Century of Detection: Twenty Great Mystery Stories, 1841-1940 (Paperback)

from aya.herron

This collection of mystery short stories spans a century that defined the genre of detective fiction. "A Century of Detection: Twenty Great Mystery Stories, 1841 - 1940" provides a thematic survey of detective fiction and the stories are presented chronologically. John Cullen Gruesser has include...

from BDavis54

This is the first book I've received through the Early Reviewer program. I am not often a reader of short story anthologies because I usually find them inconsistent in the quality of the stories that they contain. However, I do love mystery novels which I read frequently. Reading this book came a...

from chilirlw

This book is intended to be useful both as a textbook for the study of detective fiction and also as an enjoyable overview of the history of detective fiction for the casual reader. It succeeds at both. The author's notes in the general introduction and in the introductions to each story are succ...

from MrsLee

This collection of short mystery stories was compiled to be used in a classroom for the purposes of teaching about the history of writing detective fiction. The editor also wanted it to be enjoyable for the layman, which I think he accomplished. He has included stories from authors who wrote from...

from NellieMc

I was pleasantly surprised by this book. When I read that the editor was trying to write a book both for use in college classes and for the general public, I was worried that the book would be disoriented. Instead, he's achieved quite a nice balance between well-known and very influential authors...