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The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories by Patricia Craig is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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A Collection Of Thirty-three Stories Showing The Scope, Vigour, And Enduring Fascination Of The Detective Story. Introduction -- Stir Outside The Cafe Royal / Clarence Rook -- Silver Blaze / Arthur Conan Doyle -- Mysterious Visitor / R. Austin Freeman -- Case Of Laker, Absconded / Arthur Morrison -- Oracle Of The Dog / G.k. Chesterton -- Genuine Tabard / E.c. Bentley -- Dead Leaves / H.c. Bailey -- Mystery Of The Sleeping-car Express / Freeman Wills Crofts -- Purple Line / John Rhode -- Solved By Inspection / Ronald Knox -- Henpecked Murderer / Roy Vickers -- Superintendent Wilson's Holiday / G.d.h. Cole And M. Cole -- Witness For The Prosecution / Agatha Christie -- Avenging Chance / Anthony Berkeley -- Murder At Pentecost / Dorothy L. Sayers -- Death On The Air / Ngaio Marsh -- Miss Burnside's Dilemma / Cyril Hare -- Daisy Bell / Gladys Mitchell -- Three Is A Lucky Number / Margery Allingham -- Assassins' Club / Nicholas Blake -- House In Goblin Wood / Carter Dickson -- Furies / Michael Innes -- Hornets' Nest / Christianna Brand -- Murderer / Julian Symons -- Killing Of Michael Finnegan / Michael Gilbert -- Murder At St Oswald's / Michael Underwood -- Great Aunt Allie's Flypapers
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Patricia Craig
- Publisher
- Oxford [England] ; New York: Oxford University Press
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780192829689
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery
- Rating
- 3.75 / 5 (31 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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