Detective Stories from the Strand

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• Strand (London, England)

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I The great detectives. The vampire of the village / G.K. Chesterton -- The dream / Agatha Christie -- The ginger king / A.E.W. Mason -- The ministering angel / E.C. Bentley -- Tokay of the comet year / H. Warner Allen II Legal niceties. -- A point of law / Somerset Maugham -- Not guilty / Will Scott -- III The twist. The idol's eye / Sapper -- The perfect crime / Seamark -- The intruder / Augustus Muir -- Cast-iron alibi / Richard Keverne -- IV Rogues, knaves, and fortune-hunters. A deal in old masters / Aldous Huxley -- Private water / A.J. Alan -- A gift from the Nabob / D.L. Murray -- The episcopal seal / J. Maclaren-Ross -- V Mostly murder. The interruption / W.W. Jacobs -- The Chobham affair / Edgar Wallace -- By kind permission of the murdered man / Hylton Cleaver -- In view of the audience / Marguerite Steen -- The man who dreamed too much / Quentin Reynolds -- Inquest / Loel Yeo -- VI The master. [The adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20621973) / Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventure of the creeping man / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The adventure of the lion's mane / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The adventure of the first class carriage / Ronald Knox.

Description

This collection which will delight all enthusiasts of crime fiction from the Golden Age of detective writing contains twenty-five mystery and detection, all first published in "The Strand Magazine," one of the most successful and influential popular magazines of its time (1891-1950). Making its mark immediately with the publicaiton of the first Sherlock Holmes stories, "The Strand" continued to publish high quality detective fiction.

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• Detective Stories from the StrandHardcoverOxford University Press1991-01-01
• Detective stories from the StrandOxford University Press1992-01-01