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| Introduction | 3 | |
| The Murders in the Rue Morgue | 10 | |
| The Stolen Cigar Case | 40 | |
| The Problem of Cell 13 | 49 | |
| The Doomdorf Mystery | 81 | |
| Missing: Page Thirteen | 93 | |
| The Beauty Mask | 124 | |
| A Jury of Her Peers | 142 | |
| The False Burton Combs | 162 | |
| The Keyboard of Silence | 184 | |
| A Nose for News | 217 | |
| Spider | 239 | |
| Leg Man | 261 | |
| I'll Be Waiting | 295 | |
| The Footprint in the Sky | 310 | |
| Rear Window | 326 | |
| The Lipstick | 356 | |
| Homicide Highball | 375 | |
| An Error in Chemistry | 414 | |
| From Another World | 431 | |
| A Daylight Adventure | 456 | |
| See No Evil | 471 | |
| Crime Must Have a Stop | 480 | |
| Small Homicide | 499 | |
| Guilt-Edged Blonde | 512 | |
| Christmas Party | 526 | |
| A Matter of Public Notice | 570 | |
| The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln's Clue | 587 | |
| Words Do Not a Book Make | 602 | |
| Christmas Is for Cops | 608 | |
| Lucky Penny | 621 | |
| The Parker Shotgun | 639 | |
| Chee's Witch | 655 | |
| Benny's Space | 665 | |
| Credits | 683 | |
| Index | 685 |
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Mark Morton
reviewed The Oxford book of American detective stories on August 21, 2009
The Oxford book of American detective stories
Got this for the Bellem story-- which doesn't in any way disappoint-- but I'm enjoying the rest of the collection too. Highlights are: Carroll John Daly, Bellem, Melville Davisson Post, Susan Glaspell, Woolrich and Chandler's story, which is a pretty good one.
Funny, but I find myself actually agreeing wholeheartedly with Chandler's "The Simple Art of Murder" at the midway point of this collection. The stories that pay less attention to "unique" plot twists are the better ones, without question. Not that I ever thought the man was wrong, but I hadn't really ever considered it such a very great problem. Seeing the preponderance here, I can sympathize with the man. This was the company he was joining: who could blame him for a little froth and bile? The more Conan Doyle-ish, the worse, and there are more than a few pastiches here, including one by John Dickson Carr that is a real "treat".
On balance, kind of silly. But a fun read.
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