Classic Mystery and Detective Stories

Thirteen classic tales of mystery and suspense dating from the early years of crime fiction, 1890-1925. Sleuths including Max Carrados, Loveday Brooke, Dr. Thorndyke, Father Brown, and the original Great Detective himself, Sherlock Holmes, investigate a range of baffling crimes including murders, country house burglaries, jewel thefts, stolen government secrets, the sensational disappearance of a popular West End actress, and an entire train which has vanished into thin air. The stories are:

1. 'The Redhill Sisterhood' by Catherine Louisa Pirkis

2. 'The Mystery of the Circular Chamber' by L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace

3. 'The Lost Special' by Arthur Conan Doyle

4. 'The Case of the Dixon Torpedo' by Arthur Morrison

5. 'How He Cut His Stick' by M. McDonnell Bodkin

6. 'The Robbery in Phillimore Terrace' by Baroness Orczy

7. 'A Race with the Sun' by L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax

8. 'The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans' by Arthur Conan Doyle

9. 'The Unseen Hand' by M. McDonnell Bodkin

10. 'Gleanings from the Wreckage' by R. Austin Freeman

11. 'The Man Who Called Himself Hamilton Cleek' by Thomas W. Hanshew

12. 'The Secret Garden' by G. K. Chesterton

13. 'The Missing Actress Sensation' by Ernest Bramah