Classic Locked Room Mysteries: Edited by David Stuart Davies (Macmillan Collector's Library) - Hardcover

 
9781909621374: Classic Locked Room Mysteries: Edited by David Stuart Davies (Macmillan Collector's Library)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1909621374 ISBN 13: 9781909621374
Verlag: Macmillan Collector's Library, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

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?

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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

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

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Verlag
Macmillan Collector's Library
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1909621374
ISBN 13 
9781909621374
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
424
Herausgeber
Davies David Stuart
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