‘THE DETECTIVE STORY CLUB is a clearing house for the best detective and mystery stories chosen for you by a select committee of experts. Only the most ingenious crime stories will be published under the THE DETECTIVE STORY CLUB imprint. A special distinguishing stamp appears on the wrapper and title page of every THE DETECTIVE STORY CLUB book—the Man with the Gun. Always look for the Man with the Gun when buying a Crime book.’
Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1929
Now the Man with the Gun is back in this series of COLLINS CRIME CLUB reprints, and with him the chance to experience the classic books that influenced the Golden Age of crime fiction.
COLLINS CRIME CLUB
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This edition 2018
First published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus 1901
Published by The Detective Story Club Ltd for Wm Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1930
‘The Greenstone God and the Stockbroker’ and ‘The Rainbow Camellia’ first published in The Dwarf’s Chamber by Ward, Lock & Co. 1896
Introduction excerpted from The Golden Age of Crime Fiction published by Prion Books, copyright © Peter Haining 2002
Cover design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1930, 2018
A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780008137625
Ebook Edition © July 2018 ISBN: 9780008137632
Version: 2018-04-13
Table of Contents
The Greenstone God and the Stockbroker