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The Resource Miraculous mysteries : locked room mysteries and impossible crimes, edited by Martin Edwards

Miraculous mysteries : locked room mysteries and impossible crimes, edited by Martin Edwards

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Impossible crime stories have been relished by puzzle-lovers ever since the invention of detective fiction. Fiendishly intricate cases were particularly well suited to the cerebral type of detective story that became so popular during the ?golden age of murder? between the two world wars. But the tradition goes back to the days of Edgar Allan Poe and Wilkie Collins, and impossible crime stories have been written by such luminaries as Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers and Margery Allingham. This anthology celebrates their work, alongside long-hidden gems by less familiar writers. Together these stories demonstrate the range and high accomplishment of the classic British impossible crime story over more than half a century
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
First US trade paperback edition.
Extent
351 pages
Contents
  • The miracle of moon crescent
  • G.K. Chesterton
  • The invisible weapon
  • Nicholas Olde
  • The diary of death
  • Marten Cumberland
  • The broadcast murder
  • Grenville Robbins
  • The music-room
  • Sapper
  • The lost special
  • Death at 8:30
  • Christopher St. John Sprigg
  • Too clever by half
  • G.D.H. and Margaret Cole
  • Locked in
  • E. Charles Vivian
  • The haunted policeman
  • Dorothy L. Sayers
  • The sands of thyme
  • Michael Innes
  • Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Beware of the trains
  • Edmund Crispin
  • The Villa Marie Celeste
  • Margery Allingham
  • The thing invisivble
  • William Hope Hodgson
  • The case of the tragedies in the Greek room
  • Sax Rohmer
  • The aluminum dagger
  • R. Austin Freeman
Isbn
9781464207440
Instance
Label
Miraculous mysteries : locked room mysteries and impossible crimes
Title
Miraculous mysteries
Title remainder
locked room mysteries and impossible crimes
Statement of responsibility
edited by Martin Edwards
Title variation
Locked room mysteries and impossible crimes
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
Impossible crime stories have been relished by puzzle-lovers ever since the invention of detective fiction. Fiendishly intricate cases were particularly well suited to the cerebral type of detective story that became so popular during the ?golden age of murder? between the two world wars. But the tradition goes back to the days of Edgar Allan Poe and Wilkie Collins, and impossible crime stories have been written by such luminaries as Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers and Margery Allingham. This anthology celebrates their work, alongside long-hidden gems by less familiar writers. Together these stories demonstrate the range and high accomplishment of the classic British impossible crime story over more than half a century
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BTCTA
Dewey number
823.087208
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS648.D4
Literary form
novels
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1955-
  • 1859-1930
  • 1877-1918
  • 1883-1959
  • 1862-1943
  • 1874-1936
  • 1888-1937
  • 1907-1937
  • 1889-1959
  • 1893-1980
  • 1882-1947
  • 1893-1957
  • 1906-1994
  • 1921-1978
  • 1904-1966
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  • Edwards, Martin
  • Doyle, Arthur Conan
  • Hodgson, William Hope
  • Rohmer, Sax
  • Freeman, R. Austin
  • Chesterton, G. K.
  • Olde, Nicholas
  • Cumberland, Marten
  • Robbins, Grenville
  • Sapper
  • Sprigg, C. St. John
  • Cole, G. D. H.
  • Cole, Margaret
  • Vivian, Evelyn Charles
  • Sayers, Dorothy L.
  • Innes, Michael
  • Crispin, Edmund
  • Allingham, Margery
Series statement
British Library crime classics
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  • Murder
  • England
Target audience
adult
Label
Miraculous mysteries : locked room mysteries and impossible crimes, edited by Martin Edwards
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Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The miracle of moon crescent
  • G.K. Chesterton
  • The invisible weapon
  • Nicholas Olde
  • The diary of death
  • Marten Cumberland
  • The broadcast murder
  • Grenville Robbins
  • The music-room
  • Sapper
  • The lost special
  • Death at 8:30
  • Christopher St. John Sprigg
  • Too clever by half
  • G.D.H. and Margaret Cole
  • Locked in
  • E. Charles Vivian
  • The haunted policeman
  • Dorothy L. Sayers
  • The sands of thyme
  • Michael Innes
  • Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Beware of the trains
  • Edmund Crispin
  • The Villa Marie Celeste
  • Margery Allingham
  • The thing invisivble
  • William Hope Hodgson
  • The case of the tragedies in the Greek room
  • Sax Rohmer
  • The aluminum dagger
  • R. Austin Freeman
Dimensions
21 cm.
Edition
First US trade paperback edition.
Extent
351 pages
Isbn
9781464207440
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn961802646
  • (OCoLC)961802646
Label
Miraculous mysteries : locked room mysteries and impossible crimes, edited by Martin Edwards
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The miracle of moon crescent
  • G.K. Chesterton
  • The invisible weapon
  • Nicholas Olde
  • The diary of death
  • Marten Cumberland
  • The broadcast murder
  • Grenville Robbins
  • The music-room
  • Sapper
  • The lost special
  • Death at 8:30
  • Christopher St. John Sprigg
  • Too clever by half
  • G.D.H. and Margaret Cole
  • Locked in
  • E. Charles Vivian
  • The haunted policeman
  • Dorothy L. Sayers
  • The sands of thyme
  • Michael Innes
  • Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Beware of the trains
  • Edmund Crispin
  • The Villa Marie Celeste
  • Margery Allingham
  • The thing invisivble
  • William Hope Hodgson
  • The case of the tragedies in the Greek room
  • Sax Rohmer
  • The aluminum dagger
  • R. Austin Freeman
Dimensions
21 cm.
Edition
First US trade paperback edition.
Extent
351 pages
Isbn
9781464207440
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn961802646
  • (OCoLC)961802646

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