The World of mystery fiction
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Author
Contributions
- Gilbert, Elliot L. - Contributor
Publication
1978 - University Extension, University of California, San Diego, in cooperation with Publisher's Inc., San Diego, Calif, California
Language
English
Word Count
110,250 words, Guess
Page Count
441 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveworldofmysteryfi0000unse
- ISBN-100891630422
- ISBN-100891630414
- ISBN-139780891630425
- ISBN-139780891630418
and 5 more
- LibraryThing4055581
- Goodreads10700556
- Library of Congress Control Number78002272
- OCLC Control Number3706676
- Open LibraryOL4715907M
Classifications
- DDC808.83/872
- LCCPN6071.D45 W67 1978
- LCCPZ1 .W6899
and 1 more
- LCCPN6071.D45 .W6899
Description
Victims of my graft / Vidocq -- The prison mazas / William Russell -- Confession found in a prison / Charles Dickens -- Three detective anecdotes / Charles Dickens -- Murders in the rue morgue / Edgar Allan Poe -- [Purloined Letter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41065W) / Edgar Allan Poe / [Tell-tale Heart](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41059W) / Edgar Allan Poe -- [A scandal in Bohemia](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930611W) / Arthur Conan Doyle -- [The red-headed league](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262476W) / Arthur Conan Doyle -- [The adventure of the speckled band](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262561W) / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The problem of cell 13 / Jacques Futrelle -- The oracle of the dog / G.K. Chesterson -- The doomdorf mystery / Melville Davisson Post -- The coin of Dionysius / Ernest Bramah -- Uncle Meleger's will / Dorothy L. Sayers -- The mad tea party / Ellery Queen -- Crime in the rue Sainte-Catherine / Georges Simenon -- The house in Turk Street / Dashiell Hammett -- I'll be waiting / Raymond Chandler -- Murder at the automat / Cornell Woolrich -- The sleeping dog / Ross Macdonald -- The absent-minded coterie / Robert Barr -- The chocolate box / Agatha Christie -- Death and the compass / Jorge Luis Borges.
Description
Includes mystery stories by Vidocq, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ellery Queen, Georges Simenon, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich, Ross Macdonald, Agatha Christie, and Jorge Luis Borges.
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