Ten Great Mysteries

by Howard Haycraft (Editor), John Beecroft (Editor)

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Currently re-reading because the first mystery in the volume is The Maltese Falcon, this year's Big Read selection in Wichita. I wish this hadn't been chosen as a community read. It's drenched in unredeeming and unredeemed machismo and homophobia that are difficult to stomach. For all its merits as a classic in the genre, or even the representative classic of its genre, it's an unfortunate choice for a community event. I hope we'll see some discussion of the difficult aspects of the book, but I'm not holding my breath.

As I recall, the other mysteries in the volume are all pretty good, especially the Peter Wimsey story, which is one of the few genuinely light-hearted Wimseys.
nice anthology. Good selection of mysteries by well-known authors

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Canonical title
Ten Great Mysteries
Original publication date
1959
First words
[Introduction] As every reader knows, there is virtually no limit to the number of ways a mystery anthology can be put together.
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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)[Introduction] We hope that you enjoy them as much as we have.
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Stories included:
  • The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
  • The Learned Adventure of the Dragon's Head by Dorothy L. Sayers
  • The Case of the Crying Swallow by Erle Stanley Gardner
  • The Witness for th... (show all)e Prosecution by Agatha Christie
  • The Adventure of the President's Half Disme by Ellery Queen
  • The Case of the Late Pig by Margery Allingham
  • No Motive by Daphne du Maurier
  • Die Like a Dog by Rex Stout
  • The Dancing Detective by William Irish
  • The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey

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Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
808.83Literature & rhetoricLiterature, rhetoric & criticismCompositionLiterature CollectionsCollections of fiction
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PZ1 .H323 .TLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction in English

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