Vincent Starrett
Twelve delightful mystery stories featuring one of the Golden Age’s greatest detectives from the author of Murder in Peking.
From their headquarters in Chicago, private investigator Jimmy Lavender, with his trademark lock of white hair, and his sidekick, Gilly, tackle some of the city’s toughest cases. Their assignments have been known to take them all over the country and even to foreign lands.
Featured in this...A house party in 1930s Peking is crashed by a killer in this cozy mystery by the author of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.
Wealthy businesswoman Kate Webber has rented out an ancient Buddhist temple in the lonely hills west of the city for what looks to be an exciting party. A worldly woman like Kate has all sorts of friends. Among her guests are a museum curator, a painter, a local teacher, an old school friend from Kansas,
...A wealthy dilletante is on the trail of a killer with a penchant for theatrics in this cozy mystery by the author of Murder on “B” Deck.
A strange sight greets Chicago haberdashery clerk Rufus Ker as he prepares to begin his workday by unlocking the door to Bluefield, Inc. A sign is attached to the glass. It reads: DEAD MAN INSIDE! I AM DEAD. THIS STORE WILL NOT OPEN TO-DAY.
Once inside, Rufus is relieved to
...A novelist meets an abrupt end in this cozy mystery by the author of Dead Man Inside.
Stephen Garment, one of England’s greatest writers, is late for an engagement at the fashionable Chicago home of Mr. and Mrs. Howland Kimbarks. Fortunately, he’s just outside in a taxicab. Unfortunately, he’s dead . . .
Garment was alive when he entered the cab, and the doors were not opened. Somehow,
...A collection of works on everyone’s favorite gentleman sleuth: Sherlock Holmes.
This compendium of Sherlockiana compiled by Vincent Starrett, one of the world’s foremost Holmes experts, is sure to please fans everywhere. Enjoy scholarly works on such topics as: “Was Sherlock Holmes an American?,” “On the Emotional Geology of Baker Street,” “Dr. Watson’s Secret,” “The Care
...Eighteen Golden Age stories of mystery, romance, and danger from the celebrated author of Murder in Peking and The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.
As he tries to reunite with the woman he loves, an escaped fugitive becomes enveloped in a game of cat and mouse with the policeman who put him away. An undertaker and his assistant discover a potion of almost magical proportions. A young woman hatches an elaborate plot to
...Ten novelettes of murder and mystery from the pulp writer and author of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.
Raised above his father’s Toronto bookstore, Vincent Starrett grew to love books, especially mysteries like those of Arthur Conan Doyle. Over the course of his career, Starrett was a reporter, critic, and novelist. He also wrote mystery stories for pulp magazines, creating his fair share of unique characters, brought
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