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.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Red Hot Reads .

There are 272 pages in this book. This book was published in 2007 by Pan Macmillan .

Philip Pullman is one of the most highly respected children's authors writing today. He lives in Oxford.