A Treasury of Great Mysteries (Volumes 1 & 2)

by Howard Haycraft (Editor), John Beecroft (Editor)

Other authors: Margery Allingham (Contributor), Eric Ambler (Contributor), John Dickson Carr (Contributor), Raymond Chandler (Contributor), Leslie Charteris (Contributor) — 15 more, Agatha Christie (Contributor), Daphne du Maurier (Contributor), Erle Stanley Gardner (Contributor), William Irish (Contributor), Ngaio Marsh (Contributor), Stuart Palmer (Contributor), Ellery Queen (Contributor), Patrick Quentin (Contributor), Craig Rice (Contributor), Mary Roberts Rinehart (Contributor), Dorothy L. Sayers (Contributor), George Simenon (Contributor), Rex Stout (Contributor), Edgar Wallace (Contributor), Cornell Woolrich (Contributor)

Series: A Treasury of Great Mysteries (1-2)

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Vol. 2 contains The Big Sleep, R. Chandler; The Bone of Contention, D. L. Sayers; The Arrow of God, L. Charteris; I Can Find My Way, N. Marsh; Instead of Evidence, R. Stout; Rift in the Loot, S. Palmer and C. Rice; The Man Who Explained Miracles, C. Dickson; Rebecca, D. du Maurier

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Haycraft, Howard	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Beecroft, John	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Allingham, Margery	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ambler, Eric	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Carr, John Dickson	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chandler, Raymond	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Charteris, Leslie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Christie, Agatha	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
du Maurier, Daphne	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gardner, Erle Stanley	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Irish, William	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Marsh, Ngaio	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Palmer, Stuart	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Queen, Ellery	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Quentin, Patrick	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rice, Craig	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rinehart, Mary Roberts	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sayers, Dorothy L.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Simenon, George	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Stout, Rex	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wallace, Edgar	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Woolrich, Cornell	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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A Treasury of Great Mysteries (Volume 1) by Howard Haycraft

A Treasury of Great Mysteries [Volume 2] by Howard Haycraft

Maigret's Christmas by Georges Simenon (indirect)

Journey into Fear by Eric Ambler (indirect)

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (indirect)

The Case of the Crimson Kiss by Erle Stanley Gardner (indirect)

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The Treasure Hunt [Short story] by Edgar Wallace (indirect)

The Incautious Burglar [Short Story] by John Dickson Carr (indirect)

The Lamp of God by Ellery Queen (indirect)

The Case of the White Elephant [short story] by Margery Allingham (indirect)

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (indirect)

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (indirect)

The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention [Short story] by Dorothy L. Sayers (indirect)

The Arrow of God [Short story] by Leslie Charteris (indirect)

I Can Find My Way Out [Short story] by Ngaio Marsh (indirect)

Rift in the Loot [Short story] by Stuart Palmer (indirect)

The Men Who Explained Miracles by John Dickson Carr (indirect)

Instead of Evidence [short story] by Rex Stout (indirect)

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A Treasury of Great Mysteries (Volumes 1 & 2)

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1957 (collection)

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Volume One, Introduction: One of the most distinguished literary figures of our time, Mr. Somerset Maugham, once declared that the reason so many modern readers have turned to mystery fiction is that here, and here alone, they can be sure of a novel which tells a story.

Volume One: It was five o'clock on a winter's morning in Syria.

Volume Two: It was about eleven o'clock in the morning, mid October, with the sun not shining and a look of hard wet rain in the clearness of the foothills.

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