| Description |
492 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
American mystery classics |
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Otto Penzler's classic American mystery library.
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| Contents |
Elsewhen / Anthony Boucher -- Whistler's murder / Fredric Brown -- Third bullet / John Dickson Carr -- Fingerprint ghost / Joseph Commings -- Calico dog / Mignon G Eberhart -- Exact opposite / Erle Stanley Gardner -- Light at three o'clock / MacKinlay Kantor -- Episode of the nail and the requiem / C. Daly King -- Riddle of the yellow canary / Stuart Palmer -- House of haunts / Ellery Queen -- From another world / Clayton Rawson -- His heart could break / Craig Rice -- Murder among magicians / Manly Wade Wellman -- Murder at the automat / Cornell Woolrich. |
| Summary |
"For devotees of the Golden Age mystery, the impossible crime story represents the period's purest form: it presents the reader with a baffling scenario (a corpse discovered in a windowless room locked from the inside, perhaps), lays out a set of increasingly confounding clues, and swiftly delivers an ingenious and satisfying solution. During the years between the two world wars, the best writers in the genre strove to outdo one another with unfathomable crime scenes and brilliant explanations, and the puzzling and clever tales they produced in those brief decades remain unmatched to this day"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories, American.
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Short stories, American.
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| Genre |
Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Penzler, Otto, editor.
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Boucher, Anthony, 1911-1968.
Elsewhen.
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Brown, Fredric, 1906-1972.
Whistler's murder.
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Carr, John Dickson, 1906-1977.
Third bullet.
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Commings, Joseph, 1913-1992.
Fingerprint ghost.
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Eberhart, Mignon G. (Mignon Good), 1899-1996.
Calico dog.
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Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889-1970.
Exact opposite.
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Kantor, MacKinlay, 1904-1977.
Light at three o'clock.
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King, C. Daly, 1895-1963.
Episode of the nail and the requiem.
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Palmer, Stuart, 1905-1968.
Riddle of the yellow canary.
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Queen, Ellery, 1916-2013.
House of haunts.
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| ISBN |
9781613163283 hc. |
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9781613163290 pbk. |
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