Great Tales of Crime and Detection

About this book

A collection of the most popular and entertaining short stories about the world's most famous detectives. Sherlock Holmes... Miss Marple ... Hercule Poirot ... Maigret ... Albert Campion ... Morse ... Inspector Wexford... Perry Mason... Father Brown... Philip Marlowe... Mike Hammer ... Detective stories are among the most popular reading of today. Famous sleuths trying to match wits in solving cases of crime and murder. The crime-solvers themselves have become household names: amateur detectives like Sherlock Homes, Hercule Poirot and Albert Campion alongside the thorough-going professionals such as the Police Inspectors Van der Valk, Maigret and Morse. Crime stories which have proved an enduring and popular feature for readers on both sides of the Atlantic. In this magnificent omnibus, Peter Haining has brought together the cream of short stories featuring famous sleuths ranging from British institutions such as Lord Peter Wimsey, Father Brown and Miss Marple, to the equally distinguished Americans like Perry Mason, Ellery Queen and Charlie Chan, not forgetting their hardboiled colleagues, Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe and Mike Hammer. Half a century of the best tales of crime and detection is found in these pages complete with details of television series they have inspired, and the actors they have made famous. Here are cases of mystery and murder that no armchair detective will be able to resist...