Herbert Van Thal

xix,282p. ; 23 cm

Contents: The Invisible Boy by Ray Bradbury The King Is Dead, Long Live The King by Mary Coleridge [Adventure of the Speckled Band]( by Arthur Conan Doyle Comrade Pigeon by Romain Gary The Crossways by L.P. Hartley The Role-Call of the Reef by Arthur Quiller-Couch The Ballroom by William Sansom The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson The Magic Shop by H.G. Wells [Rappaccini's Daughter]( by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Adventure of the German Student by Washington Irving

Looks at the lives of Israeli prime ministers Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, and Menachem Begin, and the events surrounding their leadership in Israel.

Superintendent Wilson's Holiday : G D H and Margaret Cole The Treasure Hunt : Edgar Wallace Sing a Song of Sixpence : Agatha Christie Inspector Ghote and the Miracle Baby : H R F Keating The Biter Bit : William Wikie Collins We Know You're Busy Writing : Edmund Crispin Murder! : Arnold Bennett The Eye of Apollo : G.K. Chesterton A Matter of Goblins : Michael lInnes The Woman in the Big Hat : Baroness Orczy

Twenty-one stories to make you bristle and shiver. Twenty-one stories to disturb your dreams. Twenty-one stories on the wings of terror. By twenty-one of the greatest masters of the macabre ever to write in the English language.

Previously published separately as The First, Second and Third Bedside Book of Great Detective Stories Contents 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 Apollo 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

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