The Greatest Works of Melville Davisson Post: 40+ Titles in One Edition: Uncle Abner Mysteries, Randolph Mason Schemes, Sir Henry Marquis Tales, Dwellers in the Hills

by Melville Davisson Post

Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of "The Greatest Works of Melville Davisson 40+ Titles in One Edition". This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.Table of Strange Schemes of Randolph MasonThe Corpus DelictiTwo Plungers of ManhattanWoodford's PartnerThe Error of William Van BroomThe Men of the JimmyThe Sheriff of GullmoreThe Animus FurandiThe Man of Last Resort (The Clients of Randolph Mason)The Governor's MachineMrs. Van BartonOnce in JeopardyThe GrazierThe Rule Against CarperUncle Abner, Master of MysteriesThe Doomdorf MysteryThe Wrong HandThe Angel of the LordAn Act of GodThe Treasure HunterThe House of the Dead ManA Twilight AdventureThe Age of MiraclesThe Tenth CommandmentThe Devil's ToolsThe Hidden LawThe RiddleThe Straw ManThe Mystery of ChanceThe Concealed PathThe Edge of the ShadowThe Adopted DaughterNaboth's VineyardThe Sleuth of St. James SquareThe Thing on the HearthThe RewardThe Lost LadyThe Cambered FootThe Man in the Green HatThe Wrong SignThe Fortune TellerThe Hole in the Mahogany PanelThe End of the RoadThe Last AdventureAmerican HorsesThe Spread RailsThe Pumpkin CoachThe Yellow FlowerSatire of the SeaThe House by the LochNovelsDwellers in the HillsThe Gilded ChairThe Mountain School-TeacherMelville Davisson Post (1869-1930) was an American author, born in West Virginia. Post's best-known character is the mystery solving, justice dispensing West Virginian backwoodsman, Uncle Abner. Post also wrote number of stories about Randolph Mason, a brusque New York lawyer who is highly skilled at turning legal loopholes and technicalities to his clients' advantage. Post's other recurring characters include Sir Henry Marquis of Scotland Yard, the French policeman Monsieur Jonquelle and the Virginia lawyer Colonel Braxton.

1360 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 16, 2017

About the author

Melville Davisson Post (April 19, 1869–June 23, 1930) is an American author, born in Harrison County, West Virginia. He earned a law degree from West Virginia University in 1892, and was married in 1903 to Ann Bloomfield Gamble Schofield. Their only child, a son, died at eighteen months old and Mrs. Post died of pneumonia in 1919.

After the death of their son, he left law practice and went on an European tour with his wife. Upon return from Europe, he began writing short stories and became America's highest paid short story writer. He was an avid horseman, and died on June 23, 1930, after a fall from his horse, and was buried in Harrison County. His boyhood home, "Templemoor", is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of 1982.

Although Post's name is not immediately familiar to many in this era, his stories are available through Gutenberg and many collections of detective fiction include works by Post. There is a case to be made for these stories to be among the finest of detective fiction in America. No less than Ellery Queen and Howard Haycraft both praised Post's writing as among the finest of American detective writing.

Post's best-known character is the mystery-solving, justice dispensing Virginian backwoodsman, Uncle Abner. Post also created two other recurring characters, Sir Henry Marquis and Randolph Mason. He also wrote two non-crime novels. His total output was approximately 230 titles.