Great Detectives
Agatha Christie
About this book
From Sam Spade to Philip Marlowe, Nero Wolfe, Lord Peter Wimsey, and the formidable Ellery Queen, Great Detectives assembles the star sleuths of the past century in a dazzling array of classic tales. There has never been a collection to match this one, featuring sixteen short stories by the best mystery writers from England and America. --From dust jacket. Contents: Foreword / David Willis McCullough -- The big bow mystery / Israel Zangwill -- The queen's square / Dorothy L. Sayers -- The invisible man / G.K…
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Quiet, observational, and lightly philosophical — the prose is the point. Best for readers who already enjoy literary fiction and aren't reading for plot. Frustrates anyone expecting clear stakes.
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