Edited by Anthony
Horowitz and Otto Penzler.
Published by Head of Zeus,
26 September 2024.
ISBN: 978-103590976-6 (HB)
A
fantastic selection of Crime stories published in 2023 and selected and edited
by the above authors.
There are 20 stories - all completely different and very original plus a bonus
story by L. Frank Baum an author from the Golden Age of Crime Fiction, who died
in 1919 after writing numerous famous stories including The Wizard of Oz.
I enjoyed all the stories especially those with a surprising twist at the
end. The stories cover a wide range of styles and themes and although
there are some gruesome murders along the way there is generally a sense of
redemption or retribution at the end.
I can't think of a better Christmas present to buy for Crime Literature loving
family and friends! As an introduction to good Crime writing this
anthology is also a great potential gift.
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Reviewer: Toni Russell
Anthony Horowitz is the author responsible for creating and writing some of the
UK's most loved and successful TV series, including Midsomer Murders and
Foyle's War.He has also written two highly acclaimed Sherlock Holmes novels, The
House of Silk and Moriarty; a James Bond novel, Trigger Mortis; and his most
recent stand-alone novel, Magpie Murders, was a Top Five Sunday Times
bestseller.He is on the board of the Old Vic Theatre, and was awarded an OBE for his services
to literature in January 2014.
Otto
Penzler
is the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. He was the
publisher of The Armchair Detective, the Edgar-winning quarterly journal
devoted to the study of mystery and suspense fiction, for seventeen years. Mr.
Penzler was the founder of The Mysterious Press, which has now become part of
the Warner publishing empire; he also created the publishing firm of Otto
Penzler Books, which is now an imprint at Carroll & Graf, and The Armchair
Detective Library, a publishing house devoted to reprinting classic crime
fiction for the collector and library markets.
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