A
collection of mysteries from a host of best-selling mystery writers features
tales by Dick Francis, Graham Greene, Lawrence Bloch, Sarah Paretsky, Loren D.
Estleman, John Lutz, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, and others.
Contents:
Introduction,
by Robert Bloch; Foreword, by John Lutz; Out the window, by Lawrence Block; Major
crimes, by Loren D. Estleman; Silent warning, by William J. Carroll, Jr.; The Third
Man, by Graham Greene; The Cross of Lorraine, by Isaac Asimov; Nameless Enemy,
by Miriam Allen DeFord; Tragedy of a Handkerchief, by Michael Innes; UNC Foils Show
Foe, by John Jakes; Dangerows Widows, by Mignon G. Eberhardt; Ride the Lightning,
by John Lutz; Till Tuesday, by Jeremiah Healy; The Day of the Losers, by Dick
Francis; The Case of the Pietro Andromache, by Sara Paretsky; Susu and the 8:30
Ghost, by Lillian Jackson Braun; The Investigation of Things, by Charles Aardai;
The Trailor Murder Mystery, by Abraham Lincoln; The Importance of Trifles, by Avram
Davidson; The Double-Barrelled Detective Story, by Mark Twain; The Adventure of
the Oval Window, by John H. Ddirckx; Your Appointment is Cancelled, by Antonia
Fraser; Le Chateau de L'Arsenic, by Georges Simenon; The Nine Mile Walk, by Harry
Kemelman; Crime in Rhyme, by Robert Bloch; The Purloined Letter, by Edgar Allan
Poe; The Man with the Twisted Lip, by Arthur Conan Doyle.