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As the early years of detective fiction gave way to two separate golden ages - of hard-boiled tales in America and intricately-plotted, so-called “cozy” murders in Britain - the legacy of Sherlock Holmes, with his fierce devotion to science and logic, gave way to street smarts on the one hand and social insight on the other, but even though these new sub-genres went their own ways, their detectives still required intelligence and clear-sightedness as characterized the earliest works of detective fiction: the trademarks of Sherlock Holmes, and of all the detectives featured here.

This sixth volume of The Greatest Mysteries of All Time offers a variety of works by some of the most lauded writers in the field of suspense and literature.

Crime, thriller, and noir fans will delight in this fourth volume of The Greatest Mysteries of All Time, an exciting series featuring short fiction by legendary writers, past and present. From Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, and Georges Simenon to Lawrence Block and Sara Paretsky, this unique collection—compiled and edited by multi-award-winning mystery connoisseur Otto Penzler—is a captivating mixture of mystery and suspense.

This collection of the finest short story mystery fiction by the most acclaimed writers, past and present features Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Burke, Harry Kemelman, and everyone in between. Edited by multi-award-winning mystery connoisseur Otto Penzler, it offers a delightful mixture of mystery and suspense.

Shortly before the holidays, inventor and former assassin Missi Bombay gets orders to perform one last job. It's the granddaddy of all hits-to be carried out on Christmas Eve, no less. Missi knows she has only one chance at success, so she enlists the help of her cousins Gin, Dakota, and Coney. Together the Bombay cousins come out of retirement to stamp out the world's most evil cabal.

The fifth volume of The Greatest Mysteries of All Time is an intriguing anthology of crime and suspense short stories by some of the most renowned writers in the field. This unique collection of master writers includes the usual suspects such as Patricia Highsmith and Mickey Spillane, but also writers better known for other genres, such as Isaac Asimov and Ogden Nash. Edited by the legendary multi-award-winning mystery connoisseur Otto Penzler—whose name is a hallmark of quality and expertise—this thrilling mixture of mystery and suspense will have you guessing up until the very end.

Before TV’s The Twilight Zone, there was radio’s The Inner Sanctum Mystery, Lights Out!, The Weird Circle, and so many other great mysteries starring Orson Welles, Jane Wyman, Dana Andrews, Edmond O’Brien, James Cagney, and more. Volume 5 contains 10 exciting stories from Inner Sanctum Mystery, Lights Out!, The Lux Radio Theatre, and The Unexpected. Volume 9 contains 10 exciting stories from Suspense and The Weird Circle.

Before TV’s The Twilight Zone, there was radio’s The Inner Sanctum Mystery, Lights Out!, The Weird Circle, and so many other great mysteries starring Orson Welles, Jane Wyman, Dana Andrews, Edmond O’Brien, James Cagney, and more. Volume 8 contains 10 exciting stories from The Sealed Book, Somebody Knows, and Suspense.

Cling to the edge of your seat for the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Green Hornet, and The Third Man. Hear classic stories brought to radio by celebrity casts, such as Brave New World with William Conrad, The Pickwick Papers starring Orson Welles, and so many more. Volume 6 contains 10 exciting stories from I Was a Communist for the FBI; John Steele, Adventurer; The Lives of Harry Lime AKA the Third Man; The Lux Radio Theatre; Front Page Farrell; and The Man Called X.

Before TV’s The Twilight Zone, there was radio’s The Inner Sanctum Mystery, Lights Out!, The Weird Circle, and so many other great mysteries starring Orson Welles, Jane Wyman, Dana Andrews, Edmond O’Brien, James Cagney, and more. Volume 7 contains 10 exciting stories from The Mysterious Traveler, Screen Directors Playhouse, The Unexpected, and The Sealed Book.

Cling to the edge of your seat for the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Green Hornet, and The Third Man. Hear classic stories brought to radio by celebrity casts, such as Brave New World with William Conrad, The Pickwick Papers starring Orson Welles, and so many more. Volume 8 contains 10 exciting stories from Rocky Jordan, Screen Directors Playhouse, Front Page Farrell, Screen Guild Theatre, and The Silent Men.

Join Oasis Audio for 100 radio shows from across all genres. Thrill to detective stories and mysteries, dig your spurs in for some dusty-trail Western adventures, laugh until you cry with the kings and queens of radio comedy, and sit on the edge of your seat for the greatest radio dramas. This volume includes episodes of The Abbott and Costello Show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, The Adventures of Red Ryder, The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective, The Aldrich Family, The Amos N Andy Show, and more.

