100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories (1993) [Anthology]
by Donald S. Aitken Alan Ritner Anderson Alex Barber James M. Barrie George Barton Michael A. Black Jon L. Breen Hugh B. Cave Dale Clark Anthony Clemens Morris Cooper David Crewe Tom Curry O.R. Dale Ray Darby John Earl Davis Stephen Dentinger Charles Dickens Dick Donovan J.V. Drexel Wayne D. Dundee Dorothy Dunn Fenton W. Earnshaw Robert Eustace Howard Finney Joseph Fulling Fishman B.B. Fowler Jack Foxx Dan Gordon Vincent Hall Curt Hamlin C. William Harrison Bret Harte Ronald Henderson C.J. Henderson O. Henry Booton Herndon Edward D. Hoch Charles Hoffman James W. Holden Larry Holden W. W. Jacobs Don James Jim Knapp Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. Stephen Leacock R.C. Lehmann Abraham Lincoln Marion Lineaweaver Jack London Gary Lovisi John Maclay John Mallory William Manners David X. Manners H.H. Matteson John McCurnin Wayne McMillan L.T. Meade Marcia Muller R.K. Munkittrick Scott O'Hara Maitland LeRoy Osborne Rodrigues Ottolengui John Randolph Phillips Bill Pronzini Victor K. Ray Bruce Holland Rogers Alex Saxon Larry Segriff Walt Sheldon Coretta Slavska Nick Spain R.L. Stevens V.E. Thiessen Theodore Tinsley Gerald Tollesfrud Fergus Truslow Sidney Waldo Robert Zacks Zero
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Summary
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Match wits with great detectives, devious criminals, and some of the finest minds in the all-time annals of detective literature. From crime-suspense (Tom Curry's "The Sign") to hard-boiled fiction ("A Hand of Pinochle") to modern noir ("Soul's Burning" by Bill Pronzini), the scope of these 100 detective stories is as wide as the tales are short. They're the brainchildren of such top names as James M. Barrie ("The Adventure of the Two Collaborators"), O. Henry ("The Mystery of the Rue de Peychaud"), Charles Dickens ("An Artful Touch"), Bret Harte ("The Stolen Cigar-Case"), Jack London ("The Leopard Man's Story"), R.L. Stevens ("The Carnival Caper"), Stephen Deninger ("Damsel with a Derringer"), Nick Spain ("Duck Behind that Eight-Ball!"), and countless others. There's even one by Abraham Lincoln, "The Trailor Murder Mystery," which appeared in 1843. Prison breakouts, grand larceny, homicide: trying to solve these tricky cases will be a treat for all mystery fans.
Contents:
- According to Plan by Ray Darby
- Adventure of the Baritone Singer by George Barton
- The Adventure of the Table Foot by Zero
- The Adventure of the Two Collaborators [in Chapter XI; Sherlock Holmes] by Sir James M. Barrie
- The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes by O. Henry
- Affirmative Action by Jon L. Breen
- Anchor the Stiff! by Dan Gordon
- The Artful Touch by Charles Dickens
- An Axe to Grind by Curt Hamlin
- Behind Murder’s Eight-Ball by Don James
- Better Hands by Dale Clark
- The Bloodless Corpse by O.R. Dale
- Bread Ahead by C.J. Henderson
- Cache and Carry by Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini
- Calling Dr. Death by C. William Harrison
- The Cap’n Sleeps by John Earl Davis
- The Carnival Caper by R.L. Stevens
- The Case of the Barking Beagle by R.L. Stevens
- Checkmated! by Coretta Slavska
- The Clarion Call by O. Henry
- The Clincher by Jack Foxx
- The Cop and the Lady by Booton Herndon
- Cop Maker by Ronald Henderson
- The Course of Justice by Hugh B. Cave
- Curtains for Kelly by John Randolph Phillips
- Cut Glass by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.
