First published 2017
Twenty-six detective stories gather the finest mystery writers into one collection. Edgar Allan Poe's brilliant detective solves "The Purloined Letter" through pure deduction. Wilkie Collins presents a case where the hunter becomes the hunted in "The Biter Bit." Anna Katherine Green builds suspense around a crucial page number. Rodrigues Ottolengui contributes seven tales featuring precious gems like the Montezuma Emerald and mysterious cases involving duplicate identities. G.K. Chesterton explores the puzzling absence of Mr. Glass. Ernest Bramah offers five stories including railway mysteries and cottage tragedies. Victor Whitechurch sets crimes aboard the Corridor Express. The collection spans from psychological puzzles to jewel heists, from blackmail schemes to abductions. Each story presents a different detective mind at work, solving crimes through observation, logic, and intuition. These masters of mystery craft tales where every clue matters and justice prevails.
Genres: short-stories, 20th-century, mystery, detective, 19th-century
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: detective-fiction, mystery
Period: 19th-Century, 20th-Century
614 pages · Paperback · Independently published