Serpents in Eden: Countryside Crimes (British Library Crime Classics) - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0712357947 ISBN 13 : 9780712357944

Editeur : The British Library Publishing Division, 2016

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.... Think of the deeds of hellish cruelty, the hidden wickedness which may go on, year in, year out, in such places, and none the wiser. Sherlock Holmes Many of the greatest British crime writers have explored the possibilities of crime in the countryside in lively and ingenious short stories. Serpents in Eden celebrates the rural British mystery by bringing together an eclectic mix of crime stories written over half a century. From a tale of poison-pen letters tearing apart a village community to a macabre mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle, the stories collected here reveal the dark truths hidden in an assortment of rural paradises. Among the writers included here are such major figures as G. K. Chesterton and Margery Allingham, along with a host of lesser-known discoveries whose best stories are among the unsung riches of the golden age of British crime fiction between the two world wars.

Biographie de l'auteur

Martin Edwards is an award-winning crime writer best known for his series of novels set in Liverpool and the Lake District. He is series consultant for British Library Crime Classics as well as being a member of the Murder Squad collective of crime writers, a member of the Crime Writers Association committee, and archivist of the Detection Club. The Golden Age of Murder, his study of the Detection Club, was published in 2015.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: The British Library Publishing Division
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0712357947
• ISBN 13: 9780712357944
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Éditeur: Edwards Martin