- Damsel with a Derringer by Stephen Dentinger
- The Dead Go Overboard by Fenton W. Earnshaw
- Death Racket by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.
- The Deer that Ate a Diamond by Edward D. Hoch
- Detective for a Day by Walt Sheldon
- Die Before Bedtime by Walt Sheldon
- Dogs Know by Gary Lovisi
- Duck Behind that Eight-Ball! by Nick Spain
- Dust by James W. Holden
- Escape by Jack Foxx
- Exhibit D by John Maclay
- Extra Service by John Mallory
- Eye-Witness by Donald S. Aitken
- Eye Witness by David X. Manners
- A Friend of Davy Jones’ by Dan Gordon
- Granny Gumption Solves a Murder by C.J. Henderson and Charles Hoffman
- A Hand of Pinochle by Theodore Tinsley
- Harsh Light of Day by Wayne D. Dundee
- Heir-in-a-Hurry by Morris Cooper
- Higher Education by Sidney Waldo
- Hip and Thigh by H.H. Matteson
- If the Body Fits— by Larry Holden
- Ignorance of Art by Vincent Hall
- Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern by Bill Pronzini
- In the Library by W.W. Jacobs
- Ink’s Jinx by Anthony Clemens
- An Irreducible Detective Story by Stephen Leacock
- Kansas City Connection by Wayne McMillan
- Knit One—Kill Two by Fergus Truslow
- The Leopard Man’s Story by Jack London
- The Man Who Collected "The Shadow" by J.V. Drexel
- The Man Who Died Too Often by David Crewe
- The Mann Act by Michael A. Black
- Momento Mori by Alex Saxon
- Mrs. Belcourt Draws a Bier by Alan Ritner Anderson
- Murder at Rose Cottage by Edward D. Hoch
- Murderer’s Handicap by Alex Barber
- Murder Offstage by R. L. Stevens
- Murder on the Limited by Howard Finney
- The Mystery of the Rue de Peychaud by O. Henry
- Naked in Darkness by Hugh B. Cave
- Night Watch by Scott O’Hara
- Night Work by Gerald Tollesfrud
- A Novel Forgery by Rodrigues Ottolengui
- Old Calamity’s Stick-up by Joseph Fulling Fishman
- Old Guy by Maitland LeRoy Osborne
- The Outside Ledge by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace
- Packed House by Robert Zacks
- The Pattern by Alex Saxon
- A Point of Honor by Larry Segriff
- The Rosary by Michael A. Black
- Safety Deposit by B.B. Fowler
- The Seventieth Number by Stephen Dentinger
- A Shroud with a Silver Lining by Marion Lineaweaver
- The Sign by Tom Curry
- The Sign of the "400" by R.K. Munkittrick
- Smoke Sign by Dale Clark
- Smothered Mate by Stephen Dentinger
- Snapping Out of It by Bruce Holland Rogers
- Something Green by Edward D. Hoch
- Something Wrong by Bill Pronzini
- Souls Burning by Bill Pronzini
- The Spell of the Black Siren by Dick Donovan
- The Stolen Cigar-Case by Bret Harte
- Summer’s End by William Manners
- The Terrarium Principle by J.V. Drexel
- Three Men and a Corpse by Victor K. Ray
- Today’s Special—Poison! by V.E. Thiessen
- The Trailor Murder Mystery by Abraham Lincoln
- A Tulip in the Snow by John McCurnin
- The Umbrosa Burglary by R.C. Lehmann
- Waiting by Jim Knapp
- While the Cat’s Away— by Dorothy Dunn
- The Wire-Pullers by Morris Cooper
Original title: 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories
Original languages:
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Genre: Fiction→ Crime and Mystery→ Detective Story and Detectives
The following works are contained within this one:
