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For classic murder mystery readers, a scintillating anthology of lost treasures to read alongside Edgar Allan Poe and Sherlock Holmes A Penguin Classic For The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries, writer and anthologist Michael Sims did not summon the usual suspects. He sought the unfamiliar, the unjustly forgotten, and little-known gems by writers from outside the genre. This historical tour of one of our most popular literary categories includes stories never before reprinted, features rebellious early “lady detectives," and spotlights former stars of the crime field—Austrian novelist Auguste Groner and prolific American Geraldine Bonner among them. For twenty-first century connoisseurs of crime, The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries celebrates how the nineteenth century added a fierce modern twist to the ancient theme of bloody murder.
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The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries, Richard Chizmar
- Idioma
- Publicado en
- 2023
- Encuadernación
- (Tapa blanda)
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- Título
- The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Richard Chizmar
- Editorial
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publicado en
- 2023
- Formato
- Tapa blanda
- Páginas
- 352
- ISBN10
- 0143137530
- ISBN13
- 9780143137535
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- Ficción, Novela negra & Thriller, Naturaleza, Novelas de crimen, Thriller, Compilaciones, antologías, Clásicos, Cuentos cortos, Suspense, Asesinatos, Siglo XIX, Detectives, Lecturas, Misterioso, Obras completas, Policía, Noir, Criminalidad, Literatura cosy, Detective privado
- Descripción
- For classic murder mystery readers, a scintillating anthology of lost treasures to read alongside Edgar Allan Poe and Sherlock Holmes A Penguin Classic For The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries, writer and anthologist Michael Sims did not summon the usual suspects. He sought the unfamiliar, the unjustly forgotten, and little-known gems by writers from outside the genre. This historical tour of one of our most popular literary categories includes stories never before reprinted, features rebellious early “lady detectives," and spotlights former stars of the crime field—Austrian novelist Auguste Groner and prolific American Geraldine Bonner among them. For twenty-first century connoisseurs of crime, The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries celebrates how the nineteenth century added a fierce modern twist to the ancient theme of bloody murder.