Fourteen Great Detective Stories

By Howard Haycraft

Subjects: Short stories, Anthology, Detective and mystery stories

Description: A revised edition of the work of the same title edited by Vincent Starrett in 1928. Contents: [Purloined Letter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41065W) / by Edgar Allan Poe -- [The red-headed league](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262476W) / by Arthur Conan Doyle -- The problem of cell 13 / by Jacques Futrelle -- The case of Oscar Brodski / by R. Austin Freeman -- The blue cross / by G.K. Chesterton -- The age of miracles / by Melville Davisson Post -- The little mystery / by E.C. Bentley -- The third-floor flat / by Agatha Christie -- The yellow slugs / by H.C. Bailey -- The bone of contention / by Dorothy L. Sayers -- The adventure of the African traveler / by Ellery Queen -- Instead of evidence / by Rex Stout -- The house in Goblin Wood / by Carter Dickson -- The dancing detective / by Cornell Woolrich.