Detective Stories
| Copyright Holder (Illustrations) | Nick Hardcastle |
| Publisher | Kingfisher Publications Plc |
| Illustrator | Nick Hardcastle |
| Cover Art by | Mark Edwards |
| Copyright Holder (Cover/Jacket Art) | Mark Edwards |
| Imprint | Kingfisher |
| Copyright Holder (Selection) | Philip Pullman |
| 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 |
| Compiled by | Philip Pullman |
| Publisher Series | Red Hot Reads |
| 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 |
| Notes | Cover illustration copyright © Mark Edwards 2004 Ages 9-14 |
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