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The mammoth book of historical detectives /

The mammoth book of historical detectives / Historical detectives edited by Mike Ashley. - 1st Carroll & Graf ed. - New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 1995. - xii, 532 p. ; 20 cm.

Death in the dawntime / The judgment of Daniel -- Death wears a mask / The king of sacrifices / The three travellers / The case of the murdered senator / A Mithraic mystery / Abbey sinister / The two beggars / F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre -- Steven Saylor -- John Maddox Roberts -- R.L. Stevens -- Wallace Nichols -- Mary Reed and Eric Mayer -- Peter Tremayne -- Robert van Gulik. pt. 1. The ancient world. The investigation of things / The midwife's tale / The duchess and the doll / Ordeal by fire / The chapman and the tree of doom / Charles Ardai -- Margaret Frazer -- Edith Pargeter (Ellis Peters) -- Mary Monica Pulver -- Kate Sedley. pt. 2. The Middle Ages. The murder of innocence / Cassandra's castle / Man's inherited death / The curse of the Connecticut clock / The scent of murder / The inn of the black crow / The spirit of '76 / P.C. Doherty -- J.F. Peirce -- Keith Heller -- S.S. Rafferty -- Theodore Mathieson -- William Hope Hodgson -- Lillian de la Torre. pt. 3. The age of discovery. Deadly will and testament / The god of the hills / The admiral's lady / The eye of Shiva / The trail of the bells / Murdering Mr. Boodle / Ron Burns -- Melville Davisson Post -- Joan Aiken -- Peter MacAlan -- Edward D. Hoch -- Amy Myers. pt. 4. Regency and gaslight. The phantom pistol / The adventure of the frightened governess / Jack Adrian -- Basil Copper. pt. 5. Holmes and beyond.

Features fictional detectives including monastic investigators Brother Cadfael and Sister Fidelma, cowboy sleuth Ben Snow, and traveller-detective Roger the Chapman.

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Detective and mystery stories, American.
Detective and mystery stories, English.


Detective and mystery stories.
Historical fiction.

PN6071.D45 / M355 1995