Great Tales of Detection

Nineteen Stories

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Author

Dorothy L. Sayers

Contributions

Sayers, Dorothy L. 1893-1957. - Contributor

Publication

1976 - Dent, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

95,500 words, Guess

Page Count

382 pages

Identifiers

Internet Archivegreattalesofdete00saye
ISBN-100460009281
ISBN-100460019287
ISBN-139780460009287
ISBN-139780460019286

and 3 more

LibraryThing1899267
Library of Congress Control Number77377731
Open LibraryOL4613800M

Classifications

DDC823/.0872
LCCPZ1 .G79884 1976
LCCPR1309.D4 .G79884 1976

Description

This classic collection brings together nineteen of the greatest detective tales ever written, spanning between them a period of a hundred years. They range from Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Purloined Letter', one of the earliest examples of the genre, through Agatha Christie's 'perfect murder' in 'Philomel Cottage' to the cunningly constructed 'The Mystery of The Sleeping-Car Express' by Freeman Wills Crofts. The authors included are: H.C. Bailey E. C. Bentley Anthony Berkeley Ernest Bramah Thomas Burke G. K. Chesterton Agatha Christie Wilkie Collins Freeman Wills Croft R. Austin Freeman Edgar Jepson and Robert Eustace Milward Kennedy C. Daly King John Rhode Father Ronald Knox Edgar Allan Poe Dorothy L. Sayers Robert Louis Stevenson Henry Wade