Join Oasis Audio for 100 radio shows from across all genres. Thrill to detective stories and mysteries, dig your spurs in for some dusty-trail Western adventures, laugh until you cry with the kings and queens of radio comedy, and sit on the edge of your seat for the greatest radio dramas. This volume includes episodes of The Big Story, Big Town, Bill Stern Newsreel, The Black Museum, Bold Venture, Boston Blackie, Box Thirteen, Broadway Is My Beat, The Burns and Allen Show, and Casey Crime Photographer.

Volume five includes: David Harding, Counterspy, 1951-01-14: "Captured Contact"; Dragnet, 1950-03-23: "The Big Gangster, Part 1"; Dragnet, 1950-03-30: "The Big Gangster, Part 2"; Gang Busters, 1948-06-12: "The Park Avenue Pilferers"; Gang Busters, 1948-09-25: "The Cincinnati Narcotics Ring"; Inspector Thorne, 1951-08-03: "Golden Girl Murder Case"; Inspector Thorne, 1951-08-10: "Defrosted Refrigerator Murder Case"; Jeff Regan, Investigator, 1948-11-13: "The Guy from Gower Gulch"; and more.

Volume nine includes Rocky Fortune, 1954-02-23: "Organ Grinder"; Rogues Gallery, 1945-06-23: "McDonald Murder Case"; Rogues Gallery, 1945-10-25: "Murder with Muriel"; The Saint, 1950-07-30: "The Previewed Crime"; The Saint, 1950-09-10: "The Horrible Hamburger"; Suspense, 1948-01-10: "The Kandy Tooth"; Tales of the Texas Rangers, 1951-05-20: "Square Dance"; Tales of the Texas Rangers, 1951-05-27: "Joy Ride"; This Is Your FBI, 1951-04-06: "The Soybean Shakedown"; and This Is Your FBI, 1951-11-09: "The Traveling Bride".

Volume six includes: Jeff Regan, Investigator, 1948-12-04: "The Lawyer and the Lady"; Let George Do It, 1951-08-27: "Murder on Vacation"; Let George Do It, 1951-01-08: "The Man Behind the Frame"; The Lineup, 1951-09-12: "The Senile Slugging Case"; The Lineup, 1951-10-11: "The Frivolous Forger Fracas"; The Lineup, 1951-10-18: "The Nicely Nixed Nixon Case"; The Lux Radio Theatre, 1943-02-08: "The Maltese Falcon"; The Man Called X, 1951-05-11: "Roulette Scheme"; The Man Called X, 1951-06-15: "Rubber Sabotage"'; and more.

Volume seven includes: The Man from Homicide, 1951-07-23: "Eddie Kent Case"; The Man from Homicide, 1951-08-06: "Drowned Girl Case"; The Mercury Theatre on the Air, 1938-09-25: "The Immortal Sherlock Holmes"; Mr. and Mrs. North, 1950s: "Bet on Murder"; Mr. and Mrs. North, 1950s: "Brother Danny"; The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe, 1950-11-17: "The Careless Cleaner"; The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe, 1950-11-24: "The Case of the Beautiful Archer"; Pat Novak for Hire, 1949-04-09: "The Sam Tolliver Case"; and more.

Volume two includes: The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective, 1948-06-27: "The Bali Bond Caper"; The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1946-03-04: "Submarine Caves"; The Adventures of the Falcon, 1950-11-12: "The Case of the Widow’s Gorilla"; The Adventures of the Falcon, 1950-11-26: "The Case of the Stooge’s Errand"; Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, 1952-02-13: "A Time to Kill"; Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, 1952-02-20: "Motive for Murder"; and more.

Volume eight includes: Pat Novak for Hire, 1949-04-16: "Go Away Dixie Gillian"; Philo Vance Detective, 1949-09-06: "The Oxford Murder Case"; Philo Vance Detective, 1949-09-13: "The Checkered Murder Case"; Philo Vance Detective, 1949-09-20: "The Penny-Ante Murder Case"; Philo Vance Detective, 1949-09-27: "The Shoeless Murder Case"; Richard Diamond Private Detective, 1950-04-13: "Man Who Hated Women"; Rocky Fortune, 1954-02-16: "Too Much Married Blond"; and more.

Contents: - Washington Irving. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Edgar Allan Poe. The Gold Bug - Herman Melville. Bartleby, the Scrivener - Bret Harte. The Luck of Roaring Camp - Leo Tolstoy. The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Fyodor Dostoevsky. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man - Rudyard Kipling. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi - Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The Yellow Wallpaper - Anton Chekhov. The Lady with the Dog - D.H. Lawrence. The Prussian Officer - James Joyce. Araby - Ivan Turgenev. First Love.