title: From Crime to Crime: Mind-Boggling Tales of Mystery and Murder
author: First Last
description: "Then what are we left with?" Bill asked.<br /> Mark smiled. "D'Amato's knife magically left his belt, found its way into a sealed hidden closet, and stabbed Tommy Slick to death. All this in a matter of seconds, in front of witnesses."<br /> --from The <i>Smart Guys Marching Society</i><br />
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  ## MURDER
  
  
  ### MOST FOUL
  
  
  Tales of murder and mayhem have fascinated readers since time immemorial. This
  superb collection of intrigues, mysteries and cold-blooded killings by some of
  the greatest names in thriller-writing combines to create a classic compendium
  of crime.
  
  
  World famous sleuths such as Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple and Sir Arthur
  Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes feature in puzzling tales full of ingenuity and
  tortuous twists. Other household names include Georges Simenon’s pipe-smoking
  police inspector Maigret, and G.K. Chesterton’s unlikely detective, Father
  Brown.
  
  
  World famous SF writer Isaac Asimov describes the macabre results of
  destroying a favorite robot in _Light Verse_ , while W. Somerset Maugham’s
  _Before the Party_ tells the sad tale of a woman driven to murdering her
  husband.
  
  
  From the cool, calculated success of the protagonist of _Murder_ by Arnold
  Bennett to the self destructive guilt of the killer in William Faulkner’s _The
  Hound_ , 