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Fourteen Great Detective Stories is a curated collection of classic detective and mystery short tales. Edited for a 1928 revision, it features works by Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, R. Austin Freeman, G.K. Chesterton, E.C. Bentley, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ellery Queen, Rex Stout, Carter Dickson, and Cornell Woolrich, among others. The anthology showcases the variety and depth of early twentieth‑century detective fiction.
First publish date: 1949
Genre: General Fiction/Anthologies
Authors: Howard Haycraft
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