Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the ninth volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.

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    Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the final volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.

    Fletcher. In a career spanning more than twenty years, Fletcher completed more than one hundred mysteries and was one of the leading figures of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.Dead Men’s MoneyIn the Mayor’s ParlourRavensdene CourtScarhaven KeepThe Borough TreasurerThe Chestermarke InstinctThe Herapath PropertyThe Middle of ThingsThe Middle Temple MurderThe Orange-Yellow DiamondThe Paradise MysteryThe Rayner-Slade AmalgamationThe Talleyrand MaximThis unexpurgated edition contains the complete text with errors and omissions corrected.

    He balanced himself for a moment on the rail and then jumped ten feet down to the pier.The gangplanks had already been withdrawn and the great liner bound for New York was too mighty a piece of momentum to pause now. Furthermore her commander was going down the river on a favoring tide and nothing short of a signal from the port authorities would have made him put back for a passenger who had chosen such a singular moment for a leap into the dark.An hour or so later in the smoking room the disappearance was discussed with fervor. A collar manufacturer of Troy, named Colliver, was holding his group for the reason he had been standing by the rail when the young man jumped and had even sought to restrain him."He was too quick for me," Colliver declared. "I surely thought he'd hurt himself jumping ten feet down."