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Unexplained disappearances, daring thefts, perplexing mysteries and the greatest sleuths of all time combine to make this a page-turning read. From Sherlock Holmes to Hercule Poirot, these detectives puzzle their way through a maze of alibis and motives in the very best of classic and contemporary crime fiction.It includes: The Speckled Band - Arthur Conan Doyle; Cold Money - Ellery Queen; The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb - Agatha Christie; Emil and the Detectives - Erich Kastner; The Inspiration of Mr Budd - Dorothy L. Sayers; From the Files of Inspector Craig - Raymond Smullyan; Butch Minds the Baby - Damon Runyon; Murder at St Oswald's - Michael Underwood; The Cross of Lorraine - Isaac Asimov; The Newdick Helicopter - Leslie Charteris; The One-Handed Murderer - Italo Calvino; The Little Mystery - E. C. Bentley; Fingerprinting a Ghost - Tony Fletcher; It's a Hard World - Andrew Vachss; and Maddened by Mystery - Stephen Leacock.