Murderous Schemes: An Anthology of Classic Detective Stories

Westlake, Donald

ISBN 10: 0195103211 / ISBN 13: 9780195103212

Edité par Oxford University Press, 1996

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Not price clipped. First printing from number line. Donald Westlake curates these 32 detective stories from masters of the genre (Lawrence Block, Rex Stout, Agatha Christie, Dashiell Hammett, Chester Himes) and a few familiar outsiders (Roald Dahl, Jack London, Isak Dinesen). The anthology comes in a lovely lavender volume suffering from water damage to top of spine that has bled stains to the inside of (unclipped) dust jacket near crown and somewhat seeped through to slightly discolor and vaguely warp a small section of the jacket's outer cover. Shame, since all else is beautiful. See photos.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1754817617173

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Murderous Schemes: An Anthology of Classic Detective Stories
• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date de parution: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0195103211
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780195103212
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Short stories
  • Anthology
  • Mystery

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Synopsis

When plotting a murder (figuratively speaking), the mystery writer has at hand any number of M.O.s, including such tried and true conventions as the locked room, the unbreakable alibi, the double bluff, and the mistaken identity. Now, in Murderous Schemes, renowned mystery writers Donald E. Westlake and J. Madison Davis offer an illuminating look at eight such mystery conventions, illustrating each with four short stories written by some of the masters of the form. The resulting collection of thirty-two tales spans a hundred and fifty years of crime fiction and includes virtually every style imaginable, from the hard-boiled detective story to the cozy armchair mystery.
the differences between American and British detective fiction, and they illuminate the evolution of crime writing over time. Here is a glorious treasure chest of tales that cover every crime in the book, written by a who's who of crime fiction--Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton, Raymond Chandler, Dorothy L. Sayers, Chester Himes, Edward D. Hoch, and Lawrence Block, to name but a few.

Bringing together a century and a half of superb crime stories, Murderous Schemes is a glorious collection that will inform and delight anyone who loves mystery and mayhem.

À propos de l?auteur

Donald E. Westlake received the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for his novel God Save the Mark and in 1993 won their Grandmaster Award for lifetime achievement. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay for The Grifters. J. Madison Davis is Professor of Journalism in the Professional Writing Program at the University of Oklahoma and is current president of the International Association of Crime Writers. He is the author of The Murder of Frau Schutz, which was nominated for the Edgar Award.