A fine collection of classic Mystery and Detective stories. Contents: Rudyard Kipling: My Own True Ghost Story; The Sending of Dana Da; In the House of Suddhoo; His Wedded Wife. A. Conan Doyle: A Case of Identity; A Scandal in Bohemia; The Red Headed League. Egerton Castle: The Baron's Quarry Stanley J. Weyman: The Fowl in the Pot. Robert Louis Stevenson: The Pavilion on the Links. Wilkie Collins: The Dream Woman; The First Narrative; The Second Narrative;...

Tales of Mystery by Famous Authors of East and West, included here are stories by GUY DE MAUPASSANT, HONORE DE BALZAC, VOLTAIRE and, PLINY, THE YOUNGER.

Inspector Hopper and his perpetually hungry assistant McBugg solve three mysteries for their insect friends.

The solutions to ten mysteries solved by Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown are given in a separate section challenging the reader to match wits with the ten-year-old mastermind of Idaville's war on crime.

While investigating a murder on his ranch, Hank finds himself as the number one suspect. Hank heads for the hills and becomes an outlaw, where he is befriended by band of coyotes. Then they unveil a plan to raid Hank's ranch.

What will the Aldens discover on a vacation to a beautiful island in the South Seas? The island is supposed to be deserted, but as the Aldens explore, they start to find signs that they suggest they are not alone.

Hank the cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, pursues an elusive chicken murderer.

The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance. Includes previously unpublished artwork and author's notes about design elements.

When her friend Nellie is suspected of stealing Mrs. Van Sicklen's black pearls at Christmastime, Samantha helps her discover where they really went.

Assembled and edited by Julian Hawthorne and first published in 1909, the Modern English volume of The Lock and Key Library features sixteen classic mystery and detective stories by such luminaries as Rudyard Kipling, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Wilkie Collins. Detective stories existed for centuries before the concept of the detective itself-amateur or professional- was fully formulated, and tales of mystery and intrigue...