Senior Sleuths
Subtitle: a large print anthology of mysteries and puzzlers
By: edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh.
Contributors: Asimov, Isaac, 1920-; Greenberg, Martin Harry.; Waugh, Carol-Lynn Rössel.
Series: G.K. Hall large print book series
Publisher: G.K. Hall
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Boston, MA, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 454
ISBN-13: 9780816148547
Copyright date: 1989
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, American.; Detective and mystery stories, English.; Large type books.
Description: Sit back, dear reader, and enjoy this original large print mystery anthology. But don't get too comfortable; you'll need to be on your toes to notice the clues in each of these intriguing tales. As senior citizen and prolific author Isaac Asimov writes in his Introduction, here the mysteries are solved not by the brashness of muscles and youth, but by sharp wits, experience, and intellect. In this collection, you'll find many of your favourite detectives, including the inimitable Sherlock Holmes, beloved Miss Marple, and jovial Father Brown. You'll also meet other able senior sleuths from all walks of life, in stories by such famed authors as Charlotte MacLeod, John Dickson Carr, and Hughe Pentecost.

The stories are filled with suspense, spiced with humour, and punctuated with clever twists. Some you will solve, others will perplex you, all will surely entertain you!
--front flap
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Sharpness at the end / Isaac Asimov --; title: The case of the perfect maid / Agatha Christie --; title: Never shake a family tree / Donald E. Westlake --; title: The man who explained miracles / Carter Dickson (John Dickson Carr) --; title: Mom knows best / James Yaffe --; title: A bad influence / Hugh Pentecost --; title: His last bow / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle --; title: Hot or cold / Isaac Asimov --; title: The hammer of God / G.K. Chesterton --; title: No motive / Theodore Mathieson --; title: Mrs. Norris observes / Dorothy Salisbury Davis --; title: The pleasant assassin / Helen McCloy --; title: The life of a big whale / Thomas Adcock --; title: Journey for Lady G. / Charlotte MacLeod --; title: Rift in the loot / Stuart Palmer and Craig Rice --; title: The house of a hundred birds / Edward D. Hoch.