Ashley Mike (ed) - The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes and Impossible Mysteries / Эшли Майк - Большая книга "совершенных преступлений" [2011, EPUB, ENG]

An Almost Perfect Crime by William F. Smith The X Street Murders by Joseph Commings Locked in Death by Mary Reed & Eric Mayer Wingless Pegasus by Gillian Linscott Duel of Shadows by Vincent Cornier The 45 Steps by Peter Crowther Contrary to the Evidence by Douglas Newton The Impossible Footprint by William Brittain Three Blind Rats by Laird Long Death and the Rope Trick by John Basye Price The Problem of the Black Cloister by Edward D. Hoch A Shower of Daggers by Edward D. Hoch The Hook by Robert Randisi The Mystery of the Sevenoaks Tunnel by Max Rittenberg The Red Ring by William Le Queux Observable Justice by Will Murray On the Rocks by J. A. Konrath Eternally Yours by H. Edward Hunsburger Murder in Monkeyland by Lois Gresh & Robert Weinberg No Killer Has Wings by Arthur Porges Benning’s School for Boys by Richard A. Lupoff The Episode of the Nail and the Requiem / Случай с гвоздем и реквиемом by C. Daly King The Impossible Murder of Dr Satanus by William Krohn The Stuart Sapphire by Peter Tremayne The Flung-Back Lid by Peter Godfrey The Poisoned Bowl by Forrest Rosaire Proof of Guilt by Bill Pronzini Slaughterhouse by Barry Longyear The Birdman of Tonypandy by Bernard Knight

“According to six eyewitnesses,” said Captain Jack Parker, handing a manila folder to Detective Sergeant Raymond Stone, “a man named Richard Townsend entered a telephone booth last night, closed the door, and toppled dead a few minutes later with an ice pick in his back. Crazy, huh?” Stone grunted a monosyllabic affirmative. “Are you sure it’s murder?” “A blade in the back usually is. Read the report Paul Decker turned in. You know him. Meticulous.” “Why don’t you keep him on it?” Stone suggested. “He prefers to stick to the night shift. Decker’s excellent at accumulating details, but he’s not keen on these brain busters. He thought you might be better suited to solve this one. So do I. I’ve notified Curtis and Lissner to report to you.” ...