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Cover of Fourteen Great Detective Stories
First published
1949
Publisher
Modern Library
Pages
464 pages

Fourteen Great Detective Stories

The outer archives are busy

by Howard Haycraft

About this book

A revised edition of the work of the same title edited by Vincent Starrett in 1928. Contents: [Purloined Letter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41065W) / by Edgar Allan Poe -- [The red-headed league](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262476W) / by Arthur Conan Doyle -- The problem of cell 13 / by Jacques Futrelle -- The case of Oscar Brodski / by R. Austin Freeman -- The blue cross / by G.K. Chesterton -- The age of miracles / by Melville Davisson Post -- The little mystery / by E.C. Bentley -- The third-floor flat / by Agatha Christie -- The yellow slugs / by H.C. Bailey -- The bone of contention / by Dorothy L. Sayers -- The adventure of the African traveler / by Ellery Queen -- Instead of evidence / by Rex Stout -- The house in Goblin Wood / by Carter Dickson -- The dancing detective / by Cornell Woolrich.

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