Eleven classic whodunits starring master sleuths such as Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Father Brown. A superstar lineup of detectivesRdash;including Sherlock Holmes, C. Auguste Dupin, and Hercule Poirotcdash;headlines this elegant leather-bound edition of classic mystery stories. Short stories such as Edgar Allan Poe3squo;s idquo;The Murders in the Rue Morguepdquo; and G. K. Chestertonksquo;s ndquo;The Blue Crossddquo; are ideal for a cozy evening by the fire, while novels like Agatha Christiemsquo;s The Murder on the Links and Jules VerneRsquo;s An Antarctic Mystery will keep you engrossed for days. The eleven works in this volume are preceded by a scholarly introduction that explores the origins of the genre, as well as the development of the modern mystery story and the contributions made by each author.