The Mystery Hall of Fame: An Anthology of Classic Mystery and Suspense Stories
by Bill Pronzini (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Charles Waugh (Editor)
Mystery Writers of America Anthology (1984)
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An anthology of classic mystery and suspense stories selected by the Mystery Writers of America.Tags
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Bill Pronzini was born in Petaluma, California on April 13, 1943. His first novel, The Stalker, was published in 1971. He is best known for his creation of the Nameless Detective Mystery series, as well as several westerns and novels of dark suspense. He has been a full time writer since 1969. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more show more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. He has won numerous awards including three Shamus Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Mystery Writers of America. His book Snowbound received the Grand Prix de la Litterature Policiere, as the best crime novel published in France in 1988. Pronzini has established himself as a master of the Western novel as well as earning a name for himself in the dark fiction genre. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 - June 25, 2011) was an American academic and speculative fiction anthologist. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books; he was also a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel. Some of his anthologies included: Past Imperfect (2001), Once Upon a Galaxy show more (2002) and Sirius: The Dog Star (2004). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Mystery Hall of Fame: An Anthology of Classic Mystery and Suspense Stories
- Original title
- The Mystery Hall of Fame
- Alternate titles
- The Purloined Letter (by Edgar Allen Poe) (by Edgar Allen Poe); The Adventure of the Speckeled Band (by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) (by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle); The Oracle of the Dog (by G.K. Chesterton) (by G.K. Chesterton); The Monkey's Paw (by W.W. Jacobs) (by W.W. Jacobs); The Problem of Cell 13 (by Jacques Futrelle) (by Jacques Futrelle); The Hands of Mr. Otermole (by Thomas Burke) (by Thomas Burke) (show all 20); The Two Bottles of Relish (by Lord Dunsany) (by Lord Dunsany); The Gutting of Couffignal (by Dashiell Hammett) (by Dashiell Hammett); Accident (by Agatha Christie) (by Agatha Christie); Red Wind (by Raymond Chandler) (by Raymond Chandler); Rear Window (by Cornell Woolrich) (by Cornell Woolrich); The House in Goblin Wood (by John Dickson Carr) (by John Dickson Carr); Don't Look Behind You (by Fredric Brown) (by Fredric Brown); The Nine Mile Walk (by Harry Kemelman) (by Harry Kemelman); The Specialty of the House (by Stanley Ellin) (by Stanley Ellin); Love Lies Bleeding (by Philip MacDonald) (by Philip MacDonald); Lamb to the Slaughter (by Roald Dahl) (by Roald Dahl); No Parking (by Ellery Queen) (by Ellery Queen); The Oblong Room (by Edward D. Hoch) (by Edward D. Hoch); Sweet Fever (by Bill Pronzini) (by Bill Pronzini)
- Original publication date
- 1984
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- Fiction and Literature, Mystery
- DDC/MDS
- 813.0872 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Mystery fiction
- LCC
- PS648 .D4 .M9 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Collections of American literature Prose (General)
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