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Continental Crimes (British Library Crime Classics)
M. Edwards
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Description for Continental Crimes (British Library Crime Classics)
Paperback. Detective stories from the golden age and beyond have used European settings - cosmopolitan cities, rural idylls and crumbling chateaux - to explore timeless themes of revenge, deception and haunting. Series: British Library Crime Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 130. .
A man is forbidden to uncover the secret of the tower in a fairy-tale castle by the Rhine. A headless corpse is found in a secret garden in Paris - belonging to the city's chief of police. And a drowned man is fished from the sea off the Italian Riviera, leaving the carabinieri to wonder why his socialite friends at the Villa Almirante are so unconcerned by his death. These are three of the scenarios in this new collection of vintage crime stories compiled by Martin Edwards. Detective stories from the golden age and beyond have used European settings - ... Read more
A man is forbidden to uncover the secret of the tower in a fairy-tale castle by the Rhine. A headless corpse is found in a secret garden in Paris - belonging to the city's chief of police. And a drowned man is fished from the sea off the Italian Riviera, leaving the carabinieri to wonder why his socialite friends at the Villa Almirante are so unconcerned by his death. These are three of the scenarios in this new collection of vintage crime stories compiled by Martin Edwards. Detective stories from the golden age and beyond have used European settings - ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The British Library Publishing Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
British Library Crime Classics
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780712356794
SKU
V9780712356794
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Ref
99-99
About M. Edwards
Martin Edwards is an award-winning crime writer best known for two series of crime novels set in Liverpool and the Lake District. He is series consultant for British Library Crime Classics and the editor of six previous anthologies in the series, as well as being Vice Chair of the Crime Writers' Association and President of the Detection Club. The Golden ... Read more
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