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    Mystery Short Stories of Holmes-Style Thief

    BUMP! Through the magic of the ever-changing intertubes, I have finally stumbled upon the book which I was looking for 3 years ago. Turns out, it was "Erle Stanley Gardner's The Amazing Adventures of Lester Leith." Gardner, well known for his lawyer/crime-solving character Perry Mason, got his...
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    Mystery Short Stories of Holmes-Style Thief

    I once read, maybe ten years ago, a collection of short stories where an eccentric thief would read crime stories out of the newspaper, solve the crime by paying close attention to the details in the story (a la Sherlock Holmes), and formulate a plan to recover the stolen items usually for his...
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