Penzler, Otto (ed) - Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries / Пенцлер, Отто (ред) - "Невозможные преступления": детективы "Золотого Века" [2022, EPUB, ENG]

Elsewhen by ANTHONY BOUCHER Whistler's Murder by FREDRIC BROWN The Third Bullet / Третья пуля by JOHN DICKSON CARR Fingerprint Ghost by JOSEPH COMMINGS The Calico Dog / Пятнистая собачка by MIGNON G. EBERHART The Exact Opposite by ERLE STANLEY GARDNER The Light at Three O'Clock by MACKINLAY KANTOR The Episode of the Nail and the Requiem by C. DALY KING The Riddle of the Yellow Canary by STUART PALMER The House of Haunts (= The Lamp of God) / Светильник божий by ELLERY QUEEN Off the Face of the Earth / С лица земли by CLAYTON RAWSON His Heart Could Break by CRAIG RICE Murder Among Magicians by MANLY WADE WELLMAN Murder at the Automat by CORNELL WOOLRICH

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. “Scuttle,” he said, “why the devil should Indian priests be on anyone’s trail?” “If I were to tell you, sir, you’d think that I was trying to interest you in another crime. As a matter of fact, sir, it was a crime which caused me to voice that sentiment about East Indian priests.” “Indeed?” said Lester Leith. ...