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101 Years' Entertainment: The Great Detective Stories 1841-1941
101 Years' Entertainment The Great Detective Stories 18411941 Author:Ellery Queen (Editor) THIS BOOK IS A REUNION IN A SINGLE VOLUME OF THE GREAT SURVIVORS OF THE FLOURISHING DETECTIVE FAMILY. MR. QUEEN, IN HIS INTRODUCTION, DESCRIBES THIS BOOK AS "HALF A HUNDRED TALES IN WHICH YOU WILL FIND: ROBBERY, SUICIED, MURDER, KIDNAPING, EXTORTION, AND ASSORTED ROGUERIES; POISONS, DIRKS, BLUDGEONS, REVOLVERS, HUNTING RIFLES, STRANGLING CORDS, ... more »AXES, AND EVEN MURDER BY STARVATION; OLD WILLS, LADDERS IN THE NIGHT, BLOODSTAINS, GREEK SUBSCRIPTIONS, THERMOS BOTTLES, ANCIENT COINS, HANDCUFFS, MYSTERIOUS CODES, FINGERPRINTS BY THE BARREL, CLOCKS, OLD MASTERS, SEALING WAX, PRECIOUS GEMS..." WHO COULD ASK FOR MORE?« less