The Julian Symons Omnibus
Author : Julian Symons
Publisher :
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 33,45 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Detective and mystery stories, English
ISBN : 9780140064940
Author : Julian Symons
Publisher :
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 33,45 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Detective and mystery stories, English
ISBN : 9780140064940
Author : Julian Symons
Publisher :
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 49,80 MB
Release : 1984
Category :
ISBN :
Author : John Franklin Bardin
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 42,40 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Author : Tony Hillerman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 29,60 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0195182146
"Three-quarters of a century ago, Dorothy L. Sayers compiled the classic anthology The Omnibus of Crime, a definitive collection of short fiction that brought together crime and mystery works from the Apocryphal Scriptures to whodunits from the 1920s. Now, reflecting the explosive developments in the genre, Tony Hillerman and Rosemary Herbert celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of that book's publication with A New Omnibus of Crime. Like Sayers's volume, this new book is envisioned as a vehicle carrying stories the editors think represent the best in crime and mystery writing in our time. Selections also reflect the tastes of Contributing Editors Sue Grafton and Jeffery Deaver, both of whom have stories in this volume."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Julian Symons
Publisher : Penguin (Non-Classics)
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 25,2 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Author : Julian Symons
Publisher :
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 49,90 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Detective and mystery stories, English
ISBN :
Author : Julian Symons
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 41,98 MB
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755148371
Arthur Brownjohn has never quite got anything right. Take the murder of his wife – a bungled, inferior affair despite his having consulting all the experts in the field of killings, executions and dastardly deeds. Resolving never to repeat the same mistakes, he enlists the help of Major Easonby Mellon – a man who really knows what he’s doing...
Author : John J. Walsdorf
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 31,52 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Reference
ISBN :
Author : George V. Higgins
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,99 MB
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307947238
A hard-hitting, tour de force tale of the mob and the man who makes sure their rules are the only rules, by the American master of crime George V. Higgins. Jackie Cogan is an enforcer, and when the mob's rules get broken, Cogan is called in to take care of business. This time a high-stakes card game has been held up by an unknown gang of thugs. Calculating, ruthless, businesslike, and with a shrewd sense of other people's weaknesses, Cogan plies his trade, moving among a variety of hoods, hangers-on, and big-timers, tracking those responsible, and returning "law and order" to the lawless Boston underworld. Combining remarkable wit, crackling dialogue, and a singular ability to show criminal life as it is lived, George V. Higgins builds an incredible story of crime to an unforgettable climax.
Author : P. D. James
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 28,93 MB
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0307743136
P. D. James, the undisputed queen of mystery, gives us an intriguing, inspiring and idiosyncratic look at the genre she has spent her life perfecting. Examining mystery from top to bottom, beginning with such classics as Charles Dickens's Bleak House and Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White, and then looking at such contemporary masters as Colin Dexter and Henning Mankell, P. D. James goes right to the heart of the genre. Along the way she traces the lives and writing styles of Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Dashiell Hammett, and many more. Here is P.D. James discussing detective fiction as social history, explaining its stylistic components, revealing her own writing process, and commenting on the recent resurgence of detective fiction in modern culture. It is a must have for the mystery connoisseur and casual fan alike.