Gates of Paradise
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First edition
Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1991
Softcover, viii; 279 p.

Introduction and author notes

by Alberto Manguel

 
   
 
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.
 
 
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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