The Man Who Read Mysteries

<p>It s been worth the wait. One of the authors most requested by Crippen & Landru readers throughout its 25-year history has been mystery writer William Brittain whose fiction challenges the reader with tricky plots presented in a unique style. For the first time all of the popular Man Who Read stories and a selection of the Mr. Strang stories have been collected into a single volume. Both series appeared in Ellery Queen s Mystery Magazine during the mid-years of the 20th century. Sadly Brittain later forsook mystery fiction to become a children s author and his YA novel The Wish Giver earned him a Newbery Honor award. This collection was edited by Josh Pachter who also wrote the introduction and compiled a bibliography of Brittain s many publications.</p>