Uncle Abner Master of Mysteries: A Collection of Classic Detective Stories

7 best books like Uncle Abner Master of Mysteries: A Collection of Classic Detective Stories (Melville Davisson Post): Riders of the Purple Sage, Five Children and It, Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman, The Old Man in the Corner, The Big Bow Mystery, Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi, Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer

Riders of the Purple Sage

Author	Zane Grey
ISBN	0812966120

Told by a master storyteller who, according to critic Russell Nye, “combined adventure, action, violence, crisis, conflict, sentimentalism, and sex in an extremely shrewd mixture,” Riders of the Purple Sage is a classic of the Western genre. It is the story of Lassiter, a gunslinging avenger...

Five Children and It

Author	E. Nesbit
ISBN	0140367357

I read Five Children and It with the Women’s Classic Literature Enthusiasts group and enjoyed it immensely. If you like Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and its series' mates by Betty MacDonald, you will like Five Children and It. The ideal child reader of this book is between second and fifth grade, with a fondness...

Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman

Author	E.W. Hornung
ISBN	0141439335

Gentleman thief Raffles is daring, debonair, devilishly handsome-and a first-rate cricketer. In these eight stories, the master burglar indulges his passion for cricket and crime: stealing jewels from a country house, outwitting the law, pilfering from the nouveau riche, and, of course, bowling...

The Old Man in the Corner

Author	Emmuska Orczy
ISBN	1406835897

Not a word against baronesses … A certain Danish baroness began her tale with the words: “I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills …”

Some baronesses just have better writing skills than others.

Even this collection, one of many, of short stories about The Old Man...

The Big Bow Mystery

Author	Israel Zangwill
ISBN	0976654636

Regarded as the first full-length locked room mystery, the novel focuses on a murder that has occurred inside a locked room, with no clear indication as to the weapon used, the perpetrator of the horrendous crime, or a possible escape route. Needless to say, The Big Bow Mystery has all the elements...

Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi

Author	Richard Rohr
ISBN	1616367016

Francis of Assisi is one of the most beloved of all saints. Both traditional and entirely revolutionary, he was a paradox. He was at once down to earth and reaching toward heaven, grounded in the rich history of the Church while moving toward a new understanding of the world beyond.
 
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Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer

Author	Richard Rohr
ISBN	0824519957

This popular and bestselling book of the renowned Franciscan challenges people to move beyond the comfort of a settled life toward an understanding of themselves that is rooted in their connection to God. Only when they rest in God can they find the certainty and the freedom to become all that they can...