But then a millionaire's daughter moves into the next-door mansion, an old miser hides a fortune in his decrepit house, and a runaway kid starts hiding out in Sleepyside!"

    'The House Party' and 'The Blessington Method' subsequently both won Edgar Awards. Stanley Ellin, who was made a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America in 1980, is acknowledged as one of the great masters of the 20th-century short story, and this volume brings together the best of his work in the genre.

    

    Dorothy's trip to the zoo with her prim and proper aunt doesn't stop her from having an imaginative rapport with the animals.

    and Mrs. North Mysteries: Captain Heimrich investigates family secrets behind closed doors (TheNew Yorker).   Capt. M. L. Heimrich of the New York State Police may not have the flash of hard-boiled city detectives, but there’s no lead the intrepid investigator won’t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . .   After four years serving as a lieutenant in the US Naval Reserve, all World War II widow Jane Phillips wants is to reunite with her great-aunt Susan Meredith at her home in Westchester, New York. But Jane’s journey soon proves to be fraught with danger.   First, a series of unfortunate events almost causes Jane to miss her train. Then, another passenger attempts to trick her into a premature disembarkation. Jane would like to think the mishaps are simple coincidence, but what she doesn’t know is someone doesn’t want her to make it home at all . . .   When Susan’s grandson insists the family matriarch is being poisoned to death, police detective Captain Heimrich is duty bound to investigate. And soon he’ll uncover a dastardly plot involving greedy relatives, a woman in peril, and the kind of wealth some people would kill for.   I Want to Go Home is the 1st book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

    StriblingThe man who murdered in public Roy VickersCabin B-13 John Dickson CarrThe stripper Anthony BoucherChallenge to the reader Hugh PentecostThe missing Shakespeare Ms. Lillian de la TorreMother, may I go out to swim? Patrick QuentinDouble exposure Ben HechtLaugh it off Charlotte ArmstrongThe case of the irate witness Erle Stanley GardnerBy his own hand Rex StoutMiracles do happen Ellery QueenBlonde beauty slain Cornell WoolrichAlternate title: Ellery Queen's Twentieth Century Detective Stories