THE GIANT BOOK OF GREAT DETECTIVE STORIES Softcover book edited by Herbert van Thal Previously published separately by Arthur Barker Ltd as The First, Second and Third Bedside Book of Great Detective Stories Omnibus edition published by Robinson Publishing 1985 Reprinted 1985; Reissued 1988 This edition published and distributed by Magpie Books 1996 Copyright 1976, 1977, 1978 by The Estate of Herbert van Thal In this ONE book, the editor calls the main chapters "Books" as above Contents includes: " BOOK ONE The Inoffensive Captain E.C. Bentley The Scapegoat Christianna Brand The Mystery of the Child's Toy Leslie Charteris The Rubber Trumpet Roy Vickers The Moabite Cipher R. Uastin Freeman The Little Old Man of Batignolles Emile Gaboriau The Scarlett Butterfly Dulcie Gray Out of Paradise E.W. Hornung The Cave of Ali Baba Dorothy Sayers BOOK TWO Superintendent Wilson's Holiday Margaret Cole The Treasure Hunt Edgar Wallace Sing a Song of Sixpence Agatha Christie Inspector Ghote and the Miracle Baby H.R.F. Keating The Biter Bit William Wilkie Collins We Know You're Busy Writing ... Edmund Crispin Murder ! Arnold Bennett The Eye of Apollo G.K. Chesterton A Matter of Goblins Michael Innes The Woman in the Big Hat Baroness Orczy BOOK THREE Goldfish Raymond Chandler The Girl with the Red-Gold Hair June Thomson Mr. Bovay's Unexpected Will L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express Freeman Wills Crofts The Alibi J.C. Squire The Evidence of the Altar-Boy George Simenon The Judge Corroborates J.S. Fletcher " The book is good condition with some wear to the cover. There are a few creases and a very small tear on the back. No torn or ripped pages. No markings or writing. |