The Armchair Detective

Description for THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE: GREAT TALES OF CRIME AND DETECTION edited by Peter Haining:

Wexford, Morse, Miss Marple, Rumpole, Lord Peter Wimsey, Philip Marlowe, Maigret, Holmes, Poirot...Thirty-two of TV's most popular sleuths solve cases of mystery and murder within these pages---complete with details of the series they have inspired and the actors they have made famous.

Detectives---both amateur and professional, from tough, wisecracking Americans to urbane Europeans and eccentric English aristocrats---are among TV's best-loved viewing, with millions of fans each week. This is a collection no armchair detective will be able to resist...