Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes

Detective Stories

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Foreword
3:42
The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe
51:01
The Black Hand by Arthur B. Reeve
52:41
The Biter Bit by Wilkie Collins Part 1
51:18
The Biter Bit by Wilkie Collins Part 2
21:44
Missing: Page Thirteen by Anna Katherine Green Part 1
45:51
Missing: Page Thirteen by Anna Katherine Green Part 2
38:03
A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle
61:23
The Rope of Fear by Mary E. and Thomas W. Hanshew
44:40
The Safety Match by Anton Chekhov
44:09
Some Scotland Yard Stories by Sir Robert Anderson
17:58

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A stolen letter brings the Paris police prefect to Auguste Dupin's room, where a seemingly simple theft has defeated an extensive search. This opening case sets the tone for a volume of detective stories edited by Joseph Lewis French: the crucial evidence may depend as much on understanding another person's mind as on examining a room. The contents bring together writers including Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, Anna Katherine Green, Arthur B. Reeve and Conan Doyle.

French's foreword distinguishes analysis from deduction and considers the growing role of science in fictional investigations. Elsewhere in the collection, Violet prepares to enter a narrow, unlit cellar passage to recover a paper, while an old family prohibition complicates her task. Readers can compare methods of detection across these short works, from patient conversation to physical risk, and see how documents, secrecy and apparently minor details become the focus of a case.