The Third Mystery MEGAPACK®: 26 Modern and Classic Mysteries

James Holding · Earl Derr Biggers · George Harmon Coxe · Edgar Rice

Feb 2016 · Wildside Press LLC

About this ebook

The Third Mystery MEGAPACK® collects 26 modern and classic mysteries. Here are: THE AFRICAN FISH MYSTERY, by James Holding
THE EBONY STICK, by Earl Derr Biggers
CHICKENS FOR CHARLIE, by Arlette Lees
DOUBLE DOUBLE-CROSS, by Jack London Berkebile
THE DOOMDORF MYSTERY, by Melville Davisson Post
CAPTAIN ROGERS, by W.W. Jacobs
A BORDERLINE CASE, by Rufus King
JUDGE BARCLAY'S WIFE, by William Hope Hodgson
THE ARCHDUKE'S TEA, by H.C. Bailey
THE IMPETUOUS MISTRESS, by George Harmon Coxe
AARON'S PERFECT PLANS, by Pauline Tyson Stephens
BUTTERFLY OF DEATH, by Harold Gluck
MORGUE REUNION, by Norman A. Daniels
FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW, by Maurice LeBlanc
DROPS OF DEATH, by George Allan England
THE BITER BIT, by Wilkie Collins
THE FACES OF DANGER, by Rufus King
THE KNIGHT'S CROSS SIGNAL PROBLEM, by Ernest Bramah
THESE SHOES ARE KILLING ME, by Leroy Yerxa
THE MYSTERY OF THE DOWNS, by John R. Watson and Arthur J. Rees
TOO MANY SPIES, by Joseph J. Millard
WHO KILLED GILBERT FOSTER?, By E. Hoffmann Price & Ralph Milne Farley
TO REMEMBER YOU BY, by Rufus King
THE YELLOW MOTH, by Fred M. White
WHO MURDERED MR. THOMAS? A Puzzle Story, by Edgar Rice Burroughs
THE SKINS YOU LOVE TO TOUCH, by Janet Fox

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About the author

Earl Derr Biggers was born in 1884 in Warren, Ohio. He graduated from Harvard University in 1907 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. After college, Biggers went to work at The Boston Traveler, where he wrote a humorous column, and then reviews, until 1911. By that time he had finished his first novel, "Seven Keys To Baldpate," migrated to New York with his first novel and also his first comedy, "If You're Only Human" and began writing plays. Biggers wrote magazine articles, stories, novels and plays, including a war play, "Inside The Lines," which ran 500 nights in London in 1915 and 1916. He published two more novels during the 1910s, Love Insurance in 1914 and The Agony Column in 1916, but his main activity was focused on humor writing, particularly in magazines and short stories. In 1919, Biggers decided to quit playwriting and go to California to write for motion pictures. His reputation spread among the public with his most famous creation, Charlie Chan. He developed the character of Charlie Chan for his novel "The House Without A Key" in 1925. He wrote six Charlie Chan novels, all moderately popular. All were adapted to the cinema, except for "Keeper Of The Keys". The Charlie Chan movies were one of the most successful screen series in history, with over 40 movies based on the character. There were also numerous Chan radio adaptations and comic strips, as well as attempts to bring the character to television. Earl Biggers died in Pasadena, California, in April of 1933 at the age of 48, from a heart attack. George Harmon Coxe (1901 1984) was an early star of hard-boiled crime fiction, best known for characters he created in the seminal pulp magazine "Black Mask". Born in upstate New York, he attended Purdue and Cornell Universities before moving to the West Coast to work in newspapers. In 1922 he began publishing short stories in pulp magazines across various genres, including romance and sports. He would find his greatest success, however, writing crime fiction.In 1934 Coxe, relying on his background in journalism, created his most enduring character: Jack Flashgun Casey, a crime photographer. First appearing in Return Engagement, a "Black Mask "short, Casey found success on every platform, including radio, television, and film. Coxe s other well-known characters include Kent Murdock, another photographer, and Jack Fenner, a PI. Always more interested in character development than a clever plot twist, Coxe was at home in novel-writing, producing sixty-three books in his lifetime. Made a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America in 1964, Coxe died in 1984.