In 1950, experts at Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine voted on the best detective stories ever written, and the result was this dazzling dozen. Two of the choices - Edgar Allan Poe's and "The Purloined Letter and " and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's and "The Red-Headed League and " - were regarded by their authors as their finest short stories. The remaining tales offer similarly high levels of excitement and mystery.Featured stories include G. K. Chesterton's and "The Invisible Man, and " from The Innocence of Father Brown ; and "Suspicion and " by Dorothy L. Sayers; Aldous Huxley's and "The Gioconda Smile and "; and "The Hands of Mr. Ottermole and " by Thomas Burke. Additional tales include and "The Avenging Chance and " by Anthony Berkeley; and "The Absent-Minded Coterie and " by Robert Barr; Jacques Futrelle's and "The Problem of Cell 13 and "; Melville D. Post's and "Naboth's Vineyard and "; and "The Yellow Slugs and " by H. C. Bailey; and E. C. Bentley's and "The Genuine Tabard. and "