{"product_id":"secondhand-crime-fiction-thriller-bargain-book-box-sp2884","title":"Secondhand Crime Fiction \u0026 Thriller Bargain Book Box SP2884","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand Crime Fiction \u0026amp; Thriller Bargain Book Box SP2884\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwenty-one classic crime novels built around three of the genre's great figures — Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe, Dorothy L. Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey, and John Buchan's Richard Hannay — with Simenon's Maigret, Patricia Highsmith, and two Agatha Christies rounding out a remarkable box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\" class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThree Doors to Death — Rex Stout (Rex Stout Library, intro by Jonathan Kellerman) — Three Nero Wolfe novellas, each beginning with a death and ending with Wolfe's characteristic armchair deduction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Animal Lover's Book of Beastly Murder — Patricia Highsmith — Short stories in which animals take revenge on their human tormentors — darkly funny, morally inverted Highsmith operating in a minor key no less precise than her novels.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMight as Well Be Dead — Rex Stout — Wolfe is hired to find a missing man, finds him quickly, and then discovers the real problem has only just begun.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eIf Death Ever Slept — Rex Stout — Corporate espionage, a suspicious secretary, and Archie going undercover in a tycoon's household — one of the more comedic Wolfe novels.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eStrong Poison — Dorothy L. Sayers — The novel in which Lord Peter Wimsey falls hopelessly in love with Harriet Vane, on trial for the murder of her former lover — the beginning of the great romance at the heart of the series.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThey Do It With Mirrors — Agatha Christie — Miss Marple visits an old school friend whose husband runs a criminal rehabilitation programme — and a murder happens during a carefully staged distraction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eCurtain: Poirot's Last Case — Agatha Christie — Written during WWII and locked in a safe until 1975: Poirot's final hours at Styles, and the most surprising solution of his career.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eHomicide Trinity — Rex Stout (Rex Stout Library, intro by Stephen Greenleaf) — Three Nero Wolfe novellas, as compact and efficient as Stout always was in the shorter form.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMaigret Has Scruples — Simenon (Penguin Crime) — A man believes his wife is trying to poison him — Maigret's study in domestic suspicion and the impossibility of proving a negative.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eTrouble in Triplicate — Rex Stout (Rex Stout Library, intro by Randy Russell) — Three more Wolfe novellas — three locked problems, three elaborate solutions, three vintage Archie narrations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eDeath of a Doxy — Rex Stout (Rex Stout Library, intro by Sandra West Prowell) — A young woman strangled in her apartment, Wolfe's operatives implicated — he takes the case out of loyalty and because the puzzle genuinely interests him.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eLord Peter Views the Body — Dorothy L. Sayers — Twelve short stories showing Wimsey at his most entertainingly eccentric — ghost stories, impossible crimes, and at least one episode of genuine menace.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Five Red Herrings — Dorothy L. Sayers — Six artists, one dead colleague, and five of them with motive and opportunity — Wimsey in Scotland, navigating railway timetables and artistic temperament.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club — Dorothy L. Sayers — An elderly general found dead in his London club on Armistice Day — whether he died before or after his wealthy sister is worth a fortune.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eTrio for Blunt Instruments — Rex Stout (Rex Stout Library) — Three Wolfe novellas involving blunt objects and crimes that look random but aren't.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMurder in Style — Rex Stout, intro by Kingsley Amis — A Nero Wolfe collection introduced by Kingsley Amis, whose admiration for the series is evident in an introduction worth reading for its own sake.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eNot Quite Dead Enough — Rex Stout (Rex Stout Library, intro by John Lutz) — Two wartime Wolfe novellas in which the detective is persuaded to help the war effort in his own inimitable fashion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eAnd Four to Go — Rex Stout (Rex Stout Library, intro by Jane Haddam) — Four seasonal Wolfe novellas — Christmas, Easter, Fourth of July, and Thanksgiving — each with a holiday-appropriate murder.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eGreenmantle — John Buchan (Penguin Books) — Richard Hannay back in action in a WWI adventure that takes him across Europe and into Turkey — the sequel to The Thirty-Nine Steps, arguably even more gripping.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Three Hostages — John Buchan (Penguin Books) — Hannay drawn out of retirement when a criminal mastermind uses post-war shell-shock to control his victims — one of Buchan's best.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMurder Must Advertise — Dorothy L. Sayers — Wimsey undercover as a copywriter in an advertising agency — funny, precise, and one of the most distinctive settings in the Wimsey series.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49027219751131,"sku":"SP2884","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp2884.jpg?v=1785062763","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-crime-fiction-thriller-bargain-book-box-sp2884","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}