num_pages: 297
description: Six short novels (novellas) in which the authors' famous characters solve the crime in a shorter time than their usual novel length adventures. Ellery Queen edits and contributes a story in which Ellery solves a mystery but is unwilling to reveal the answer publicly. Ed McBain has an 87th Precinct story. Simenon has a Maigret story; Gardner a Sheriff Bill Holden. A sampler of what makes these mystery writers famous. If you like one of these mystery writers, read their story, and then see what your fellow readers have been liking about these six masters of mystery.
language: English
title: Six of the Best Short Novels by Masters of Mystery
titlecomplete: Six of the Best Short Novels by Masters of Mystery
genres: Mystery
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub