The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries (Vintage

The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Original)

The Most Complete Collection of Impossible Crime Stories Ever Assembled, with puzzling mysteries byÂ Stephen King, Dashiell Hammett, Lawrence Block, Agatha Christie, Georges Simenon, Dorothy L. Sayers, P. G. Wodehouse, Erle Stanley Gardner, and many, many more

THE BLACK LIZARD BIG BOOK OF LOCKED-ROOM MYSTERIES: An empty desert, a lonely ski slope, a gentlemanâ€™s study, an elevator carâ€”nowhere is a crime completely impossible.

Edgar Awardâ€“winning editor Otto Penzler has collected sixty-eight of the all-time best impossible-crime stories from almost two hundred years of the genre. In addition to the many classic examples of the formâ€”a case of murder in a locked room or otherwise inaccessible place, solved by a brilliant sleuthâ€”this collection expands the definition of the locked room to include tales of unbelievable thefts and incredible disappearances. Among these pages youâ€™ll find stories with evocative titles like â€œThe Flying Deathâ€, â€œThe Man From Nowhereâ€, â€œA Terribly Strange Bedâ€, and â€œThe Theft of the Bermuda Pennyâ€, not to mention appearances by some of the cleverest characters in all of crime, including Arthur Conan Doyleâ€™s Sherlock Holmes, Georges Simenonâ€™s Jules Maigret, Agatha Christieâ€™s Hercule Poirot, Dashiell Hammettâ€™s Continental Op, and many more.
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Featuring
Â Â â€¢Â Unconventional means of murder
Â Â Â â€¢Â Pilfered jewels
Â Â Â â€¢Â Shocking solutions
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Includes
Â Â â€¢Â Edgar Allan Poeâ€™s â€œThe Murders in the Rue Morgueâ€, the first detective story and Â Â Â Â Â Â the first locked-room mystery
Â Â Â â€¢Â Masters of the short story form: Edward D. Hoch, Ellery Queen, Carter Dickson, and Â Â Â Stanley Ellin

A VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL
Country USA
Brand Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Manufacturer Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 99272
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2014-10-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307743961

Country	USA
Brand	Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Manufacturer	Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	99272
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2014-10-28
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307743961

The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Original)