The story of classic crime in 100 books

A new era dawns --

The birth of the golden age --

The great detectives --

"Play up! Play up! and play the game!" --

Miraculous murders --

Serpents in Eden --

Murder at the manor --

Capital crimes --

Resorting to murder --

Making fun of murder --

Education, education, education --

Playing politics --

Scientific enquiries --

The long arm of the law --

The justice game --

Multiplying murders --

The psychology of crime --

Inverted mysteries --

The ironists --

Fiction from fact --

Singletons --

Across the Atlantic --

Cosmopolitan crimes --

The way ahead.