| Compiled by | Philip Pullman |
| Publisher Series | Red Hot Reads |
| Illustrator | Nick Hardcastle |
| Cover Art by | Mark Edwards |
| Imprint | Kingfisher |
| Publisher | Kingfisher Publications Plc |
| Copyright Holder (Selection) | Philip Pullman |
| Copyright Holder (Illustrations) | Nick Hardcastle |
| Copyright Holder (Cover/Jacket Art) | Mark Edwards |
| Copyright Holder (Excerpt) | Giulio Einaudi Editore S.p.A., Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., Leslie Charteris, Sheldon Reynolds, Ellery Queen, Damon Runyon, Jr.*, Mary Runyon McCann, Andrew Vachss |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | London |
| Copyright | 1998 |
| Pages / Font | 222 pages |
| Printer's Key | 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 |
| ISBN 10 | 0-7534-1011-7 |
| Barcode | 9 780753 410110 |
| EAN 5 | 90100 |
| Price | £5.99 |
| Chapters | Contents:
INTRODUCTION
THE SPECKLED BAND
Arthur Conan Doyle
THEY CAN ONLY HANG YOU ONCE
Dashiell Hammett
THE ADVENTURES OF THE EGYPTIAN TOMB
Agatha Christie
EMIL AND THE DEYECTIVES (an extract)
Erich Kästner
THE INSPIRATION OF MR BUDD
Dorothy L. Sayers
FROM THE FILES OF INSPECTOR CRAIG
Raymond Smullyan
BUTCH MINDS THE BABY
Damon Runyon
MURDER AT ST OSWALDS
Michael Underwood
THE CROSS OF LORRAINE
Isaac Asimov
THE NEWDICK HELICOPTER
Leslie Charteris
COLD MONEY
Ellery Queen
MORE FROM THE FILES OF INSPECTOR CRAIG
Raymond Smullyan
THE ONE-HANDED MURDERER
Italo Calvino
FINGERPRINTING A GHOST
Tony Fletcher (from Memories of Murder)
IT'S A HARD WORLD
Andrew Vachss
MADDENED BY MYSTERY
Stephen Leacock
Inspector Craig's Solutions
Acknowledgements Contents:
INTRODUCTION
THE SPECKLED BAND
Arthur Conan Doyle
THEY CAN ONLY HANG YOU ONCE
Dashiell Hammett
THE ADVENTURES OF THE EGYPTIAN TOMB
Agatha Christie
EMIL AND THE DEYECTIVES (an extract)
Erich Kästner
THE INSPIRATION OF MR BUDD
Dorothy L. Sayers
FROM THE FILES OF INSPECTOR CRAIG
Raymond Smullyan
BUTCH MINDS THE BABY
Damon Runyon
MURDER AT ST OSWALDS
Michael Underwood
THE CROSS OF LORRAINE
Isaac Asimov
THE NEWDICK HELICOPTER
Leslie Charteris
COLD MONEY
Ellery Queen
MORE FROM THE FILES OF INSPECTOR CRAIG
Raymond Smullyan
THE ONE-HANDED MURDERER
Italo Calvino
FINGERPRINTING A GHOST
Tony Fletcher (from Memories of Murder)
IT'S A HARD WORLD
Andrew Vachss
MADDENED BY MYSTERY
Stephen Leacock
Inspector Craig's Solutions
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| Notes | Cover illustration copyright © Mark Edwards 2004 Ages 9-14 |