When Car Fairfax starts his mysterious new job, his sole duty seems to be to dine in expensive restaurants, but soon some odd coincidences and dangerous deceits open his eyes to the...
It all begins when Ellery Queen receives a manuscript that appears to be a genuine Sherlock Holmes novel written by John H. Watson, M.D. Where did it come from? The manuscript itself tells the long-concealed story of how Holmes stalked Jack the...
A new Gardner character — Bill Eldon! These two CLUE stories — each with a crime so calculated, so cold-blooded, that it came near being perfect — will establish human, kindly Sheriff Eldon as a dangerous rival for Perry Mason and Doug Selby.
...
A youth is lying dead in Gray Square, Bloomsbury. Constable Wiseman is at the scene, as is the handsome Frank Merril, nephew of rich John Martin. Also there is May Nuttall, whose father was the best friend Martin ever had. A small, shabby man in...
Obscene graffiti, poison pen letters and a disgusting effigy greeted Harriet Vane on her return to Oxford. A graduate of ten years before and now a successful novelist, this should have been a pleasant, nostalgic visit for her. She asks her...
Basil Copper — Solar Pons 14 — The Final Cases**
Cover art by Les Edwards.
Contents:
"The Adventures of The Haunted Rectory" [reworked from its first appearance in Uncollected Cases]
"The Ignored Idols" [reworked from its first...
Perry Mason finds that “art is long but life is fleeting” — especially in the fine art of murder... The painting was a modern masterpiece. But was it authentic? Three experts staked their reputations on the fact that it was. But Collin M....