Trailor Murder Mystery, the (1846) [Short Story]
Author: Abraham Lincoln
Artful Touch, the (1850) [Short Story]
Author: Charles Dickens
Umbrosa Burglary, the (1893) [Short Story]
Author: R.C. Lehmann
Sign of the (1894) [Short Story]
Author: R.K. Munkittrick
Adventure of the Table Foot, the (1894) [Short Story]
Author: Zero
Spell of the Black Siren, the (1899) [Short Story]
Author: Dick Donovan
Outside Ledge, the (1900) [Short Story]
Authors: L.T. Meade
, Robert Eustace
Stolen Cigar-Case, the (1900) [Short Story]
Author: Bret Harte
Novel Forgery, a (1900) [Short Story]
Author: Rodrigues Ottolengui
In the Library (1901) [Short Story]
Author: W. W. Jacobs
Leopard Man’s Story, the (1903) [Short Story]
Author: Jack London
Clarion Call, the (1908) [Short Story]
Author: O. Henry
Adventure of the Baritone Singer (1910) [Short Story]
Author: George Barton
Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes, the (1911) [Short Story]
Author: O. Henry
Mystery of the Rue de Peychaud, the (1912) [Short Story]
Author: O. Henry
Irreducible Detective Story, an (1916) [Short Story]
Author: Stephen Leacock
Adventure of the Two Collaborators, the (1924) [Short Story]
Author: James M. Barrie
Murder on the Limited (1932) [Short Story]
Author: Howard Finney
Ink's Jinx (1934) [Short Story]
Author: Anthony Clemens
Old Calamity's Stick-up (1934) [Short Story]
Author: Joseph Fulling Fishman
Safety Deposit (1935) [Short Story]
Author: B.B. Fowler
Hip and Thigh (1935) [Short Story]
Author: H.H. Matteson
Murderer’s Handicap (1935) [Short Story]
Author: Alex Barber
Eye Witness (1935) [Short Story]
Author: David X. Manners
Higher Education (1936) [Short Story]
Author: Sidney Waldo
Hand of Pinochle, a (1936) [Short Story]
Author: Theodore Tinsley
Eye-Witness (1936) [Short Story]
Author: Donald S. Aitken
Ignorance of Art (1937) [Short Story]
Author: Vincent Hall
Cut Glass (1937) [Short Story]
Author: Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.
Curtains for Kelly (1938) [Short Story]
Author: John Randolph Phillips
Death Racket (1939) [Short Story]
Author: Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.
Summer's End (1940) [Short Story]
Author: William Manners
Detective for a Day (1940) [Short Story]
Author: Walt Sheldon
Cap’n Sleeps, the (1940) [Short Story]
Author: John Earl Davis
Die Before Bedtime (1940) [Short Story]
Author: Walt Sheldon
Old Guy (1940) [Short Story]
Author: Maitland LeRoy Osborne
Sign, the (1940) [Short Story]
Author: Tom Curry
Cop Maker (1941) [Short Story]
Author: Ronald Henderson
Tulip in the Snow, a (1941) [Short Story]
Author: John McCurnin
Smoke Sign (1941) [Short Story]
Author: Dale Clark
Dead Go Overboard, the (1941) [Short Story]
Author: Fenton W. Earnshaw
Better Hands (1941) [Short Story]
Author: Dale Clark
Extra Service (1941) [Short Story]
Author: John Mallory
Dust (1941) [Short Story]
Author: James W. Holden
Kansas City Connection (1941) [Short Story]
Author: Wayne McMillan
Man Who Died Too Often, the (1944) [Short Story]
Author: David Crewe
Knit One - Kill Two (1944) [Short Story]
Author: Fergus Truslow
While the Cat’s Away— (1946) [Short Story]
Author: Dorothy Dunn
If the Body Fits-- (1947) [Short Story]
Author: Larry Holden
Axe to Grind, an (1947) [Short Story]
Author: Curt Hamlin
