Detective Stories (Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series)

Detective Stories (Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series)

Now, in the appealing and collectible Pocket Classics format, an anthology of beloved, classic detective storiesâ€”riveting and irresistibly addictive tales of crimes and those who unravel them.

Beginning with modern masters such as Sara Paretsky, Ruth Rendell, and Ian Rankin, this collection works its way back through the golden age of the 1920s and â€™30s to the genreâ€™s source in Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle. The famous detectives who stalk these pages range from the brilliant and eccentric (Conan Doyleâ€™s Sherlock Holmes and Poeâ€™s C. Auguste Dupin) to the deceptively unlikely (G. K. Chestertonâ€™s humble priest, Father Brown; and Agatha Christieâ€™s tweedy spinster, Miss Marple); from the tough-guy private eyes created by Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler to accidental bystanders, such as the perceptive neighbors in Susan Glaspellâ€™s haunting â€œA Jury of Her Peers.â€

From classic whodunits featuring Erle Stanley Gardnerâ€™s Perry Mason and Georges Simenonâ€™s Inspector Maigret to Jorge Luis Borgesâ€™s postmodern tribute to Poe in â€œDeath and the Compass,â€ the stories in this volume will tantalize, perplex, and amaze.
Country USA
Brand Everyman's Library
Manufacturer Everyman's Library
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780307272713
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2009-10-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307272713

Country	USA
Brand	Everyman's Library
Manufacturer	Everyman's Library
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780307272713
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2009-10-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307272713

Detective Stories (Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series)

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