Century of Detection

John Cullen Gruesser is a Senior Research Scholar at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.

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• Table of ContentsPreface      Introduction      THE INVENTION OF MODERN DETECTIONEDGAR ALLAN POE      The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe      The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe      The Gold-Bug by Edgar Allan Poe      VARIATIONS ON POE, EXPANSIONS TO THE FORMWILKIE COLLINS      Who Is the Thief? by Wilkie Collins      MARK TWAIN      The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain      G. K. CHESTERTON      The Blue Cross by G. K. Chesterton      THE WORLD’S MOST CELEBRATED DETECTIVEARTHUR CONAN DOYLE      A Scandal in Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle      The Adventure of the Speckled Bandby Sir Arthur Conan Doyle      The Adventure of the Final Problemby Sir Arthur Conan Doyle      BRET HARTE      The Stolen Cigar Case by Bret Harte      GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND DETECTIONMARY WILKINS FREEMAN      The Long Arm by Mary Wilkins Freeman      BARONESS ORCZY      The Ninescore Mystery by Baroness Orczy      ANNA KATHARINE GREEN      Missing: Page Thirteen by Anna Katharine Green      SUSAN GLASPELL      A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell      TOUGH GUYSCARROLL JOHN DALY      The False Burton Combs by Carroll John Daly      DASHIELL HAMMETT      The Road Home by Dashiell Hammett      CORNELL WOOLRICH      Murder at the Automat by Cornell Woolrich      RACE AND DETECTIONPAULINE ELIZABETH HOPKINS      Talma Gordon by Pauline Hopkins      CHESTER HIMES      He Knew by Chester Himes      RALPH ELLISON      The Birthmark by Ralph Ellison      Suggested Reading