Books by Anthony Boucher

The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars

by Anthony Boucher (MysteriousPress.com/Open Road)

(162 reviews)

A Sherlock Holmes script sparks controversy and murder in Hollywood in a "most engrossing mystery" from the author of Nine Times Nine (The New Yorker). Anthony Boucher was a literary renaissance man: an Edgar Award-winning mystery reviewer, an esteemed editor of the Hugo Award-winning Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, a prolific scriptwriter of radio mystery programs, and an... See More

Length: 331 Pages (6,252 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled/Published: Mar 26, 2019

The Case of the Crumpled Knave (The Fergus O'Breen Mysteries)

by Anthony Boucher

(97 reviews)

"An intricate puzzle cleverly constructed and neatly solved" introducing Los Angeles private eye Fergus O'Breen, by the author of Nine Times Nine (The New York Times). Anthony Boucher was a literary renaissance man: an Edgar Award-winning mystery reviewer, an esteemed editor of the Hugo Award-winning Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, a prolific scriptwriter of radio mystery programs... See More

Length: 260 Pages (4,577 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

The Case of the Solid Key (The Fergus O'Breen Mysteries)

by Anthony Boucher

(19 reviews)

When it's curtains for a theater director, Los Angeles PI Fergus O'Breen takes center stage in this locked room mystery from the author of Nine Times Nine. Anthony Boucher was a literary renaissance man: an Edgar Award-winning mystery reviewer, an esteemed editor of the Hugo Award-winning Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, a prolific scriptwriter of radio mystery programs, and an... See More

Length: 302 Pages (5,297 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

Rocket to the Morgue (American Mystery Classics)

by Anthony Boucher (American Mystery Classics)

(96 reviews)

"A locked-room mystery preoccupies Boucher's brilliant clerical sleuth, Sister Ursula, in this stellar entry... a witty satire of SF and fantasy authors." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Legendary science fiction author Fowler Foulkes may be dead, but his creation, the iconic Dr. Derringer, lives on in popular culture. Or, at least, the character would live on if not for Foulkes's... See More

Length: 231 Pages (1,354 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled/Published: Jul 23, 2019

The Seven of Calvary

by Anthony Boucher

(10 reviews)

A professor and a graduate student search for a campus killer in this Golden Age mystery from the author of Nine Times Nine and "a fine craftsman" (Ellery Queen). Anthony Boucher was a literary renaissance man: an Edgar Award-winning mystery reviewer, an esteemed editor of the Hugo Award-winning Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, a prolific scriptwriter of radio mystery programs, and an... See More

Length: 234 Pages (6,020 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher

by Anthony Boucher (MysteriousPress.com/Open Road)

(21 reviews)

A collection of puzzling whodunits featuring Sister Ursula and Nick Noble, from the author of Nine Times Nine and "a fine craftsman" (Ellery Queen). Anthony Boucher was a literary renaissance man: an Edgar Award-winning mystery reviewer, an esteemed editor of the Hugo Award-winning Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, a prolific scriptwriter of radio mystery programs, and an accomplished... See More

Length: 354 Pages (5,947 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled/Published: Mar 26, 2019

The Compleat Werewolf: And Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction

by Anthony Boucher

(32 reviews)

Ten otherworldly "diabolical delights" from the author of Rocket to the Morgue and "The Quest for Saint Aquin" (Kirkus Reviews). Anthony Boucher was a literary renaissance man: an Edgar Award-winning mystery reviewer, an esteemed editor of the Hugo Award-winning Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, a prolific scriptwriter of radio mystery programs, and an accomplished writer of mystery... See More

Length: 291 Pages (5,020 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

Far and Away: Eleven Fantasy and Science Fiction Stories

by Anthony Boucher

(6 reviews)

A supremely entertaining selection of speculative short fiction from the author of Rocket to the Morgue and "The Quest for Saint Aquin." Anthony Boucher was a literary renaissance man: an Edgar Award-winning mystery reviewer, an esteemed editor of the Hugo Award-winning Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, a prolific scriptwriter of radio mystery programs, and an accomplished writer of... See More

Length: 205 Pages (4,838 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

Nine Times Nine

by Anthony Boucher (MysteriousPress.com/Open Road)

(53 reviews)

Sister Ursula, a Los Angeles nun who makes a habit of sleuthing, tackles a locked room murder in this "delightful... original" mystery classic (The New York Times Book Review). Anthony Boucher was a literary renaissance man: an Edgar Award-winning mystery reviewer, an esteemed editor of the Hugo Award-winning Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, a prolific scriptwriter of radio mystery... See More

Length: 281 Pages (3,417 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled/Published: Mar 26, 2019

The Case of the Seven Sneezes (The Fergus O'Breen Mysteries)

by Anthony Boucher (MysteriousPress.com/Open Road)

(16 reviews)

Murder is nothing to sneeze at for Los Angeles private eye Fergus O'Breen, in this whodunit from "a fine craftsman" (Ellery Queen). Anthony Boucher was a literary renaissance man: an Edgar Award-winning mystery reviewer, an esteemed editor of the Hugo Award-winning Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, a prolific scriptwriter of radio mystery programs, and an accomplished writer of mystery... See More

Length: 280 Pages (4,110 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled/Published: Mar 26, 2019

The Many Faces of Arsene Lupin (French Mystery)

by Maurice Leblanc

Arsène Lupin, the prodigious gentleman-burglar created in 1905 by Maurice Leblanc, has become an enduring myth who, like his counterpart and cherished foe, Sherlock Holmes, has inspired many pastiches over the years. This collection offers two, never before translated Arsène Lupin tales by Maurice Leblanc, plus nineteen other stories, including five written especially for this volume. A host of... See More

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Future Crimes: Mysteries and Detection Through Time and Space

by Mike Ashley (British Library Publishing)

(53 reviews)

Telepaths, time machines and alien encounters collide with the crime and mystery genre in this new collection exploring the space where detective stories and science fiction meet. To reflect the broad spectrum of this genre Mike Ashley has selected ten of its most ingenious mysteries spanning the decades from 1912 to 1972. These are stories of AI acting against programming, locked-room murders... See More

Length: 286 Pages (4,829 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled/Published: May 19, 2021