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    The First Mystery MEGAPACK ®: 25 Modern and Classic Mystery Stories
    The First Mystery MEGAPACK ®: 25 Modern and Classic Mystery Stories
    The First Mystery MEGAPACK ®: 25 Modern and Classic Mystery Stories
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    The First Mystery MEGAPACK ®: 25 Modern and Classic Mystery Stories

    By Marcia Talley Talley, Nora Charles and Elaine Viets

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    Hours of great reading await, with mystery and crime tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned authors, including Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro), Sax Rohmer (creator of Fu Manchu), G.K. Chesterton (famous for Father Brown) — and a handpicked selection of modern stories by contemporary masters, including Nora Charles, Marcia Talley, Elaine Viets, and many more!


    Included in this volume:


    A SENIOR DISCOUNT ON DEATH, by Nora Charles

    MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, by Art Taylor

    THE STOLEN VENUS, by Darrell Schweitzer

    REAR VIEW MURDER, by Carla Coupe

    THUBWAY THAM’S INTHULT, by Johnston McCulley

    THE IDES OF MARCH, by E.W. Hornung

    PINPRICK, by Skadi meic Beorh

    THE RED HERRING, by William Hope Hodgson

    DRAGON BONES, by Jacqueline Seewald

    THE GOLDEN SLIPPER, by Anna Katherine Green

    KALI, by Eric Taylor

    DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION, by Marcia Talley

    THE BLUE CROSS, by G.K. Chesterton

    THE WORST NOEL, by Barb Goffman

    MR. CLACKWORTHY’S POT OF GOLD, by Christopher B. Booth

    THE MONKEY GOD, by Seabury Quinn

    WEDDING KNIFE, by Elaine Viets

    THE MAD DETECTIVE, by John D. Swain

    THE ADVENTURE OF THE DIAMOND NECKLACE, by G. F. Forrest

    SECURITY BLANKET, by Toni L.P. Kelner

    A CROOK WITHOUT HONOR, by Johnston McCulley

    THE DAUGHTER OF HUANG CHOW, by Sax Rohmer

    ANCHORS AWAY, by C. Ellett Logan

    WAYS OF DARKNESS, by E.S. Pladwell

    THUBWAY THAM’S INTHANE MOMENT, by Johnston McCulley


    And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see more volumes in the series, covering mystery, westerns, science fiction, historical adventure -- and many other subjects!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWildside Press
    Release dateApr 8, 2013
    ISBN9781434438591
    The First Mystery MEGAPACK ®: 25 Modern and Classic Mystery Stories

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