A Collection of the Best and Newest Private Eye Mysteries
“I have been a fan of Maxim Jakubowski for years. There just is no finer mystery writer and editor anywhere.” ―Alexander Algren, author of Out in a Flash: Murder Mystery Flash Fiction
Collected by one of the genre's eminent editors, Maxim Jakubowski. Dive right into the mysterious and thrilling world of amateur sleuths and private eye stories! One of the best mystery books of this century, this volume features outstanding new stories of crime, derring-do, fast-paced adventures, and puzzles, featuring hardy amateur sleuths ranging from young to old and grizzled private eyes whose patches cover the city streets, all in the hallowed tradition of Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Philip Marlowe and more.
Never-before-seen stories from your favorite mystery authors. Jakubowski’s many anthologies, like The Book of Extraordinary Historical Mystery Stories, have attracted plenty of attention and awards. His newest collection, The Book of Extraordinary Amateur Sleuths and Private Eye Stories, features never-before-seen stories by some of the most renowned American and British crime and thriller authors of today. Whether the victim was done in at the party uptown or discovered in the other room of a particularly difficult individual, these mysteries will have you gripping at the edge of your seat.
Also don’t miss other mystery books by Maxim Jakubowski:
The Book of Extraordinary Impossible Crimes and Puzzling Deaths
The Book of Extraordinary Historical Mystery Stories
The Book of Extraordinary New Sherlock Holmes Stories
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
If you're a fan of The Best American Mystery Stories series, The Dead Daughter series by Thomas Fincham, or Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado, you’ll love The Book of Extraordinary Amateur Sleuths and Private Eye Stories.
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Table of ContentsIntroduction: Maxim Jakubowski
The Asphodel Meadows: Alison Joseph
Darkness in the City of Light: Rhys Hughes
The Mystery of the Missing Vermeer: Eric Brown
The Chocolate Underpants Caper: Mary Harris
Look for the Silver Lining: David Stuart Davies
Dodie Golightly and the Ghost of Cock Lane: Paul Magrs
Sharon Leigh Takes Texas: Sandra Murphy
Resolution: Keith Brooke
Around the World in Five Serial Murders: Yvonne Eve Walus
A Little Tennessee Williams Drama: O’Neil De Noux
The Single-Handed Soldier: Jane Finnis
Intake: Nick Mamatas
Rosy Is Red: Sally Spedding
No Direction Home: Nick Quantrill
Our Evie: Ricki Thomas
Closure: Russel D McLean
A Wonderful Time: Lavie Tidhar
About the Editor
About the Authors
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“An intriguing mixture of past tradition and future-shock dystopia, written by a giant of the genre...highly recommended.” ―Lee Childs, author of the Jack Reacher novels
“I have been a fan of Maxim Jakubowski for years. There just is no finer mystery writer and editor anywhere. Find a comfortable chair and a strong drink and prepare to be enthralled.” ―Alexander Algren, author of Out in a Flash: Murder Mystery Flash Fiction
“The Book of Extraordinary Historical Mystery Stores is a stunning collection, simply the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year and a real treat for crime-fiction fans. I highly recommend!” ―Leonard Carpenter, author of the Conan the Barbarian books and Lusitania Lost
“Maxim Jakubowski is deeply experienced in the field... Sometimes a brief zap of great writing is just what you’re in the mood for or have time for. That’s when anthologies like his are ideal....intellectually outstanding.” —New York Journal of Books
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Maxim has sold well over a million copies of his books.
He has won numerous awards and is widely regarded as a world class writer and editor.
He is a columnist for TIME OUT and the GUARDIAN, and contributed to most major newspapers and magazines, and is a regular arts commentator on British TV and radio.
He also ran London’s annual crime film and literary festival CRIME SCENE and is a consultant for several overseas film festivals.
He has won the Anthony and Karel awards for his contributions to, respectively, crime fiction and SF & fantasy.
He also writes a monthly book review column for lovereading.co.uk.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781642500783
Publisert
2019-10-03
Utgiver
Vendor
Mango Media
Høyde
228 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
268
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