The greatest detectives of the Golden Age investigate the most puzzling crimes of the era. In this classic collection of Golden Age mysteries, the investigators are from all walks of life, from retired magicians to schoolteachers, and from Broadway producers to nuns. Whether professional or amateur, they try to get to the bottom of the most baffling cases of their careers. Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler has hand-picked some of the greatest American short stories from Golden Age of mystery fiction, featuring investigators who have continued to entertain generations of readers. With authors including Ellery Queen, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Cornell Woolrich, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Anthony Boucher, this represents some of the very best in American detective fiction.

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Otto Penzler owns The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and founded the Mysterious Press and Otto Penzler Books. He has written and edited several books, including the Edgar Award-winning Encyclopaedia of Mystery and Detection, and is the series editor of the annual Best American Mystery Stories of the Year.Cornell Woolrich (1903-68) was one of the most admired and influential of all 20th century American crime writers. His work inspired many films, including most famously The Leopard Man, Phantom Lady, Rear Window, The Bride Wore Black, Mississippi Mermaid and Union City. He led a strange and often very unhappy life, latterly as a recluse in a Manhattan hotel.