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This collection gathers a range of celebrated detective narratives from authors such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Raymond Smullyan, and Italo Calvino. The stories include puzzles, locked‑room mysteries, and private investigator adventures, offering drama and suspense in a format suited for juvenile audiences.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories
Authors: Philip Pullman
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