English Country House Murders: Classic Crime Fiction of Britain's Upper Crust

If you like English style detective stories, especially from the "classic" period, you will probably enjoy this book of short stories. The lineup includes:Adventure of the Abbey Grange -- Conan Doyle; A Marriage Tragedy -- Wilkie Collins; Lord Chizelrigg's Missing Fortune --Robert Barr; The Fordwych Castle Mystery -- Baroness Orczy; The Blue Scarab -- Austin Freeman; Doom of the Darnaways -- G. K. Chesterton; Shadow on the Glass -- Agatha Christie; Queen's Square -- Dorothy Sayers; Death on the Air -- Ngaio Marsh; The Same to Us -- Margery Allingham; The Hunt Ball -- Freeman Crofts; Incautious Burglar -- Dickson Carr; The Long Shot -- Nicholas Blake; Jeeves and the Stolen Venus -- P. G. Wodehouse; Death in the Sun -- Michael Innes; An Unlocked Window --Ethel White; The Wood for the Trees -- Philip MacDonald; The Man on the Roof -- Christianna Brand; Death of Amy Robsart -- Cyril Hare; Fen Hall -- Ruth Rendell; A Very Desirable Residence -- P. D. James; and The Worcester Enigma -- James Miles.

When you’re in the mood for a tasty little English Country House Murder, this is the book for you! All of the stories are classics, written by the greatest crime writers ever—Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and many more. This is a delightful collection, and the stories are devilishly clever. A wonderful way to take a dreamy step back in time to when bronzed big-game hunters, society girls, social butterflies and serious Oxford dons could find themselves all caught up together in deducing who killed Lord Chizelwit in the conservatory with the antique mantel clock.

This was an excellent compilation of English Country House Murder Mysteries. I have read a few similar compilations and they all start out nice and by the third short story they are boring and predictable. This is a collection of the best names in British Country House Mysteries (Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Wilkie Collins, etc.). I found new authors to admire that I'd never heard of. And these stories are wonderful. It's like a master class in this type of genre.

Great selection of murder mysteries! Good to bring along for summer vacation reading.

I just love a good mystery and this one is stacked with them. It's a pity I live in a climate which does not require a roaring fire and a hot toddy but even in the tropics you can curl up during a serious thunderstorm with a comforting port and enjoy this seriously readable book.

I ordered several copies of this book for members in my mystery book club. Some did not like it because it was a collection of short stories. Some liked it because they could pick out their favorite classic mystery writers.

Delicious with a cream tea... scones and clotted cream... don't forget the strawberry preserves.. Miss Marple would have enjoyed this!

I liked the book

Excellent service. Expédition rapide. L'état du livre était conforme à la description du vendeur. Je suis très satisfaite.