The Omnibus of CrimeDorothy Leigh Sayers A premium collection of detective and horror stories, starting with the Jewish Apocrypha, Herodotus, and the Aeneid, and extending to Huxley, Bierce, Stoker and Wells among others. The extensive historical introduction by Sayers is a treasure on its own! |
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ntroduction | 9 |
THE MODERN DETECTIVE STORY continued | 32 |
RIMITIVES | 41 |
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