The Mystery Hall of Fame

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Contents: [The purloined letter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41065W) / Edgar Allen Poe [The adventure of the speckled band](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262561W) / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The oracle of the dog / G.K. Chesterton The monkey's paw / W.W. Jacobs The problem of cell 13 / Jacques Futrelle The hands of Mr. Otermole / Thomas Burke The two bottles of relish / Lord Dunsany The gutting og Couffignal / Dashiell Hammett Accident / Agatha Christie Red wind / Raymond Chandler Rear window / Cornell Woolrich The house in Goblin Wood / John Dickson Carr Don't look behind you / Fredric Brown The nine mile walk / Harry Kemelman The specialty of the house / Stanley Ellin Love lies bleeding / Philip MacDonald [Lamb to the slaughter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504418W) / Roald Dahl No parking / Ellery Queen The oblong room / Edward D. Hoch Sweet fever / Bill Pronzini

subjects: English Detective and mystery stories,  American Detective and mystery stories,  Detective and mystery stories,  Fiction,  Mystery and detective stories,  monograms,  Children's fiction,  amorality,  Anglo-Saxons,  aristocracy,  detective fiction,  Juvenile audience,  locked-room mysteries,  Drama,  Private investigators,  short story,  horror,  black comedy,  detectives,  alibi

People: C. Auguste Dupin,  Minister D—,  Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon,  Sherlock Holmes,  John H. Watson,  Stroke Moran,  Helen Stoner,  Grimesby Roylott,  Mary Maloney,  Patrick Maloney

Places: Paris,  England,  Calcutta,  India,  Surrey