Challenge to the Widow-Maker Carlson Palmer was well-known in the

Palmer was well-known in the mystery community from the 1940s until his death

are filled with the social unrest of that turbulent era

Presumably the stories met with the approval of Dannay as the works appeared first in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine

Anthony Berkeley’s novels and short stories featuring Roger Sheringham and Inspector Moresby are among the finest examples of the fair play

Featuring stories by Victor Bonini

Challenge to the Widow-Maker Carlson Palmer was well-known in theChallenge the Widow Maker is about ordinary people whose pride helps them survive. Among the 12 tough but compassionate investigations into the human condition is Custer's Ghost, in which one of the last survivors of Little Bighorn finds closure after half a century, and in Animals, an old man who has lost his late wife's cat joins a street punk to free tortured animals. The book includes an introduction by the author and a complete Clark Howard