The Greatest Mysteries of All Time

By: Thomas Burke, Arthur Conan Doyle, E.W. Hornung, Jack Ritchie, Ring Lardner, Stephen Greenleaf, G. K. Chesterton

Narrated by: Julian Sands, Juliet Mills, David Warner

Just when you think you will sleep at night, the best writers of the stuff nightmares are made of offer tales of suspense, fantasy, horror, and cold-blooded crime. Challenging twists of plot make this collection a chilling audio experience. Featuring the finest short story mystery fiction by such acclaimed writers as Harlan Ellison, Ruth Rendell, and Charles McCarry, this volume includes:

• "Soft Monkey" by Harlan Ellison read by the author
• "The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet" by Vincent Starrett, read by David Warner
• "The New Girlfriend" by Ruth Rendell, read by Stephanie Beacham
• "The Infallible Godahl" by Frederick Irving Anderson, read by David Birney
• "The Three Strangers" by Thomas Hardy, read by Judy Geeson
• "A Retrieved Reformation" by O. Henry, read by Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
• "The Leopard Man's Story" by Jack London, read by Lukas Haas
• "The Hand of Carlos" by Charles McCarry, read by David Ackroyd

©1996 by Otto Penzler (P)1984 by Stephen Greenleaf; 1947 by The American Mercury, Inc., Copyright Renewed 1975 by Harry Kemelman; 1996 by Dove Audio, Inc.; 1925, Copyright Renewed 1953 by Ellis A. Lardner

Not All Mysteries

What was disappointing about this book is that it is not all strictly mystery stories.

False title

These are not the greatest mysteries of all time. Some do not rate as 'good' or 'fair'.

Good collection

As with mot collections, the quality differs. I already had a few in collections of the respective authors. Several were outstanding. Several were good. Several were average. None were bad. The narration was uniformly very good.