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Edward Dentinger Hoch (February 22, 1930 – January 17, 2008) was an American writer of detective fiction. Although he wrote several novels, he was primarily known for his vast output of over 950 short stories. Hoch (pronounced hoke) was born in Rochester, New York and began writing in the 1950s; his first story appeared in 1955 in Famous Detective Stories and was followed by stories in The Saint Mystery Magazine. In January 1962 he began appearing in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.

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Romance in the wilderness during the American Revolution. Young Indian is caught betwen world of the Cheyenne and that of the white man in the mid19th century.

Properly done, such stories are perfect escape literature. I join with Rosemary Herbert in the belief that we have fairly represented the evolution of the detective story in America. But our mission was to entertain as well as to educate. Book dealers labelled them 'cozies,' and Julian Symons, British crime writer and long-time literary critic for the Times of London, called them 'humdrums. Fans bought them by the millions, and still do. In his introduction to A Catalog of Crime, Barzun explained what the detective story should give those readers and what it should avoid. We trust that you will find this volume just plain fun to read.

Twelve American Detective Stories opens appropriately with a more obscure work by the forerunner of mystery, Edgar . Craig Rice, née Georgiana Ann Randolph, was briefly one of the best-known female authors of the 1940s

Twelve American Detective Stories opens appropriately with a more obscure work by the forerunner of mystery, Edgar Allan Poe. In "Thou Art the Man" (1844) a murderer is exposed in a ghastly yet amusing turn of events. Jacques Futrelle's "Thinking Machine," Professor Van Dusen, is master of impossible crime in 'The Stolen Rubens' (1907). Craig Rice, née Georgiana Ann Randolph, was briefly one of the best-known female authors of the 1940s. His Heart Could Break" (1943) features criminal lawyer John J. Malone, who discovers the real motive behind his client's "suicide.

Barzun told us that the classic detective story is written by and for the .

Barzun told us that the classic detective story is written by and for the educated upper-middle classes. Particularly in the British manifestation, it was typically set in upper-crust milieus. But we've chosen Susan Glaspell to demonstrate that in an American writer's hands, the story can also succeed in a remote, rural farmhouse literally in the middle of America. Neither were the settings of his stories nor the characters who populated them. Meanwhile, on the novel scene, until the end of the 1930's the best-selling American author of detective fiction was S. S. Van Dine, whose super-sleuth Philo Vance is among the most thoroughgoing snobs ever to appear in fiction.

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Great deals on one book or all books in the series. Hoch. The Best Detective Stories of the Year book series by multiple authors includes books The Best Detective Stories of the Year 1971 (25th Annual Collection), Best Detective Stories of the Year - 1972, Best Detective Stories of the Year 1974, and several more. The Best Detective Stories of the Year 1971 (25th Annual Collection).

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Thirteen stories of outrageous heists starring one smooth thiefThe dictator of the island of Jabali wants a baseball team, and he doesn't care how he gets it. He has assembled nine of the finest players on the island, and is about to hire Nick Velvet to steal him some competition. When ancient evil emerges, it can only be stopped by a d sleuthTen years ago, Douglas Zadig emerged from the mist on an English moor, his clothes tattered, his speech slurred, and his mind completely blank.