Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories
Julian Hawthorne
A curated anthology of early mystery and detective stories from authors across many traditions, edited by Julian Hawthorne. Includes work by Maupassant, Voltaire, Balzac, Apuleius, and other founders of the genre.
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A weekend houseguest turns amateur sleuth after a man is found dead behind a locked door. Milne's only mystery novel is a clean, witty locked-room puzzle from the author of Winnie-the-Pooh.
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