Final Part of Short Stories Review

This is the final part of the short stories that I have been reading in the book titled "Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense" by Martin H. Greenberg. His book was divided into four sections: "Legendary Sleuths," "Masters of the Mystery," "Masters of Suspense," and "Masterworks of Crime and Detection." In the beginning of the book, the author gives an introduction of the four sections and a brief history of Detective Fiction. Before each story, there is a short biography of the author. I enjoyed reviewing the biography before I read the story.

In the first section, "Legendary Sleuths," there were stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Dame Ngaio Marsh, Rex Stout, Ross Macdonald, and Ellery Queen. These authors have been around for a long time. They are still famous. Readers have enjoyed their works for several years. They are known as legendary because they have been around for several years. Each author features his or her own favorite Detective who solves some type of crime. Most of the settings are in England, which made some of the stories a little more difficult to follow.

In the second section, "Masters of the Mystery," the authors were Ruth Rendell, Dick Francis, P.D. James, Robert Barnard, Julian Symons, John D. MacDonald, Erle Stanley Gardner, Eric Ambler, John Dickson Carr, and Michael Gilbert. These authors wrote stories that were mysteries. Some of them featured detectives and some of them didn't. All of the stories contained an element of mystery. There is some case to be solved, but Detectives or Private Investigators are not the main characters in these kind of stories.

In the third section, "Masters of Suspense," the featured authors were Frederick Forsyth, Charlotte Armstrong, Cornell Woolrich, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, Stanley Ellin, and Robert Bloch. These authors were great at writing stories that keep readers wanting to read and find out what happens in the end. Stories that contain an element of suspense keep readers on the edge of their seats.

In the fourth section, "Masterworks of Crime and Detection," the authors were Simon Brett, Edward D. Hoch, Sue Grafton, Linda Barnes, Donald E. Westlake, Ursula Curtiss, Antonia Fraser, mark Twain, Isaac Asimov, Reginald Hill, Patricia Moyes, Bill Pronzini, Nedra Tyre, Lillian de la Torre, and Lawrence Block. These stories may or may not have a Detective has the main character. However, some kind of crime has been committed and the Detectives or main characters try to solve the case.

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