detective and mystery stories, english

Includes: Ruth Rendell, Antonio Fraser, Amanda Cross, Sara Paretsky, Mary Higgins Clark, and Faye Kellerman.

One of the most popular and widely known characters in all of fiction, Sherlock Holmes has an enduring appeal based largely on his uncanny ability to make the most remarkable deductions from the most mundane facts.

Contains eleven original holiday mystery stories by a variety of modern-day authors, featuring the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

A collection of short crime and mystery fiction by various authors that the editors feel represent the best of the genre.

Thirty-three fascinating and diverse tales, ten of them newly identified as the work of the master story-teller.

Lists the plots and characters of Doyle's sixty Holmes stories discussed in relation to the author's own life and career.