Vincent Starrett
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Passengers making the transatlantic trip from New York to Cherbourg, France, are looking forward to weeks of relaxation, but after an Italian baroness is found murdered in her luxury cabin the atmosphere is anything but relaxed. When the main suspect goes overboard, there are more questions than answers. Fortunately, a former intelligence officer, Walter Ghost, and a mystery novelist, Dunstan Mollock, are on board, and they set out to solve the crime....
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A collection of works on everyone's favorite gentleman sleuth: Sherlock Holmes.
This compendium of Sherlockiana compiled by Vincent Starrett, one of the world's foremost Holmes experts, is sure to please fans everywhere. Enjoy scholarly works on such topics as: "Was Sherlock Holmes an American?," "On the Emotional Geology of Baker Street," "Dr. Watson's Secret," "The Care and Feeding of Sherlock Holmes," and "The Other Boarder." Featured contributors...
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When a New York banker is discovered dead from an apparent morphine overdose in a Chicago hotel, the circumstances surrounding his untimely end are suspicious to say the least. The dead man had switched rooms the night before with a stranger he met and drank with in the hotel bar. And before that, he'd registered under a fake name at the hotel, told his drinking companion a fake story about his visit to the Windy City, and seemingly made no effort...
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A novelist meets an abrupt end in this cozy mystery by the author of Dead Man Inside.
Stephen Garment, one of England's greatest writers, is late for an engagement at the fashionable Chicago home of Mr. and Mrs. Howland Kimbarks. Fortunately, he's just outside in a taxicab. Unfortunately, he's dead ...
Garment was alive when he entered the cab, and the doors were not opened. Somehow, he managed to arrive at his destination with a knife in his heart....
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In this brilliant pastiche, Sherlock Holmes investigates a mystery involving one of Shakespeare's most famous plays An agitated, portly gentleman waddles down Baker Street toward 221B, his pockets sagging and his eyes wide with panic. From his window Sherlock Holmes diagnoses the man as a collector of rare books, on his way to ask for help finding a missing volume. The brilliant detective is correct, of course, but even he is taken aback when the...
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Eighteen Golden Age stories of mystery, romance, and danger from the celebrated author of Murder in Peking and The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.
As he tries to reunite with the woman he loves, an escaped fugitive becomes enveloped in a game of cat and mouse with the policeman who put him away. An undertaker and his assistant discover a potion of almost magical proportions. A young woman hatches an elaborate plot to get her suitors institutionalized....
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A house party in 1930s Peking is crashed by a killer in this cozy mystery by the author of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.
Wealthy businesswoman Kate Webber has rented out an ancient Buddhist temple in the lonely hills west of the city for what looks to be an exciting party. A worldly woman like Kate has all sorts of friends. Among her guests are a museum curator, a painter, a local teacher, an old school friend from Kansas, a debonair mystery...
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Twelve delightful mystery stories featuring one of the Golden Age's greatest detectives from the author of Murder in Peking.
From their headquarters in Chicago, private investigator Jimmy Lavender, with his trademark lock of white hair, and his sidekick, Gilly, tackle some of the city's toughest cases. Their assignments have been known to take them all over the country and even to foreign lands. Featured in this volume are twelve of their finest...
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Ten novelettes of murder and mystery from the pulp writer and author of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.
Raised above his father's Toronto bookstore, Vincent Starrett grew to love books, especially mysteries like those of Arthur Conan Doyle. Over the course of his career, Starrett was a reporter, critic, and novelist. He also wrote mystery stories for pulp magazines, creating his fair share of unique characters, brought to life in this collection...
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The Detective MEGAPACK® presents 28 choice mysteries, spanning the Victorian age through modern times-there is something for every fan of detective tales!
Included are:
IT TORE THE LAUGH FROM MY THROAT, by Meriah L. Crawford
THE TAGGART ASSIGNMENT, by Vincent Starrett
TOMORROW'S DEAD, by David Dean
THE FLAMING PHANTOM, by Jacques Futrelle
MESSAGE IN THE SAND, by John L. French
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, by C.J. Henderson
THE RED THUMB MARK, by R....
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An indispensable biography of the world's most famous detective from Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Vincent Starrett
In a boarding house at 221B Baker Street, a genius is at work. With the help of his tireless companion, Dr. Watson, the peerless Sherlock Holmes solves one impossible mystery after the next. Many of his adventures, such as "The Hound of the Baskervilles" and "The Red-Headed League," are world famous, while others, including...
13) Dead man inside
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"A wealthy dilettante is on the trail of a killer with a penchant for theatrics in this cozy mystery by the author of Murder on "B" Deck. A strange sight greets Chicago haberdashery clerk Rufus Ker as he prepares to begin his workday by unlocking the door to Bluefield, Inc. A sign is attached to the glass. It reads: Dead man inside! I am dead. This store will not open to-day. Once inside, Rufus is relieved to discover the shop is still in one piece...
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Introduces an array of characters, from the sinister to the comic, and moves to a haunting climax in an atmospheric murder mystery that features the seemingly benevolent John Jasper, a secret opium addict, and his relationship with his newly engaged nephew, Edwin Drood.
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Excerpt: "A Tale intended to be after the fact. Being the experience of four men from the sunk steamer "Commodore". None of them knew the color of the sky. Their eyes glanced level, and were fastened upon the waves that swept toward them. These waves were of the hue of slate, save for the tops, which were of foaming white, and all of the men knew the colors of the sea. The horizon narrowed and widened, and dipped and rose, and at all times its edge...
18) Adventure Tales
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The fifth issue of Adventure Tales salutes pulp legend Achmed Abdullah, popular writer in the pulp magazines in the early 20th century, with two long stories - "Their Own Dear Land" and "The Remittance Woman." Many of his stories deal with exotic locales, usually Oriental. But even his Occidental tales are of interest, well written and fast paced, often with an unexpected twist or two. Also included are "The Mid-Watch Tragedy," a Jimmy Lavender detective...