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Douglas G. Greene
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Format: Book
Grade Level: 9 and Up (ages 14 and up)
ISBN: 0486299287
Page Count: 272
Dimensions: 5 3/16 x 8 1/4
Rich, varied collection of 14 extraordinary Victorian and Edwardian crime stories, many never before published in book form: Kipling's "The Return of Imray"; "The Tragedy of the Life Raft" by Jacques Futrelle; "The Copper Beeches" by Arthur Conan Doyle; plus hard-to-find tales by G. K. Chesterton, Catherine L. Pirkis, Silas K. Hocking, others.

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