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Young mystery fans will be enthralled by this compelling volume of detective fiction that includes both classic and contemporary writers such as Italo Calvino, Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, Damon Runyon, and Andrew Vachss.

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First Sentence edit see section history

OF ALL THE HEROES in story, one of my favorites is the detective.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Philip Pullman (Editor)

Other Contributors:

  1. Arthur Conan Doyle (Contributor) - The Speckled Band
  2. Dorothy L. Sayers (Contributor) - The Inspiration of M. Budd
  3. Erich Kastner (Contributor) - Email and the Detectives
  4. Damon Runyon (Contributor) - Butch Minds the Baby
  5. Michael Underwood (Contributor) - Murder at St. Oswald's
  6. Isaac Asimov (Contributor) - The Cross of Lorraine
  7. Agatha Christie (Contributor) - The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
  8. Ellery Queen (Contributor) - Cold Money
  9. Tony Fletcher (Contributor) - Fingerprinting a Ghost
  10. Andrew Vacchs (Contributor) - It's a Hard World
  11. Stephen Leacock (Contributor) - Maddened by Mystery, or, The Defective Detective

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Kingfisher
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0753451468
Page Count: 223

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PZ5 .D48 1998
  • Dewey: 813.54

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