Best of
Mystery

1932

Miss Marple Investigates (Perfect Maid / Caretaker / Tape Measure / Strange Jest)


Agatha Christie - 1932
    Four of the short stories by Agatha Christie featuring Miss Marple, as read by Joan Hickson, of Miss Marple TV fame.In 2 cassettes, it contains "The Case of the Perfect Maid," "The Case of the Caretaker," "The Tape Measure Murder," and "Strange Jest."Librarian's note: this entry is for the collection "Miss Marple Investigates." Entries for the individual short stories and the remaining 16, as well as the 12 novels in the Miss Marple series can be found elsewhere on Goodreads.

Lord Peter and Harriet Part I Strong Poison / Have His Carcase


Dorothy L. Sayers - 1932
    Dorothy L. Sayers's archetypal British gentleman detective is convinced that mystery author Harriet Vane, convicted of killing her lover, is innocent and sets about to prove her innocence, then the duo investigates a sea-side crime. First two of the Peter & Harriet mysteries.

Under Northern Stars


William MacLeod Raine - 1932
    He as a fugitive from Texas justice. He was hunted like an animal across the western plains, and now, in the uplands of Montana, he had been shot at an knifed by a girl who thought he was another man. Then a driving blizzard locked Jeb and the girl together in a lonely cabin. When the storm died, search parties would be out after the girl. They would find her, and he would be with her.The search party did find them. Unfortunately for Jeb Taylor the sheriff was a member of the party. When happened then is a rapid-fire story of a mysterious man, of a fiery girl who couldn't tell hate from love, of dry-gulching in the Montana hills, and of a bare-knuckle fight that plowed up both death and happiness in its wreckage. With swift, irresistable action, a truly great Western writer spins a fascinating tale about a rugged life.