by Otto Penzler
First published 2003
A locked-room murder. A vanishing corpse. A coded message from beyond the grave. Fifty of the sharpest, strangest mysteries from the greatest crime writers of all time - including Poe, Doyle, and Hemingway - dare you to solve the unsolvable. Can you unravel these deadly schemes before the final twist?
Genres: short-stories, mystery, crime
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Paris, London, Baker Street, John F. Kennedy International Airport, New Jersey, Rabbit Room
Period: 1890
567 pages · Hardcover · Dove Books