Isaac Asimov (ed.) - Tantalizing Locked Room Mysteries
Название: Tantalizing Locked Room Mysteries / Дразняще невозможные преступления Год выпуска: 1982 Под редакцией: Asimov, Isaac & Greenberg, Martin H. & Waugh, Charles G. / Азимов, Айзек & Гринберг, Мартин & Во, Чарльз Издательство: Walker & Co. ISBN: не указан Формат: EPUB Качество: OCR Язык: английский
Описание: Антология классики детективов разновидности "убийство в закрытой комнате". Среди авторов: Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Erle Stanley Gardner ...
The Murders in the Rue Morgue / Убийство на улице Морг by Edgar Allan Poe The Adventure of the Speckled Band / Пёстрая лента by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Problem of Cell 13 / Загадка тринадцатой камеры by Jacques Futrelle The Light at Three O'Clock by MacKinlay Kantor Murder at the Automat by Cornell Woolrich The Exact Opposite by Erle Stanley Gardner The Blind Spot / Провал памяти by Barry Perowne The 51st Sealed Room by Robert Arthur The Bird House by William March Big Time Operator by Jack Wodhams The Leopold Locked Room by Edward D. Hoch Vanishing Act by Bill Pronzini and Michael Kurland
Erie Stanley Gardner
THE EXACT OPPOSITE
There was a glint of amusement in the eyes of Lester Leith as he lazily surveyed the valet, who was in reality no valet at all, but a police undercover operative sent by Sergeant Ackley to spy upon him. “And so you don’t like fanatical East Indian priests, Scuttle?” “No, sir,” he said. “I should hate to have them on my trail.” Lester Leith took a cigarette from the humidor and flicked his lighter. . . .