The Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels
Edited by Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg.Published 1986.
Published by Robinson Publishing.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0948164212
ISBN-13: 978-0948164217
Published by Robinson Publishing.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0948164212
ISBN-13: 978-0948164217
Description:
Complete and Unabridged.
12 Short Crime Novels by
the masters of suspense:
The Lawless Lady, by Leslie Charteris.
Simon Templar, alias the
Saint, pits his skills against an ingenious group of thieves.
Introducing Susan Dare, by Mignon Eberhart.
Meet detective Susan
Dare in her first appearance, solving the murder of a fellow houseguest.
Nightmare, by Cornell Woolrich.
A murder mystery full of
psychological terror in the tradition of Poe.
Death’s Eye View, by John D. MacDonald.
A chilling tale of
attempted murder off the Florida coast.
The Murder Machine, by Hugh Pentecost.
Sabotage and murder set
the scene at a quarry in rural Pennsylvania.
Death Rides a Boxcar, by Erle Stanley Gardner.
Lost purses, bribery,
sabotage and train yards at midnight contribute to a thrilling tale of
espionage.
The Bearded Lady, by Ross MacDonald.
Private eye Lew Archer
sets out to solve the theft of a painting and gets involved in a double murder.
Murder Set to Music, by Fredric Brown.
Would you buy a used car
from this man. Salesman and musician – but is that all he is?
The Zero Clue, by Rex Stout.
The famous Nero Wolfe
and his sidekick, Archie Goodwin, help a stumped New York police department
solve a murder.
Storm, by Ed McBain.
A ski weekend in New
England turns into a double murder for 87th Precinct Detective Cotton Hawes.
Don’t Look Now, by Daphne Du Maurier.
A classic tale of
psychic events in Venice.
Booktaker, by Bill Pronzini.
Meet
the most inventive thief in San Francisco – can you work out how he does it?
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