Mystery & Crime Collection: 12 Novels & 70+ Detective Stories in One Volume (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. (Bulldog Drummond, The Blank Gang, Jim Maitland, The Final Count, Tiny Carteret, Knock-Out, Temple Tower…)By H. C. McNeile, Sapper
Length154h 6m
About this audiobook
Gathering twelve novels and more than seventy detective stories, Mystery & Crime Collection presents H. C. McNeile—better known as Sapper—at the center of early twentieth-century popular crime writing. The volume ranges from brisk puzzle tales and espionage-inflected adventures to hard-edged thrillers shaped by postwar anxieties, imperial intrigue, and the gentleman-amateur tradition. Standout sequences featuring resourceful investigators and action-driven plots reveal the period's fascination with danger, disguise, loyalty, and moral decisiveness. McNeile's background as a soldier and journalist informs the collection's atmosphere: terse dialogue, martial codes of conduct, and a heightened sense of menace recur across the fiction. Writing in the aftermath of the First World War, Sapper helped define a strand of British thriller-writing that intersects with detective fiction while emphasizing pursuit, conspiracy, and masculine camaraderie. Read together, these works illuminate the cultural climate that produced both classic sleuthing and modern adventure suspense. This volume is recommended for readers seeking a broad encounter with the formative decades of mystery and crime fiction. Its scale offers an unusual opportunity to trace recurring motifs, evolving narrative strategies, and shifts in popular taste within a single authorial archive. Students, scholars, and general enthusiasts alike will find it a rich resource for understanding how detective fiction, espionage, and the thriller entered into lasting dialogue.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length154 hrs 6 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 23, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5Mystery & Crime Collection: 12 Novels & 70+ Detective Stories in One Volume (Bulldog Drummond, The Blank Gang, Jim Maitland, The Final Count, Tiny Carteret, Knock-Out, Temple Tower…)
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6FOREWORD
7I. — RAYMOND BLAIR—DRUNKARD
8II. — THE KILLING OF BARON STOCKMAR
9III. — A GAME OF BLUFF
10IV. — COLETTE
11V. — THE FIGHT AT BULL MINE CREEK
12VI. — PETE CORNISH'S REVENGE
13VII. — THE MADMAN AT CORN REEF LIGHTHOUSE
14VIII. — THE SEVEN MISSIONARIES
15IX. — THE ROTTENNESS OF LADY HOUNSLOW
16X. — THE POOL OF THE SACRED CROCODILE
17XI. — AN EXPERIMENT IN ELECTRICITY
18XII. — MOLLY'S AUNT AT ANGMERING
19CHAPTER I
20CHAPTER II
21CHAPTER III
22CHAPTER IV
23CHAPTER V
24CHAPTER VI
25CHAPTER VII
26CHAPTER VIII
27CHAPTER IX
28CHAPTER X
29PROLOGUE
30CHAPTER I IN WHICH HE TAKES TEA AT THE CARLTON AND IS SURPRISED
31CHAPTER II IN WHICH HE JOURNEYS TO GODALMING AND THE GAME BEGINS
32CHAPTER III IN WHICH THINGS HAPPEN IN HALF MOON STREET
33CHAPTER IV IN WHICH HE SPENDS A QUIET NIGHT AT THE ELMS
34CHAPTER V IN WHICH THERE IS TROUBLE AT GORING
35CHAPTER VI IN WHICH A VERY OLD GAME TAKES PLACE ON THE HOG'S BACK
36CHAPTER VII IN WHICH HE SPENDS AN HOUR OR TWO ON A ROOF
37CHAPTER VIII IN WHICH HE GOES TO PARIS FOR A NIGHT
38CHAPTER IX IN WHICH HE HAS A NEAR SHAVE
39CHAPTER X IN WHICH THE HUN NATION DECREASES BY ONE
40CHAPTER XI IN WHICH LAKINGTON PLAYS HIS LAST "COUP"
41I. IN WHICH THINGS HAPPEN NEAR BARKING CREEK
42II. IN WHICH SCOTLAND YARD SITS UP AND TAKES NOTICE
43III. IN WHICH HUGH DRUMMOND COMPOSES A LETTER
44IV. IN WHICH COUNT ZADOWA GETS A SHOCK
45V. IN WHICH CHARLES LATTER, M.P., GOES MAD
46VI. IN WHICH AN EFFUSION IS SENT TO THE NEWSPAPERS
47VII. IN WHICH A BOMB BURSTS AT UNPLEASANTLY CLOSE QUARTERS
48VIII. IN WHICH THE BAG OF NUTS IS FOUND BY ACCIDENT
49IX. IN WHICH THERE IS A STORMY SUPPER PARTY AT THE RITZ
50X. IN WHICH HUGH DRUMMOND MAKES A DISCOVERY
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