James M. Cain I'll be waiting / Raymond Chandler Slowly, slowly in the wind / Patricia Highsmith By the dawn's early light / Lawrence Block
Description
Prepare for sleuthful suspense at its very best! This anthology of tantalizing tales includes thirteen of literature's finest crime stories. Enjoy the genre's most glittering jewels, including the first detective story ever written, Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue," and G. K. Chesterton's "The Blue Cross," the mystery that introduced the world-famous Father Brown. This collection also boasts such crime classics as: • "A Scandal in Bohemia" (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) • "The Gutting of Couffignal" (Dashiell Hammett) • "I'll Be Waiting" (Raymond Chandler) • "The Problem of Cell 13" (Jacques Futrelle) • "By the Dawn's Early Light" (Lawrence Block) and six more thrill-filled masterpieces. A short-story collection of unforgettable plots, murder methods, clues, and characters, Classic Crime Stories will satisfy readers' appetites for the expertly crafted whodunit!
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