CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHARLOTTE ARMSTRONG (Detective: Mike Russell)

The Enemy

ANTHONY BOUCHER (Detective: Sister Ursula)

The Stripper

MIGNON G. EBERHART (Detective: Susan Dare)

Postiche

ERLE STANLEY GARDNER (Detective: Perry Mason)

The Case of the Crimson Kiss

H. F. HEARD (Detective: Mr. Mycroft)

The Enchanted Garden

BAYNARD KENDRICK (Detective: Captain Duncan Maclain)

5-4=Murderer

FRANCES & RICHARD LOCKRIDGE (Detectives: Mr. & Mrs. North)

There’s Death for Remembrance

STUART PALMER (Detective: Hildegarde Withers)

The Monkey Murder

ELLERY QUEEN (Detective: Ellery Queen)

The Adventure of the African Traveler

PATRICK QUENTIN (Detectives: Peter & Iris Duluth)

Puzzle for Poppy

CLAYTON RAWSON (Detective: The Great Merlini)

From Another World

CRAIG RICE (Detective: John J. Malone)

Good-bye, Good-bye!

MARY ROBERTS RINEHART (Detective: Hilda Adams)

Locked Doors

CORNELL WOOLRICH (Detective: Striker)

The Mystery in Room 913