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Great Tales of Detection (1936)

by Anonymous

Other authors: Margery Allingham (Contributor), Bertram Atkey (Contributor), Stacy Aumonier (Contributor), F. Britten Austin (Contributor), H.C. Bailey (Contributor)15 more, Anthony Berkeley (Contributor), G.K. Chesterton (Contributor), J.J. Connington (Contributor), Freeman Wills Crofts (Contributor), Lord Dunsany (Contributor), Gerard Fairlie (Contributor), Austin Freeman (Contributor), O. Henry (Contributor), Milward Kennedy (Contributor), A.E.W. Mason (Contributor), Augustus Muir (Contributor), Baroness Emmuska Orczy (Contributor), Seamark (Contributor), Ralph Straus (Contributor), Edgar Wallace (Contributor)

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This collection features 42 crime stories by authors such as Margery Allingham, G.K. Chesterton, Edgar Wallace and L.P. Hartley.
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The title is a little misleading perhaps it should be Great Tales of Detection and Suspense, some really good contributions from writers I've never heard of before, and great ones from the heavy hitters. ( )
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Anonymousprimary authorall editionscalculated
Allingham, MargeryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Atkey, BertramContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Aumonier, StacyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Austin, F. BrittenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bailey, H.C.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Berkeley, AnthonyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Chesterton, G.K.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Connington, J.J.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Crofts, Freeman WillsContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dunsany, LordContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Fairlie, GerardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Freeman, AustinContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Henry, O.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kennedy, MilwardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mason, A.E.W.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Muir, AugustusContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Orczy, Baroness EmmuskaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
SeamarkContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Straus, RalphContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wallace, EdgarContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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This collection features 42 crime stories by authors such as Margery Allingham, G.K. Chesterton, Edgar Wallace and L.P. Hartley.

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Contains:
  • The Magic Casket / Austin Freeman
  • President of San Jacinto / H.C. Bailey
  • Outside the Law / Anthony Berkeley
  • Regent's Park Murder / Baroness Orczy
  • They Never Get Caught / Margery Allingham
  • Before Insulin / J.J. Connington
  • Perfect Murder / Stacy Aumonier
  • Shadow of the Shark / G.K. Chesterton
  • The Marionettes / O. Henry
  • Diamond Cut Diamond / F. Britten Austin
  • Murder at the Microphone / Augustus Muir
  • Death in the Kitchen / Milward Kennedy
  • Vertical Line / Freeman Wills Crofts
  • Clue of Monday's Setting / Edgar Wallace
  • Ghost of a Smile / Gerard Fairlie
  • Sons of the Chief Warder / Bertram Atkey
  • Query / Seamark
  • The Room on the Fourth Floor / Ralph Straus
  • Wounded God / A.E.W. Mason
  • The Electric King / Lord Dunsany
  • Charles / A.J. Alan
  • Funeral March of a Marionette / John Metcalfe
  • The Interruption / W.W. Jacobs
  • Nobody at Home / C.D. Heriot
  • St. Catherine's Eve / Mrs. Belloc Lowndes
  • The Screaming Skull / F. Marion Crawford
  • The Idiots / Joseph Conrad
  • The Vampire / Sydney Horler
  • The Interlopers / Saki
  • Travelling Grave / L.P. Hartley
  • The Tell-Tale Heart / Edgar Allan Poe
  • Bird Woman / H. Spicer
  • The Dabblers / W. Fryer Harvey
  • Marsyas in Flanders / Vernon Lee
  • Room / Eleanor Scott
  • Florence Flannery / Marjorie Bowen
  • Ghost at Massingham Mansions / Ernest Bramah
  • The House on the Big Faraway / Norman Matson
  • Madam Julia's Tale / Naomi Royde-Smith
  • The Cigarette Case / Oliver Onions
  • A Pair of Hands / Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
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