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  • ISBN: 9780143137535
  • ISBN: 0143137530
  • Physical Description: xvi, 323 pages ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, [2023]

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The hand and word / by Gerald Griffin -- Guilty or ... Read More
Summary, etc.:
"An anthology of classic murder mysteries - the ... Read More
Subject: Detective and mystery stories, English.
Detective and mystery stories, American.
English fiction > 19th century.
American fiction > 19th century.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.
Short stories.
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24504. ‡aThe Penguin book of murder mysteries / ‡cedited with an introduction by Michael Sims.
264 1. ‡aNew York : ‡bPenguin Books, ‡c[2023]
300 . ‡axvi, 323 pages ; ‡c20 cm
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5050 . ‡aThe hand and word / by Gerald Griffin -- Guilty or not guilty? / by Thomas Waters -- Hanged by the neck / by Charles Martel -- The dead child's leg / by James McLevy -- The judgement of conscience / by Andrew Forrester, Jr. -- The red room / by Mary Fortune -- Negative evidence / by Richard Dowling -- The sheriff's children / by Charles W. Chestnut -- The murder at Troyte's hill / by C.L. Pirkis -- The statement of Jared Johnson / by Geraldine Bonner -- A point in morals / by Elle Glasgow -- The case of the pool of blood in the pastor's study / Auguste Groner -- An intangible clue / by Anna Katharine Green.
520 . ‡a"An anthology of classic murder mysteries - the unfamiliar, the unjustly forgotten, and little-known gems by the most famous practitioners A Penguin Classic These are not the usual suspects. When Edgar finalist Michael Sims formed the line-up for The Penguin Book of Murder, he did not include the familiar classics that you can find anywhere. Although he wanted to explore the first century of murder mysteries (from 1827 to 1924), he sought out the unfamiliar, the unjustly forgotten, and a few little-known gems by famous practitioners. The mystery of a bloody murder has been a perennially classic theme, drawing readers to examine what motivates heinous crimes and how the investigative procedure takes us behind the scenes of tragedy. These stories from the 19th and early 20th centuries introduce the earliest detectives, both male and female, that inspired iterations from BBC radio dramas to American television. Sims's selections showcase evil masterminds, suspect narrators, early female detectives, shipboard murders, and psychological and scientific inquiries. And then, there are Clue-like titles such as "The Case of the Pool of Blood in the Pastor's Study" that a modern murder mystery fan can't resist. The Penguin Book of Murder features stories by classic authors such as Anton Chekhov, Louisa May Alcott, and Charles W. Chesnutt along with early crime writing luminaries, such as Austrian novelist Augusta Groner and the prolific American Geraldine Bonner. Surprises include a dark Irish detective story published 14 years before Poe's Dupin investigated the doings in the Rue Morgue-sixty years before the debut of Sherlock Holmes-and a Canadian First Nations detective who investigated a century before Dana Stabenow introduced Kate Shugak"-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
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650 0. ‡aAmerican fiction ‡y19th century. ‡0(LARL_NWRL_CONSORTIUM)13379
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655 7. ‡aShort stories. ‡2lcgft
7001 . ‡aSims, Michael, ‡d1958- ‡eeditor. ‡0(LARL_NWRL_CONSORTIUM)187484
77608. ‡iOnline version: ‡tPenguin book of murder mysteries ‡dNew York : Penguin Books, [2023] ‡z9780593511626 ‡w(DLC) 2023017203
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