Best of
Mystery

1961

Three Aces: A Nero Wolfe Omnibus


Rex Stout - 1961
    Contains:Too Many ClientsMight As Well Be DeadThe Final Deduction

13 For Luck


Agatha Christie - 1961
    Brain-twisters, spine-chilling perils, secret codes, daring deductions, well-hidden clues, suspicious-looking characters—these are just a few of the tantalizing ingredients Miss Christie serves up to Hercule Poirot, Jane Marple, Harley Quin, Mr Parker Pyne, Tommy and Tuppence, and Inspector Evans in this collection.Contents: The veiled lady — The Nemean lion — The girdle of Hyppolita — The Market Basing mystery — Tape-measure murder — The blue geranium — The four suspects — The face of Helen — The bird with the broken wing — The Regatta mystery — Problem at Pollensa Bay — The unbreakable alibi — Accident

Five Of A Kind; The Third Nero Wolfe Omnibus


Rex Stout - 1961
    Includes the novels "The Rubber Band," "In The Best Families," and Three Doors to Death (short story collection: "Man Alive," "Omit Flowers," and "Door to Death").

Where is Janice Gantry?


John D. MacDonald - 1961
    A VG copy. Has mild edge wear, minor rubbing on the spine. Solid, clean copy.

Felicia Cartright and the Storm Scarred Mountain


Bernard Palmer - 1961
    

Banking on Death


Emma Lathen - 1961
    John Putnam Thatcher gets involved by one heir, Arthur Schneider, President of Schneider Manufacturing, and grandson of the founder who left a trust for his grandchildren upon the death of all of their parents. The last parent is about to die from natural causes. One heir is missing and Thatcher, Trinkam, and Nicholls, all Emma Lathen regulars work to find the missing heir. Soon they learn a murder is involved and it takes Thatcher to unravel the Gordian knot. This universally acclaimed debut by Lathen (a pseudonym for the writing team of Mary J. Latsis and Martha Henissart) introduced mystery fans to amateur sleuth/Wall Street banker John Putnam Thatcher. Newsweek describes Lathen as "a master plotter, an elegant stylist, a comic genius and a purist who never sacrifices logic for surprise effect".

The Long Ride


James McKimmey - 1961
    

The Watcher


Dolores Hitchens - 1961
    An anonymous letter triggers the police into reopening three cases of "accidental" death.