The Greatest Mysteries of All Time

Crime, thriller, and noir fans will delight in this fourth volume of The Greatest Mysteries of All Time, an exciting series featuring short fiction by legendary writers, past and present. From Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, and Georges Simenon to Lawrence Block and Sara Paretsky, this unique collection¿ compiled and edited by multi-award-winning mystery connoisseur Otto Penzler¿ is a captivating mixture of mystery and suspense. The stories featured here are: ¿ " The Case of the Pietro Andromache" by Sara Paretsky, read by Jean Smart ¿ " By the Dawn's Early Light" by Lawrence Block, read by Robert Forster ¿ " The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ¿ " The Little House at Croix-Rousse" by Georges Simenon, read by Dave Madden ¿ " The Two Bottles of Relish" by Lord Dunsany, read by Christopher Cazenove ¿ " The Long Way Down" by Edward D. Hoch, read by Richard Gilliland ¿ " The Killers" by Ernest Hemingway, read by John Rubinstein ¿ " Nearly Perfect" by A.A. Milne, read by Juliet Mills ¿ " The Absent-Minded Coterie" by Robert Barr, read by Christopher Cazenove

Otto Penzler is an Edgar Award-winning editor and publisher who founded The Mysterious Press and co-authored The Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection. Robert Barr (1849-1912) was a Scottish-Canadian short story writer and novelist whose books included A Woman Intervenes and The Sword Maker. Lawrence Block is a writer whose books include A Walk among the Tombstones and 8 Million Ways to Die. Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) was an Anglo-Irish writer whose works included The Charwoman's Shadow and The King of Elfland' s Daughter. Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was a Nobel Prize-winning American author whose books included The Old Man and the Sea and The Sun Also Rises. Edward D. Hoch (1930-2008) was an Edgar Award-winning writer whose books included Diagnosis: Impossible and The Velvet Touch. A. A. Milne (1882-1956) was an English author best known for his books featuring Winnie the Pooh such as When We Were Very Young and The House at Pooh Corner. Sara Paretsky is an American author whose books featuring private eye V.I. Warshawski include Hard Time and Overboard. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was a writer and poet whose works included " The Raven" and " The Murder in the Rue Morgue." Georges Simenon (1903-1989) was a Belgian author who published nearly 500 novels including dozens that featured the detective Jules Maigret such as The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien and The Night at the Crossroads. Christopher Cazenove (1943-2010) was a British actor whose credits included the series Dynasty and the film A Knight' s Tale. Robert Forster (1941-2019) was an actor with more than 100 television shows and films including The Descendants and Jackie Brown, for which he received an Oscar nomination. Richard Gilliland (1950-2021) was an American television and film actor best known for Airplane II: The Sequel and Designing Women. Dave Madden (1931-2014) was an actor best known for his role as Reuben Kincaid on The Partridge Family. Juliet Mills is an English actress whose credits include the series Nanny and the Professor and the mini-series QB-VII, for which she received an Emmy. John Rubinstein is an actor and composer credits include the show Family and the film Being the Ricardos (2021). He received a Tony in 1980 for Children of a Lesser God. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (1918-2014) was a television actor known for his roles in the series 77 Sunset Strip and The F.B.I. Jean Smart is a multiple Emmy-award winning actress best known for her roles on Designing Women and Hacks.