Crime from the Mind of a Woman - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0340819693 ISBN 13 : 9780340819692

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Why exists this fascination with crime and why, above all, exists this fascination with crime on the part of female writers? Bestselling novelist Elizabeth George poses this question in her Introduction, answers it with her customary elegance and illustrates it with a rich and varied collection of international writers, some household names; others buried treasures waiting to be rediscovered. The stories have locations as diverse as Africa and the Caribbean, London and Los Angeles, San Francisco and Switzerland. Some are modern; some period. Some feature well-known sleuths - Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, Jemina Shore - or notorious villains - Jack the Ripper; others are tales of 'ordinary' people caught up in out of the ordinary events. All of them share in common a desire to explore mankind in a moment on the edge. The edge equates to the crime committed. How the characters deal with the edge is the story.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Elizabeth George is the author of highly acclaimed novels of psychological suspense. Her first novel, A Great Deliverance, was honoured with the Anthony and Agatha Best First Novel awards in America and received the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere in France. An Edgar and Macavity Nominee as well as a New York Times and international bestselling author, Elizabeth George divides her time between California and Kensington, London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0340819693
• ISBN 13: 9780340819692
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 560
• Éditeur: George Elizabeth
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