
The Giant Book of Great Detective Stories
Previously published separately as *The First*, *Second* and *Third Bedside Book of Great Detective Stories* **Contents** E.C. BENTLEY The Inoffensive Captain CHRISTIANNA BRAND The Scapegoat LESLIE CHARTERIS The Mystery of the Child's Toy ROY VICKERS The Rubber Trumpet R. AUSTIN FREEMAN The Moabite Cipher EMILE GABORIAU The Little Old Man of Batignolles DULCIE GRAY The Scarlet Butterfly E.W. HORNUNG Out of Paradise DOROTHY SAYERS The Cave of Ali Baba MARGARET COLE Superintendent Wilson's Holiday EDGAR WALLACE The Treasure Hunt AGATHA CHRISTIE Sing a Song of Sixpence H.R.F. KEATING Inspector Ghote and the Miracle Baby WILLIAM WILKIE COLLINS The Biter Bit EDMUND CRISPIN We Know You're Busy Writing... ARNOLD BENNETT Murder! G.K. CHESTERTON The Eye of Apollo MICHAEL INNES A Matter of Goblins BARONESS ORCZY The Woman in the Big Hat RAYMOND CHANDLER Goldfish JUNE THOMSON The Girl with the Red-Gold Hair L.T. MEADE and ROBERT EUSTACE Mr Bovey's Unexpected Will FREEMAN WILLS CROFT The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express J.C. SQUIRE The Alibi GEORGES SIMENON The Evidence of the Altar-Boy J.S. FLETCHER The Judge Corroborates
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