Detective Stories from The Strand Author:Jack Adrian, Julian Symons The Strand Magazine, launched in January 1891, was one of the most successful and influential popular magazines of all time. Making its mark immediately with the publication of the first Sherlock Holmes stories, the magazine continued to publish high-quality detective fiction for half a million readers until 1950. Now, in the centenary of i... more »ts launch, this collection offers twenty-five classic stories of mystery and detection, all first published in the Strand. It features tales of some of the most celebrated detectives of all time--Agatha Christie's Poirot, G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown, and E.C. Bentley's Philip Trent--as well as stories from Sapper, Edgar Wallace, Somerset Maugham, Aldous Huxley, and A.E.W. Mason. And, of course, this volume would not be complete without Sherlock Holmes, who makes his appearance in three classic cases.
With little-known stories by famous authors, and ingenious works by almost-forgotten writers, Detective Stories from the Strand is a treasure trove of remarkable ingenuity, guaranteed to delight all enthusiasts of crime fiction.
The vampire of the village / G.K. Chesterton --
The dream / Agatha Christie --
The ginger king / A.E.W. Mason --
The ministering angel / E.C. Bentley --
Tokay of the comet year / H. Warner Allen --
A point of law / Somerset Maugham --
Not guilty / Will Scott --
The idol's eye / Sapper --
The perfect crime / Seamark --
The intruder / Augustus Muir --
Cast-iron alibi / Richard Keverne --
A deal i old masters / Aldous Huxley --
Private water / A.J. Alan --
A gift from the Babob / D.L. Murray --
The episcopal seal / J. Maclaren-Ross --
The interruption / W.W. Jacobs --
The Chobham affair / Edgar Wallace --
By kind permission of the murdered man / Hylton Cleaver --
In view of the audience / Marguerite Steen --
The man who dreamed too much / Quentin Reynolds --
Inquest / Loel Yeo --
THe adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton --
Arthur Conan Doyle / The Adventure of the creeping man / Arthur Conan Doyle --
The adventure of the lion's mane / Arthur Conan Doyle --
The adventure of the first class carriage / Ronald Knox« less