Murderous Schemes: An Anthology of Classic Detective Stories

Renowned mystery writers Donald E. Westlake and J. Madison Davis offer an illuminating look at eight mystery conventions, illustrating each with four short stories written by some of the masters of the form. A glorious treasure trove of tales that covers every crime in the book, Murderous Schemes features fiction by Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, G.K. Chesterton, Raymond Chandler, and Lawrence Block, just to name a few.