Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries

Fourteen impossible mysteries from the masters of the Golden Age detective story.

‘Lock your door and enjoy’ – Kirkus

Locked-room mysteries have baffled and delighted readers for generations. They present the reader with a seemingly impossible crime – a body found inside a windowless room that’s been locked from the inside, for example – before revealing an ingenious and satisfying solution.

This unique collection features fourteen of the most puzzling locked-room mysteries from some of the finest writers in the genre, including household names like John Dickson Carr, Ellery Queen, and Cornell Woolrich.

Selected by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, this book takes the reader on an unforgettable journey into the Golden Age of mystery writing, promising hours of entertainment for armchair detectives young and old.

‘Superb . This is a perfect introduction for those new to this particular subgenre’ – Publishers Weekly

Contributor: Anthony Boucher (Contributions by), Fredric Brown (Contributions by), John Dickson Carr (Contributions by), Joseph Commings (Contributions by), Mignon G. Eberhart (Contributions by), Erle Stanley Gardner (Contributions by), MacKinlay Kantor (Contributions by), C. Daly King (Contributions by), Stuart Palmer (Contributions by), Ellery Queen (Contributions by), Clayton Rawson (Contributions by), Craig Rice (Contributions by), Manly Wade Wellman (Contributions by), Cornell Woolrich (Contributions by)

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