The anatomy of murder : famous crimes critically considered by members of the Detection Club Helen Simpson ; John Rhode ; Margaret Cole ; E.R. Punshon ; Dorothy L. Sawyers ; Francis Iles ; Freeman Wills Crofts.
Series: The Detection ClubPublication details: London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014.Description: xii, 335 pages ; 19 cmISBN:- 9780007569687
- 0007569688
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| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Short stories | ANA | Available | 058434 |
"Famous crimes critically considered by members of the Detection Club".
First published in Great Britain by John Lane, The Bodley head 1936.
Dath of Henry Kinder / Helen Simpson -- Constance Kent / John Rhode -- The case of Adelaide Bartlett / Margaret Cole -- An impression of the Landru case / E.R. Punshon -- The murder of Julia Wallace / Dorothy L. Sayers -- The Rattenbury case / Frances Iles -- A New Zealand tragedy / Freeman Wills Crofts.
A unique anthology for crime aficionados seven of the world's most notorious genuine murder mysteries retold by the most accomplished classic crime writers of their generation. A manipulative murderer who stalked the streets of Paris; a young wife who poisoned her eccentric husband; a bank cashier's mysterious suicide; a brutal double murder in New Zealand. Seven of the world's greatest crime writers turn their hand to some of the world's most spine-tingling mysteries all of them astonishingly TRUE. This remarkable collection from the archives of the Detection Club follows The Floating Admiral, Ask a Policeman and Six Against the Yard back into print after more than 75 years, and shows some of the most accomplished authors of their generation retelling real-life murder mysteries with all the relish of the tastiest crime fiction.
