Complete Mystery Detective of Melville Davisson Post
By Melville Davisson Post
- Release Date: 2017-03-11
- Genre: Mystery Short Stories
Description
Contents
Dwellers in the Hills
The Sleuth of St. James's Square
Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries
The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason
The Man of Last Resort or The Clients of Randolph Mason
The Gilded Chair
The Mountain School-Teacher
Dwellers in the Hills -
Mr. Post has written a story that is fresh and wholesome and quite as full of adventure as the average reader can demand... He impresses upon his reader with consummate skill the strong fascinations that the mountains have for men who, like the writer, have spent many years of their lives among them."--New York Journal.
The Sleuth of St. James's Square-
Marquis read the secret message in his emotionless drawl: "The American is destroyed, and his accursed work is destroyed with him. Send the news to Bangkok and west to Burma. The treasures of India aer saved." So begins, "The Sleuth of St. James Street"--a riveting Victorian mystery adventure.
Slightly connected detective stories which are developed in a rather unusual way.
Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries-
Uncle Abner is a sturdy mountaineer who helps to solve the mysteries tragedies and crimes which occur in the Virginia mountains where he lives. There are eighteen short stories which have appeared in magazines at various times.
