Leather-Bound Classics Classic Tales of Mystery, (Hardcover)

<b>This elegant volume features eleven classic whodunits starring master sleuths such as Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Father Brown.</b> <p>A superstar lineup of detectives--including Sherlock Holmes, C. Auguste Dupin, and Hercule Poirot--headlines this elegant leather-bound edition of classic mystery stories. Short stories such as Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and G. K. Chesterton's "The Blue Cross" are ideal for a cozy evening by the fire, while novels like Agatha Christie's <i>The Murder on the Links</i> and Jules Verne's <i>An Antarctic Mystery</i> will keep you engrossed for days. The eleven works in this volume are preceded by a scholarly introduction that explores the origins of the genre, as well as the development of the modern mystery story and the contributions made by each author. </p><p><b>Works Included</b><br><b>Short stories: </b><br> "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," Edgar Allan Poe<br> "The Adventure of the Creeping Man," Sir Arthur Conan Doyle<br> "The Blue Cross," G. K. Chesterton<br> "The Coin of Dionysius," Ernest Bramah<br> "The Anthropologist at Large," R. Austin Freeman<br> "The Most Dangerous Game," Richard Connell<br><b>Novels: </b><br><i>The Murder on the Links</i>, Agatha Christie<br><i>Whose Body?</i>, Dorothy Sayers<br><i>The Thirty-nine Steps</i>, John Buchan<br><i>An Antarctic Mystery</i>, Jules Verne<br><i>Room 13</i>, Edgar Wallace</p>

• Leather-Bound Classics Classic Tales of Mystery, (Hardcover)
• Author: Canterbury Classics
• ISBN: 9781667211626
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2026-10-06
• Page Count: 784