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Canadian Mystery Stories

A collection of twenty classic mystery and detective stories, spanning a century and a half, from Canadian writers from Grant Allen and Stephen Leacock to Howard Engel, Timothy Findley, Alice Munro, Eric Wright and Tim Wynne-Jones.

First Edition

Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1991
Softcover, viii; 279 p.

Introduction and author notes

by Alberto Manguel

9780195408201

  • GRANT ALLEN: The Episode of the Mexican Seer
  • ROBERT BARR: The Chemistry of Anarchy
  • STEPHEN LEACOCK: Maddened Mystery or The Defective Detective
  • MARGARET MILLAR: McGowney’s Miracle
  • SARA WOODS: Every Tale Condemns Me
  • JOSEF SKVORECKY: An Intimate Business
  • ERIC WRIGHT: Twins
  • TIMOTHY FINDLEY: Memorial Day
  • HOWARD ENGEL: The Three Wise Guys
  • ALICE MUNRO: Fits
  • HOWARD O. PHILLIPS: Solstice
  • GILLES ARCHAMBAULT: Mother Love
  • ERIC MCCORMICK: Eckhardt at a Window
  • ELLEN GODFREY: Common or Garden Murder
  • ANDRE MAJOR: A Questionable Case
  • LAURENCE GOUGH: Big Time
  • TIM WYNNE-JONES: The Imposture
  • ELISABETH BOWERS AND A. J. BELL: The Singles’ Bar Rapist
  • PETER ROBINSON: Fan Mail
  • CHRYSTINE BROUILLET: First Love

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