Golden age detective stories
2021
Book
"For decades in the middle of the twentieth century, the country's best-selling authors produced delightful tales in which all types of eccentrics used rarified knowledge to interpret confounding clues. And for even longer, in the decades that have followed, these characters have continued to entertain new audiences with every new generation that discovers them. Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler selects some of the greatest American short stories from era. With authors including Ellery Queen, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Cornell Woolrich, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Anthony Boucher, this collection is a treat for those who know and love this celebrated period in literary history, and a great introduction to its best writers for the uninitiated"-- Provided by publisher.
Main title:
Golden age detective stories / Otto Penzler, editor.
Author:
Armstrong, Charlotte, 1905-1969Boucher, Anthony, 1911-1968Eberhart, Mignon G. (Mignon Good), 1899-1996Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889-1970Heard, Gerald, 1889-1971Kendrick, Baynard, 1894-1977Richards, FrancisPalmer, Stuart, 1905-1968Queen, ElleryQuentin, PatrickRawson, Clayton, 1906-1971Rice, Craig, 1908-1957Rinehart, Mary Roberts, 1876-1958Woolrich, Cornell, 1903-1968Penzler, Otto, editor
Imprint:
New York : Penzler Publishers, 2021.©2021
Collation:
430 pages ; 21 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes discussion questions.
Contents:
The enemy / Charlotte Armstrong -- The stripper / Anthony Boucher -- Postiche / Mignon G. Eberhart -- The case of the crimson kiss / Erle Stanley Gardner -- The enchanted garden / H.F. Heard -- 5-4=murderer /Baynard Kendrick -- There's death for remembrance / Frances & Richard Lockridge -- The monkey murder / Stuart Palmer -- The adventure of the African traveler / Ellery Queen -- Puzzle for Poppy / Patrick Quentin -- From another world / Clayton Rawson -- Good-bye, good-bye! / Craig Rice -- Locked doors / Mary Roberts Rinehart -- The mystery in room 913 / Cornell Woolrich.
ISBN:
9781613162156 (hbk)9781613162156 (hardback)
Dewey class:
813.087208
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
712461
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | Fiction | GOLD | Available |
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | Fiction | GOLD | Available |
| Library at the Dock | Fiction | GOLD | Available |
| Southbank Library | Fiction | GOLD | Available |