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About Detective Stories – London: Truth and justice by way of clues

The Detective has been a mainstay of fiction writing ever since we can remember. Their deductive powers, their intuition and fleet-footed grasp of every detail can often turn the unlikeliest situation, or bunch of red herrings, into a breakthrough to capture even the most ingenious and dastardly of criminals. In this series our classic authors explore not only various themes, such as Occult Detectives, Female Detectives, Curious Crimes and a whole host more, but also bring a range and depth to the whole culture of criminality as we send in the Long Arm of the Law to bring justice on behalf of the society it serves. In this volume London is both the location for the crimes and the scene of their unravelling. 1 - The Detective - London - An Introduction 2 - The Outside Ledge. A Cablegram Mystery by L T Meade and Robert Eustace 3 - The Blue Monkey by Frank Howel Evans 4 - The Affair at the Novelty Theatre by Baroness Orczy 5 - Hunted Down by Charles Dickens 6 - The Ides of March by E W Hornung 7 - The Coin of Dionysius by Ernest Bramah 8 - The Case of Mr Foggatt by Arthur Morrison 9 - The Man Who Shot At Cats by J Jefferson Farjeon 10 - The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railroad by Baroness Emmuska Orczy 11 - The Stir Outside the Cafe Royal by Clarence Rook 12 - The Tragedy On the London and Mid-Northern by Victor L Whitechurch