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Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s by Leslie S. Klinger; Otto Penzler
$56.95 AUD
Category: Crime
American crime writing was reborn in the 1920s. After years of dominance by British authors, new American writers--with fresh ideas about the detective and the mystery--appeared on the scene and rose to heights of popularity not witnessed since the success of the Sherlock Holmes tales in America. Class ...Show more
Death Sentences: Stories of Deathly Books, Murderous Booksellers and Lethal Literature by Otto Penzler
$29.99 AUD
Category: Crime
'What treats you have in store!' IAN RANKIN. Sigmund Freud deals with an unwelcome visitor; Columbo confronts a murderous bookseller; a Mexican cartel kingpin with a fatal weakness for rare books; deadly secrets deep in the London Library: who knew literature could be so lethal? Here are 15 short storie ...Show more
Death Sentences: Stories of Deathly Books, Murderous Booksellers and Lethal Literature by Otto Penzler (Editor); Ian Rankin (Introduction by)
$27.99 AUD
Category: Crime
'What treats you have in store!' IAN RANKIN. Who knew literature could be so lethal? Here are 20 specially commissioned stories about deadly books from the world's best crime writers. By turns hair-raising and playful, packed with twists and turns, literary references and bookish conundrums, this is a ...Show more
Jack the Ripper by OTTO PENZLER
$39.99 AUD
Category: Classics
The predatory ritual, the escalating savegery of the crimes, the grisly trophies taken from his victim's bodies, the games played with his pursuers, the cannibalism: Jack the Ripper's reign of terror in London's East End during the autumn of 1888 casts a long shadow. Many have murdered more, but few hav ...Show more
Locked-Room Mysteries by Otto Penzler
$39.99 AUD
Category: Crime
The purest kind of detective story involves a crime solved by observation and deduction, rather than luck, coincidence or confession. The supreme form of detection involves the explanation of an impossible crime, whether the sort of vanishing act that would make Houdini proud, a murder that leaves no vi ...Show more
Sherlock by Otto Penzler
$39.99 AUD
Category: Classics
In 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle put pen to paper and created a legend: Sherlock Holmes. The greatest detective of all time. His tall, slender, hawk-nosed figure with his deerstalker hat is instantly recognizable in every corner of the world. Alongside Doyle's original stories, Sherlock has spawned a literat ...Show more
The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 by Otto Penzler
$19.99 AUD
Category: Crime | Series: Best American
"With so many great authors contributing to this fiction collection . . . it doesn't take detecting skills to discover the gem. And every story dazzles . . . These stories, in prose both elegant and compelling, get to the heart of why people do what they do." -- "USA Today""The Best American Mystery Sto ...Show more
The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries by Otto Penzler (Editor)
$49.99 AUD
Category: Crime
Festive felonies, unscrupulous santas, deadly puddings, and misdemeanors under the mistletoe... From Victorian detective stories to modern mysteries, police procedurals to pulp fiction, comic gems to cozy crime, there's something for every festive mood in this must-read collection starring sixty of the ...Show more
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