detective and mystery stories, american

A collection of five short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, including the title selection in which a condemned man is slowly tortured after being judged guilty by the Inquisition. Contains reading activities and notes about the author.

Includes: Ruth Rendell, Antonio Fraser, Amanda Cross, Sara Paretsky, Mary Higgins Clark, and Faye Kellerman.

Collects four linked stories and two novels by twentieth-century American detective novelist Dashiell Hammett, including "The Dain Curse.".

Contains eleven original holiday mystery stories by a variety of modern-day authors, featuring the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

A collection of short crime and mystery fiction by various authors that the editors feel represent the best of the genre.

A collection of short mystery stories voted as the best of 2004.