The mammoth book of great detective stories cover

The mammoth book of great detective stories

by Herbert Van Thal

The best collection of detective stories ever made available. E.C. BENTLEY: The Inoffensive Captain CHRISTIANNA BRAND: The Scapegoat LESLIE CHARTERIS: The Mystery of the Child's Toy ROY VICKERS: The Rubber Trumpet R. AUSTIN FREEMAN: The Moabite Cipher EMILE GABORIAU: The Little Old Man of Batignolles DULCIE GRAY: The Scarlet Butterfly E. W. HORNUNG: Out of Paradise DOROTHY SAYERS: The Cave of Ali Baba MARGARET COLE: Superintendent Wilson's Holiday EDGAR WALLACE: The Treasure Hunt AGATHA CHRISTIE: Sing a Song of Sixpence H.R.F. KEATING: Inspector Ghote and the Miracle Baby WILLIAM WILKIE COLLINS: The Biter Bit EDMUND CRISPIN: We Know You're Busy Writing ARNOLD BENNETT: Murder G.K. CHESTERTON: The Eye of Apolio MICHAEL INNES: A Matter of Goblins BARONESS ORCZY: The Woman in the Big Hat RAYMOND CHANDLER: Goldfish JUNE THOMSON: The Girl with the Red-Gold Hair L.T. MEADE and ROBERT EUSTACE: Mr. Bovey's Unexpected Will FREEMAN WILLS CROFT: The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express J.C. SQUIRE: The Alibi GEORGES SIMENON: The Evidence of the Altar-Boy J. S. FLETCHER: The Judge Corroborates

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?