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CRIME AND MEDIA — TWO PEAS IN A POD

Great Expectations

By Charles Dickens.

This was Charles Dickens' thirteenth novel published in Dickens' weekly journal All the Year Round without illustrations. An American edition was also published in Harper's Weekly. The novel contains a strong autobiographical element, though not as openly as in David Copperfield. Dickens reread Copperfield before beginning Great Expectations to avoid unintentional repetition. It is generally acclaimed as his best work.

NY. Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (186-1861) 521 pages.

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Whose Body?

By Dorothy L. Sayers.

In the debut mystery of Dorothy L. Sayers a hobbyist investigator, Lord Peter Wimsey, is on the case of an untimely appearance of a naked body in a bathtub. In this case Lord Peter will untangle and reveal the puzzling details surrounding this shocking mystery.

NY. Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1923) 198 pages.

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The Recollections of Captain Wilkie

By Arthur Conan Doyle.

The Recollections of Captain Wilkie is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Chambers's Journal on 19 january (1895) .

NY. Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. 1895. 15 pages.

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The Curse of Eve

By Arthur Conan Doyle.

The Curse of Eve is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published collected in Round the Red Lamp on 23 october 1894 by Methuen & Co., and the same year in USA by D. Appleton & Co.

Appleton & Co..(1894) 12 pages.

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Poirot Investigates

By Agatha Christie.

Agatha Christie’s Poirot Investigates a host of murders most foul—as well as other dastardly crimes—in this collection of short stories from the one-and-only Queen of mystery. First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond . . . then came the “suicide” that was murder . . . the mystery of the absurdly cheap flat . . .a suspicious death in a locked gun room . . . a million dollar bond robbery . . . the curse of a pharaoh’s tomb . . . a jewel robbery by the sea . . . the abduction of a prime minister . . . the disappearance of a banker . . . a phone call from a dying man . . .and, finally, the mystery of the missing will.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1924) 195 pages.

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The Secret of Chimneys

By Agatha Christie.

Agatha Christie’s The Secret of Chimneys, starring her sleuths Superintendent Battle and Lady Eileen “Bundle” Brent, is a murder mystery-treasure hunt crossover, considered to be one of her best early novels. The plot is a popular one, perfected by Christie: there are a bunch of people staying at a mansion when one of the guests is murdered!.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1925) 268 pages.

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The Secret Adversary

By Agatha Christie.

Tommy and Tuppence, two young people short of money and restless for excitement, embark on a daring business scheme – Young Adventurers Ltd.. Their advertisement says they are ‘willing to do anything, go anywhere’. But their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, plunges them into more danger than they ever imagined .

NY. Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1922) 249 pages.

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The Mysterious Affair at Styles

By Agatha Christie.

Agatha Christie's first ever published novel and is the first to feature the famously eccentric detective Hercule Poirot, as well as other classic characters including Inspector Japp and Arthur Hastings. The sleuthing team investigates the murder of Emily Inglethorp, a caring woman who opened her home to people resettling after the Giant War.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1920) 187 pages.

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My Friend the Murderer

By Arthur Conan Doyle.

My Friend the Murderer is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the London Society magazine in December 1882, signed A. Conan Doyle. Set in Edinburgh 1859. Much intrigue, murder, mystery, unsolved crimes, and ghosts.

NY. Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1892) 19 pages.

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

By Arthur Conan Doyle .

The Hound of the Baskervilles is a novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in The Strand Magazine in august 1901 - April 1902 (60 illustrations by Sidney Paget). This is the 27th Sherlock Holmes story.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1902) 175 pages.

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His Last Bow

By Arthur Conan Doyle.

His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes is a volume of 8 collected short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published by John Murray on 22 october 1917.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1917) 159 pages.

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The Adventure of the Devil's Foot

By Arthur Conan Doyle.

The Adventure of the Devil's Foot is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in The Strand Magazine in December 1910. This is the 43rd Sherlock Holmes story.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1910) 28 pages.

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The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

By Arthur Conan Doyle.

This is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in The Strand Magazine in December 1911. This is the 45th Sherlock Holmes story.

NY. Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1911) 25 pages.

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The Adventure of the Dying Detective

By A. Conan Doyle.

This short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle was first published in the Collier's magazine on 22 November 1913 (US) and in The Strand Magazine in December 1913 (UK). This is the 46th Sherlock Holmes story.

NY. Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1913) 21 pages.

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The Sign of the Four

By A. Conan Doyle.

The Sign of the Four (also known as Sign of Four) by Arthur Conan Doyler is the second Sherlock Holmes novel, after A Study in Scarlet. The plot involves service in India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts (“the Four” of the title) and two corrupt prison guards... and of course, Sherlock Holmes.

NY. Harrow and heston Classic Reprint. (1892) 114 pages.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

By A. Conan Doyle.

This book contains the first 12 Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories are: A Scandal in Bohemia, The Red-Headed League, A Case of Identity, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Five Orange Pips, The Man with the Twisted Lip, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, The Adventure of the Speckled Band, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb, The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, The Adventure of the Copper Beeches.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1892) 270 pages.

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The White Company

By A. Conan Doyle.

The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle was published in serial form in The Cornhill Magazine from January to December 1891. Set in the period of the 100 years war, long before Sherlock Holmes!

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1891) 329 pages.

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Hunted Down

By Charles Dickens.

This detective stories of Charles Dickens, written about 30 years before Arthur Conan Doyle. “The main character is a smart and attentive man named Sampson. One day he sees a strange Mr. Julius Silton in his office. Sampson begins to suspect that this man is hiding something necessary from other people. This Mr. Silton appears in the life of the main character more often. Sampson understands that a crime is occurring and it must be stopped. Sampson turns into a real hunter of criminals” (Amazon).

NY. Harrow and Heston Classic reprint. (1859) 99 pages.

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Tales of Terror and Mystery

By A. Conan Doyle.

Stories include Tales of Terror: The Horror of the Heights ,The Leather Funnel, The New Catacomb, The Case of Ladv Sannox , The Terror of Blue John Gap, The Brazilian Cat. Tales of Mystery: The Lost Special, The Beetle-Hunter, The Man with the Watches, The Japanned Box The Black Doctor, The Jew’s Breastplate.

NY. Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1922) 204 pages.

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