detective and mystery stories, american

Contains fifteen stories starring America's most famous private eyes including: Sam Spade, Ellery Queen, Philip Manlowe, Perry Mason, Lew Archer and Nero Wolfe.

". . . a group of interactive short stories that invite the reader to solve the mystery themselves"--Provided by publisher.

Collects thirty-three short crime, mystery, and murder stories from the nineteenth century, featuring works by Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum, Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane, and Jack London.

A comprehensive guide that categorizes popular crime fiction titles according to character, setting, story, language, mood, and theme.

A collection of short mystery stories by seventeen leading mystery and suspense authors that feature strong female heros.

A childhood toy with unexplained powers leads the orphaned heroine to the home of a wealthy dowager who is seeking answers to an unsolved mystery.

Amateur detective Sherlock Holmes, the master of deductive reasoning, solves several mysteries with the aid of his friend, Dr. John Watson.