Anthologies

World-famous detectives of fiction such as The Saint and Hercule Poirot are featured in these stories

An anthology by more than a dozen classic "locked room" mysteries presents short stories by such noted masters of the genre as Hecht, Carr, Poe, and Chesterton

A collection of detective fiction from the pulp magazines of the 1940s and 1950s, with contributions from writers such as Dashiell Hammett, John D. MacDonald, John Jakes, Cornell Woolrich, and Paul Cain

This fourth volume from the Macmillan Midnight Library, edited by Muller and Pronzini, contains sixteen mystery-suspense stories featuring doctors, nurses and the world of medicine, including contributions from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mignon Eberhart, Cornell Woolrich, George Harmon Coxe and Mary Roberts Rinehart

It was dark by the time Lucas stopped his taxi in the driveway of the Wheeler home and lumbered up the path to the front entrance. He still wore his heavy boots, despite the spring thaw; his mackinaw and knitted cap were reminders of the hard winter that had come and gone. When Geraldine Wheeler opened the door, wearing her lightweight traveling suit, she shivered at the sight of him. "Come in," she said crisply. "My trunk is inside." Lucas went through the foyer to the stairway, knowing his way around the house, accustomed to its rich dark textures and somber furnishings; he was Medvale's only taxi driver. He found the heavy black trunk at the foot of the stairs, and hoisted it on his back. "That all the luggage, Miss Wheeler?" "That's all. I've sent the rest ahead to the ship. Good heavens, Lucas, aren't you hot in that outfit?" She opened a drawer and rummaged through it. "I've probably forgotten a million things. Gas, electricity, phone . . . Fireplace! Lucas, would you check it for me, please?" "Yes, miss," Lucas said. He went into the living room, past the white-shrouded furniture. There were some glowing embers among the blackened stumps, and he snuffed them out with a poker. A moment later the woman entered, pulling on long silken gloves. "All right," she said breathlessly. "I guess that's all. We can go now." "Yes, miss," Lucas said.

Gathers short mysteries by Agatha Christie, Cornell Woolrich, George Baxt, and Lillian de la Torre

The Bounty Thriller Collection with stories from Agatha Christie, Elmore Leonard, Ken Follet, Maeve Binchy, Roald Dahl, Ruth Rendell and many more...All in 484 pages.