Classic Locked Room Mysteries | Buch

Cover: 9781909621374 | Classic Locked Room Mysteries | David Stuart Davies | Buch | XX | 2016

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Beschreibung

Classic Locked-Room Mysteries is a fascinating collection of ingenious mysteries which all pose the question 'howdunnit?'
Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.

Locked-room mysteries reached their height of popularity in the Victorian and Edwardian eras; this collection, edited and introduced by David Stuart Davies, brings together stories from such masters of the genre as Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and G. K. Chesterton. In each story the reader is invited to play detective and is presented with a challenge: can you solve the mystery before the solution is revealed?

Über den Autor

David Stuart Davies is an author, playwright and editor and is regarded as an authority on Sherlock Holmes. His fiction includes six novels featuring his wartime detective Johnny Hawke and six Sherlock Holmes novels - including Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Promise (2014). He is a committee member of the Crime Writer's Association editing their monthly publication, Red Herrings, and is a fellow of the Royal Literary Fund.

Zusammenfassung

An intriguing collection of baffling mysteries from such masters as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and G. K. Chesterton.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
The Authors
R. Austin Freeman - The Aluminium Dagger
Edgar Allan Poe - The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Jacque Futrelle - The Problem of Cell 13
Lord Dunsany - Two Bottles of Relish
Edgar Jepson & Robert Eustace - The Tea Leaf
Howel Evans - The Mystery of the Taxi-Cab
Wilkie Collins - A Terribly Strange Bed
William Hope Hodgson - The Thing Invisible
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Adventure of the Retired Colourman
David Stuart Davies - The Curzon Street Conundrum
Thomas Bailey Aldrich - Out of His Head
Melville Davisson Post - The Doomdorf Mystery
C. N. & A. M. Williamson - The Adventure of the Jacobean House
G. K. Chesterton - The Invisible Man
Jacque Futrelles - The Motor Boat

Details

Empfohlen (bis):	99
Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Genre:	Importe , Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Buch
Reihe:	Macmillan Collector's Library
Inhalt:	XX 404 S. with gilt edges ribbon marker
ISBN-13:	9781909621374
ISBN-10:	1909621374
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Davies, David Stuart Davies, David St.
Redaktion:	Davies, David Stuart
Herausgeber:	David Stuart Davies
Hersteller:	Pan Macmillan Macmillan Collector's Library
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße:	157 x 98 x 25 mm
Von/Mit:	David Stuart Davies
Erscheinungsdatum:	14.07.2016
Gewicht:	0,236 kg