The Detective Megapack ®
28 Tales by Modern and Classic Authors
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The Detective Megapack presents 28 choice mysteries, spanning the Victorian age through modern times. From Dashiell Hammet to Arthur Conan Doyle, from Vincent Starrett to Johnston McCulley -- there is something for every fan of detective tales!
IT TORE THE LAUGH FROM MY THROAT, by Meriah L Crawford
THE TAGGART ASSIGNMENT, by Vincent Starrett
TOMORROW'S DEAD, by David Dean
THE FLAMING PHANTOM, by Jacques Futrelle
MESSAGE IN THE SAND, by John L. French
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, by C.J. Henderson
THE RED THUMB MARK, by R. Austin Freeman
MONSIEUR LECOQ, by Emile Gaboriau
THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE, by Edgar Allan Poe
HELL-BENT FOR THE MORGUE, by Don Larson
DEATH OF THE FLUTE, by Arthur J. Burks
OH FANNY, by Raymond Lester
CLANCY, DETECTIVE, By H. Bedford-Jones
THE TATTOOED MAN, by William J. Makin
TRIGGER MEN, by Eustace Cockrell
BUTTERFLY OF DEATH, by Harold Gluck
MY BONNIE LIES…, by Ted Hertel
THUBWAY THAM, FASHION PLATE, by Johnston McCulley
THE MURDER AT TROYTE'S HILL, by Catherine Louisa Pirkis
THE AFFAIR OF THE CORRIDOR EXPRESS, by Victor L. Whitechurch
SECRET SUGGESTION, by Vincent H. O’Neil
THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
BLACK SUNRISE, by Jack Halliday
THE LION'S SMILE, by Thomas W. Hanshew
THE NAIL, by Pedro de Alarçon
THE ROME EXPRESS, by Arthur Griffiths
IN THE FOG, by Richard Harding Davis
OFFICER DOWN, by Robert J. Mendenhall
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Vincent Starrett
Vincent Starrett (1886–1974) was a Chicago journalist who become one of the world’s foremost experts on Sherlock Holmes. A books columnist for the Chicago Tribune, he also wrote biographies of authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson and Ambrose Bierce. A founding member of the Baker Street Irregulars, Starrett is best known for writing The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1933), an imaginative biography of the famous sleuth.
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Jacques Futrelle
Jacques Futrelle (1875–1912) was an American journalist and mystery author best known for creating the remarkable detective Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen. He published the first story starring Van Dusen, whose sleuthing brilliance earned him the nickname “The Thinking Machine,” in 1905, and went on to publish many more stories in the series before his life was cut short in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859. He trained to be a doctor at Edinburgh University and eventually set up a medical practice in Southsea. During the quiet periods between patients, he turned his hand to writing, producing historical novels such as Micah Clarke and adventure yarns including The Lost World, as well as four novels and fifty-six stories involving his most celebrated creations, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Doyle was knighted in 1902. In later life he devoted much of his time to his belief in Spiritualism, using his writing and celebrity as a means of providing funds to support activities in this field. He died in 1930.
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