Great Detective Stories
by Reader's Digest Association (Editor), Margery Allingham, Agatha Christie, Wilkie Collins, Edmund Crispin, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stanley Ellin , R. Austin Freeman, Michael Gilbert, Sue Grafton, Dashiell Hammett, H.C. Bailey, Headon Hill, Michael Innes, H.R.F. Keating, Peter Lovesey, John D. MacDonald, Ngaio Marsh, W. Somerset Maugham, Ed McBain, Marcia Muller, Emmuska Orczy, Ellery Queen, Linda Barnes, Ian Rankin, Ruth Rendell, Dorothy L. Sayers, Georges Simenon, Julian Symons, Arnold Bennett, E.C. Bentley, Ernest Bramah, John Dickson Carr, Raymond Chandler, G.K. Chesterton ++
Most authors deceased from "golden age flowering between the two World Wars", varied styles from two centuries:
1 The Longer View 1939 by Margery Allingham 1904-1966
2 The Little House 1927 by H.C. Bailey 1878-1961
3 Lucky Penny 1985 by Linda Barnes b.1949
4 Murder 1927* by Arnold Bennett 1867-1931
5 The Clever Cockatoo 1938 by E.C. Bentley 1875-1956
6 The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage 1914 by Ernest Bramah 1868-1942
7 The Silver Curtain 1991 by John Dickson Carr 1906-1977
8 Goldfish 1946 by Raymond Chandler 1888-1959
9 The Chief Mourner of Marne 1927 by G.K. Chesterton 1874-1936
10 The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest 1997 by Agatha Christie 1890-1976
11 Who Killed Zebedee 1881 by Wilkie Collins 1824-1889
12 Within the Gates 1953 by Edmund Crispin 1921-1978
13 Hunted Down 1859 by Charles Dickens 1812-1870
14 The Man with the Twisted Lip 1892 by Arthur Conan Doyle 1859-1930
15 The Betrayers 1956 by Stanley Ellin 1916-1986
16 The Blue Sequin 1909 by R. Austin Freeman 1862-1943
17 The Oyster Catcher 1957* by Michael Gilbert 1912-2006*
18 Long Gone 1986 aka She Didn't Come Home by Sue Grafton 1940
19 A Man Called Spade 1932 by Dashiel Hammett 1894-1961
20 The Sapient Monkey 1892 by Headon Hill 1857-1927
21 A Question of Confidence 1972 by Michael Innes 1906-1994
22 Caught and Bowled, Mrs Craggs 1981 by H.R.F. Keating 1926-2011*
23 A Case of Butterflies 1989 by Peter Lovesey b.1936
24 The Homesick Buick 1950* by John D. MacDonald 1916-1986
25 Chapter and Verse: The Little Copplestone Mystery 1989 by Ngaio Marsh
26 Footprints in the Jungle 1951 by W. Somerset Maugham 1874-1965
27 Sadie When She Died 1972 by Ed McBain 1926-2005*
28 Deadly Fantasies 1989 by Marcia Muller 1944
29 The Man in the Inverness Cape 1910* by Baroness Orczy 1865-1947
30 Mystery at the Library of Congress 1960 by Ellery Queen 1905-1971 & 1982*
31 Concrete Evidence 1993 by Ian Rankin 1960
32 When the Wedding Was Over 1979 by Ruth Rendell 1930
33 The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba 1928 by Dorothy L. Sayers 1893-1957
34 The Man in the Street 1947 by Georges Simenon 1903-1989
35 Pickup on the Dover Road 1981 by Julian Symons 1912-1994
Hardcover, 528 pages
Published 1998 by Reader's Digest
ISBN
0276424182
2) The Dangerous Book for Men : How To Triumph Over Perils and Pitfalls - by Rod Green ; Illustrated by Andrew Pinder - Hardcover First Edition
Finally, a book that teaches a man how to be a man, that harks back to a less sheltered and pampered age when, without the aid of technology, men had to use their military training and outdoor skills, and were prepared for any eventuality.
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Presented in an elegantly designed, but hardy, volume, The Dangerous Book for Men teaches the importance of self-reliance, common sense and background knowledge. With this book every man will be able to overcome whatever perils and difficulties he might encounter in the course of an adventurous life.
Rod Green is a freelance editor and writer whose publications include books on the Special Forces and the Army Air Corps.
ISBN-13 9781843173977