FROM OUR EDITORS

Spanning more than 200 years, this varied collection encompasses every kind of crime story. Includes tales from Alexandre Dumas, Headon Hill, Allen Back, Ferenc Molnar, Gary Lovisi, Michael A. Black, Joyce Kilmer, Edgar Wallace, Geoffrey Vace, & others.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Filled with classic detective stories and grim tales of murder and the macabre, 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories will fascinate and thrill mystery lovers everywhere.

This richly varied collection, spanning mire than 200 years, encompasses virtually every kind of crime story: the puzzle tale in Alexandre Dumas' "The Man of the Knife," the detective story in Headon Nill's "The Sapient Monkey," the police procedural in Gerald Tollesfraud's "Switch,' and the dark thriller in Ernest Leong's "Incense Sticks." There is also fratricide in Allen Beack's "Always Together," embezzlement in Ferenc Molnar's "The Best Policy," serial murder in Gary Lovisi's "New Blood'" and ;a crime so bizarre in Geoffrey Vace's "The Hard-Luck Kid" that it defies classification.