The Ultimate Collection of Dective Stories & Murder Mysteries for the Holidays
Classic Holiday Crimes, Locked Rooms, and Golden Age Detective PuzzlesBy Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Anna Katharine Green, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary Roberts Rinehart, John Kendrick Bangs, Agatha Christie, Robert Barr, Ellis Parker Butler, Maurice Leblanc, Wilkie Collins, Grace Livingston Hill, Edgar Wallace, Melville Davisson Post, Paul Thorne, Mabel Thorne, Marion Harvey, R. Austin Freeman, A. E. W. Mason, E. W. Hornung, G. K. Chesterton, Victor L. Whitechurch
Length384h 51m
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The Ultimate Collection of Dective Stories & Murder Mysteries for the Holidays gathers crime fiction's formative and popular traditions into an inviting seasonal compendium. Its range extends from Gothic dread, sensation plotting, and locked-room puzzles to gentleman-thief adventures, police investigations, and psychologically alert tales of domestic suspicion. Canonical figures of deduction stand beside less frequently anthologized practitioners, while memorable mysteries of concealed identity, ingenious alibis, and seemingly impossible crimes reveal how elastic the genre can be. The volume brings together writers central to the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century development of detective narrative on both sides of the Atlantic and across Europe. These contributors helped establish enduring conventions: the brilliant amateur investigator, the evidentiary clue, the red herring, the criminal double life, and the climactic reconstruction of events. Their varied professional backgrounds—journalism, popular fiction, legal and medical interests, and theatrical storytelling—enrich the collection's perspectives. Collectively, the selections trace a movement from Gothic and sensation fiction toward the rationalized puzzle mysteries associated with the genre's classic era. Ideal for holiday reading and serious study alike, this anthology offers a rare opportunity to encounter multiple genealogies of mystery within one volume. Readers will find entertainment in its suspense and ingenuity, but also a valuable survey of changing literary techniques, social anxieties, and ideas of justice. The dialogue among these diverse stories makes the collection especially rewarding.
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GenreMystery and Thriller
Length384 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 4, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Cozy Christmas Mysteries - Ultimate Collection (Annotated)
2The Ultimate Collection of Dective Stories & Murder Mysteries for the Holidays
3Edgar Allan Poe
4The Murders in the Rue Morgue
5The Mystery of Marie Roget
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6The Purloined Letter
7Agatha Christie
8The Mysterious Affair at Styles
9Chapter 1 I GO TO STYLES
10Chapter 2 THE 16TH AND 17TH OF JULY
11Chapter 3 THE NIGHT OF THE TRAGEDY
12Chapter 4 POIROT INVESTIGATES
13Chapter 5 “IT ISN’T STRYCHNINE, IS IT?”
14Chapter 6 THE INQUEST
15Chapter 7 POIROT PAYS HIS DEBTS
16Chapter 8 FRESH SUSPICIONS
17Chapter 9 DR. BAUERSTEIN
18Chapter 10 THE ARREST
19Chapter 11 THE CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION
20Chapter 12 THE LAST LINK
21Chapter 13 POIROT EXPLAINS
22The Murder on the Links
239. M. Giraud Finds Some Clues
2418. Giraud Acts
2528. Journey’s End
26The Kidnapped Prime Minister
27The Million Dollar Bond Robbery
28The Secret Adversary
29Prologue
30Chapter 1 The Young Adventurers, Ltd.
31Chapter 2 Mr. Whittington’s Offer
32Chapter 3 A Set Back
33Chapter 4 Who Is Jane Finn?
34Chapter 5 Mr. Julius P. Hersheimmer
35Chapter 6 A Plan of Campaign
36Chapter 7 The House in Soho
37Chapter 8 The Adventures of Tommy
38Chapter 9 Tuppence Enters Domestic Service
39Chapter 10 Enter Sir James Peel Edgerton
40Chapter 11 Julius Tells a Story
41Chapter 12 A Friend in Need
42Chapter 13 The Vigil
43Chapter 14 A Consultation
44Chapter 15 Tuppence Receives a Proposal
45Chapter 16 Further Adventures of Tommy
46Chapter 17 Annette
47Chapter 18 The Telegram
48Chapter 19 Jane Finn
49Chapter 20 Too Late
50Chapter 21 Tommy Makes a Discovery
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