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title: "Detective Stories (Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series)"
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# Detective Stories (Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series)

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## Customer Reviews

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    Fine sampler of excellent detective stories
  

*by A***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 31, 2014*

This is a great collection of some top-notch detective stories, ranging from Edgar Allan Poe to contemporary writers such as Ian Rankin. While I already knew (and loved) some of the stories, such as Agatha Christie's "The Blue Geranium," Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers," and J.L. Borges's "Death and the Compass," I thoroughly enjoyed all of these.When I'm thinking about buying an anthology, I always want to see the table of contents, so here goes:Sara Paretsky, "The Takamoku Joseki"Ian Rankin, "Window of Opportunity"Ruth Rendell, "People Don't Do Such Things"H.R.F. Keating, "Inspector Ghote and the Miracle Baby"Georges Simenon, "Mademoiselle Berthe and Her Lover"J.L Borges, "Death and the Compass"Erle Stanley Gardner, "Leg Man"Raymond Chandler, "I'll Be Waiting"Dashiell Hammett, "The Gatewood Caper"Agatha Christie, "The Blue Geranium"Susan Glaspell, "A Jury of Her Peers"G.K. Chesterton, "The Blue Cross"Arthur Conan Doyle, "Silver Blaze"Bret Harte, "The Stolen Cigar Case"James McLevy, "Long Looked-For, Come at Last"Edgar Allan Poe, "The Purloined Letter"There's something for everyone! And as is usual with Everyman's Library editions, the book is beautifully printed.

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    Detectives Through the Ages
  

*by F***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 2, 2014*

This is a beautifully designed little collection of detective stories from diverse authors over a span of more than a century. It includes many superb tales -- although inevitably what appeals to some readers will not to others. My favorites were more at the beginning of the book than at the end. And no parody of Sherlock Holmes, even by Bret Harte, can come close to the original. My only complaint is that an anthology like this should include Rex Stout. This omission is unforgivable! But I don't regret having bought the book, which was an enjoyable read.

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    More mundane than mysterious stories
  

*by T***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 13, 2020*

Within this collection are old yarns you've read before in highschool, like Purloined Letter.  There's one or two by Christie and Doyle, which are a good read but included are incredibly bland stories like Long Looked For, Come At Last, which reads like a policeman's journal.  It was totally devoid of ANY literary merit!  You also get 1940's style gangster detective fiction like Leg Man; it's the Perry Mason type and not even real a mystery.  The fast talking, cliche ridden idioms and anachronistic phrases in Gatewood Caper had me cringing.The parody, Stolen Cigar Case, was surprisingly refreshing, while Death and Compass had me scratching my head.  I had to do a lot of research to understand the meaning.So this book is not recommended because of too many duds.  I also expected short stories, not novellas.  I am looking forward to the British Library Crime Classics.

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