Heir-in-a-Hurry (1948) [Short Story]
Author: Morris Cooper
Friend of Davy Jones’, a (1948) [Short Story]
Author: Dan Gordon
Mrs. Belcourt Draws a Bier (1948) [Short Story]
Author: Alan Ritner Anderson
Duck Behind that Eight-Ball! (1948) [Short Story]
Author: Nick Spain
Packed House (1948) [Short Story]
Author: Robert Zacks
Three Men and a Corpse (1948) [Short Story]
Author: Victor K. Ray
Calling Dr. Death (1949) [Short Story]
Author: C. William Harrison
Anchor the Stiff! (1949) [Short Story]
Author: Dan Gordon
Today's Special—Poison! (1949) [Short Story]
Author: V.E. Thiessen
Cop and the Lady, the (1949) [Short Story]
Author: Booton Herndon
Night Work (1950) [Short Story]
Author: Gerald Tollesfrud
Behind Murder’s Eight-Ball (1950) [Short Story]
Author: Don James
Checkmated! (1950) [Short Story]
Author: Coretta Slavska
Shroud with a Silver Lining, a (1950) [Short Story]
Author: Marion Lineaweaver
Wire-Pullers, the (1950) [Short Story]
Author: Morris Cooper
Night Watch (1950) [Short Story]
Author: Scott O'Hara
According to Plan (1952) [Short Story]
Author: Ray Darby
Course of Justice, the (1965) [Short Story]
Author: Hugh B. Cave
Naked in Darkness (1965) [Short Story]
Author: Hugh B. Cave
Escape (1969) [Short Story]
Author: Jack Foxx
Clincher, the (1969) [Short Story]
Author: Jack Foxx
Murder Offstage (1969) [Short Story]
Author: R.L. Stevens
Seventieth Number, the (1970) [Short Story]
Author: Stephen Dentinger
Man Who Collected “The Shadow”, the (1971) [Short Story]
Author: J.V. Drexel
Pattern, the (1971) [Short Story]
Author: Alex Saxon
Momento Mori (1974) [Short Story]
Author: Alex Saxon
Case of the Barking Beagle, the (1979) [Short Story]
Author: R.L. Stevens
Affirmative Action (1980) [Short Story]
Author: Jon L. Breen
Damsel with a Derringer (1981) [Short Story]
Author: Stephen Dentinger
Terrarium Principle, the (1981) [Short Story]
Author: J.V. Drexel
Carnival Caper, the (1981) [Short Story]
Author: R.L. Stevens
Smothered Mate (1985) [Short Story]
Author: Stephen Dentinger
Murder at Rose Cottage (1986) [Short Story]
Author: Edward D. Hoch
Harsh Light of Day (1987) [Short Story]
Author: Wayne D. Dundee
Cache and Carry (1988) [Short Story]
Authors: Bill Pronzini
, Marcia Muller
Something Green (1988) [Short Story]
Author: Edward D. Hoch
Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern (1988) [Short Story]
Author: Bill Pronzini
Something Wrong (1988) [Short Story]
Author: Bill Pronzini
Bread Ahead (1990) [Short Story]
Author: C.J. Henderson
Exhibit D (1990) [Short Story]
Author: John Maclay
Souls Burning (1991) [Short Story]
Author: Bill Pronzini
Granny Gumption Solves a Murder (1991) [Short Story]
Authors: C.J. Henderson
, Charles Hoffman
Snapping Out of It (1991) [Short Story]
Author: Bruce Holland Rogers
Deer that Ate a Diamond, the (1992) [Short Story]
Author: Edward D. Hoch
Mann Act, the (1992) [Short Story]
Author: Michael A. Black
Dogs Know (1993) [Short Story]
Author: Gary Lovisi
Waiting (1993) [Short Story]
Author: Jim Knapp
Bloodless Corpse, the (1993) [Short Story]
Author: O.R. Dale
Point of Honor, a (1993) [Short Story]
Author: Larry Segriff
Rosary, the (1993) [Short Story]
Author: Michael A. Black
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