Twentieth century detective stories / Illustrated by Seymour Nydorf. Fourteen modern detective stories ... together with Queen's quorum, a readers' and collectors' guide to the 101 most important books of detective-crime short stories.
Vampire of the village / G. K. Chesterton -- Tom, Dick or Harry / D. Hammett -- Double clue / A. Christie -- Shadow / T. S. Stribling -- Greedy night / E. C. Bentley -- Coin of Dionysius / E. Bramah -- Cabin B-13 / J. D. Carr -- Some kinds of bad luck / C. S. Forester -- Inner circle / E. Queen -- Stripper / A. Boucher -- Perfect maid / A. Christie -- Missing Shakespeare ms. / L. de la Torre -- Man who murdered in public / R. Vickers -- Squeeze play / L. Thompson -- Queen's quorum / E. Queen -- Check list of Queen's quorum.
