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Best American Mystery Stories of the Century
Best American Mystery Stories of the Century Author:Tony Hillerman (Editor) In THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES OF THE CENTURY, best-selling author Tony Hillerman and mystery expert Otto Penzler present an unparalleled treasury of American suspense fiction that every fan will cherish. Offering the finest examples from all reaches of the genre, this collection charts the mystery's eminent history from the turn-of-th... more »e-century puzzles of Futrelle, to the seminal pulp fiction of Hammett and Chandler, to the mystery story's rise to legitimacy in the popular mind, a trend that has benefited masterly writers like Westlake, Hunter, and Grafton. Nowhere else can readers find a more thorough, more engaging, more essential distillation of American crime fiction.
Retrieved reformation / O. Henry --
Paul's case / Willa Cather --
Problem of cell 13 / Jacques Futrelle --
Blind man's buff / Frederick Irving Anderson --
Naboth's vineyard / Melville Davisson Post --
Jury of her peers / Susan Glaspell --
Gutting of Couffignal / Dashiell Hammett --
Haircut / Ring Lardner --
Blue murder / Wilbur Daniel Steele --
Perfect crime / Ben Ray Redman --
Baby in the icebox / James M. Cain --
Murder / John Steinbeck --
Sense of humor / Damon Runyan --
Ransom / Pearl S. Buck --
Red wind / Raymond Chandler --
Catbird seat / James Thurber --
Rear window / Cornell Woolrich --
Error in chemistry / William Faulkner --
Nine mile walk / Harry Kemelman --
Adventure of the president's half disme / Ellery Queen --