Hours of great reading await, with mystery and crime tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned authors, including Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro), Sax Rohmer (creator of Fu Manchu), G. K. Chesterton (famous for Father Brown) — and a handpicked selection of modern stories by contemporary masters, including Nora Charles, Marcia Talley, Elaine Viets, and many more!

Included in this volume:

A SENIOR DISCOUNT ON DEATH, by Nora Charles

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, by Art Taylor

THE STOLEN VENUS, by Darrell Schweitzer

REAR VIEW MURDER, by Carla Coupe

THUBWAY THAM’S INTHULT, by Johnston McCulley

THE IDES OF MARCH, by E. W. Hornung

PINPRICK, by Skadi meic Beorh

THE RED HERRING, by William Hope Hodgson

DRAGON BONES, by Jacqueline Seewald

THE GOLDEN SLIPPER, by Anna Katherine Green

KALI, by Eric Taylor

DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION, by Marcia Talley

THE BLUE CROSS, by G. K. Chesterton

THE WORST NOEL, by Barb Goffman

MR. CLACKWORTHY’S POT OF GOLD, by Christopher B. Booth

THE MONKEY GOD, by Seabury Quinn

WEDDING KNIFE, by Elaine Viets

THE MAD DETECTIVE, by John D. Swain

THE ADVENTURE OF THE DIAMOND NECKLACE, by G. F. Forrest

SECURITY BLANKET, by Toni L. P. Kelner

A CROOK WITHOUT HONOR, by Johnston McCulley

THE DAUGHTER OF HUANG CHOW, by Sax Rohmer

ANCHORS AWAY, by C. Ellett Logan

WAYS OF DARKNESS, by E. S. Pladwell

THUBWAY THAM’S INTHANE MOMENT, by Johnston McCulley

© 2013 Wildside Press (Ebook): 9781434438591

Release date

Ebook: April 8, 2013