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Mysterious pleasures : a celebration of the Crime Writers' Association's 50th anniversary / edited by Martin Edwards.
- Title
- Mysterious pleasures : a celebration of the Crime Writers' Association's 50th anniversary / edited by Martin Edwards.
- Publication
- London : Little, Brown, 2003.
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- Description
- x, 370 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Ever since its creation, the Crime Writers' Association has championed the very best in murder and mystery. Now, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this esteemed organization, Mysterious Pleasures showcases the short stories of some of its most illustrious members. All the contributors are winners of the CWA's prestigious Diamond or Gold Dagger Awards, or have served as chairman, or, in many cases, all three. From Eric Ambler to Ian Rankin, Dick Francis to Ruth Rendell, John Creasey to Sara Paretsky, here are tales that alternately tantalize, intrigue, shock, surprise, and thrill--a myriad of styles united only by genre and by the sheer quality of the writing. A box of delights--some hard-centered, some soft, some with a drop of poison.
- Subject
- Detective and mystery stories, English
- Genre/Form
- short stories.
- Short stories
- Mystery fiction
- Nouvelles.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- One morning they'll hang him / Margery Allingham -- The blood bargain / Eric Ambler -- Everybody's girl / Robert Barnard -- The mystery of the child's toy / Leslie Charteris -- The chief witness / John Creasey -- Indian rope trick / Lionel Davidson -- Something spooky on Geophys / Lindsey Davis -- The double crossing / Colin Dexter -- The gift / Dick Francis -- The twist / Antonia Fraser -- Judith / Michael Gilbert -- Name of Smith / Cyril Hare -- The game of dog / Reginald Hill -- The hound of the Hanging Gardens / H.R.F. Keating -- The man who jumped for England / Peter Lovesey -- The interview / Ed McBain -- The consolation blonde / Val McDermid -- At the "Century of Progress" / Sara Paretsky -- Guide to doom / Ellis Peters -- Tell me who to kill / Ian Rankin -- When the wedding was over / Ruth Rendell -- The tigers of Subtopia / Julian Symons -- Mugs / Margaret Yorke.
- ISBN
- 0316725633
- OCLC
- 53460203
- SCSB-10847868
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library