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Summary
(From the publisher):
Today's best American and British mystery authors are featured in this outstanding collection of original historical mysteries. The stories in Crime Through Time span thousands of years - from Steven Saylor's ancient Rome to Anne Perry's Victorian England - and feature an amazing variety of detectives - from Peter Lovesey's Prince Albert to Maan Meyers's Charles Dickens to Laurie King's Mrs. Hudson, housekeeper to Sherlock Holmes and a star sleuth in her own right.
These twenty-one historical whodunits were written specifically for this volume and are appearing for the first time in print.
Contents:
- Death of a Place-Seeker by Lynda S. Robinson
- Archimedes’ Tomb by Steven Saylor
- Solomon’s Decision by Sharan Newman
- Murder at Anchor by Edward Marston
- The Hangman’s Apprentice by Leonard Tourney
- Suffer a Witch by Miriam Grace Monfredo
- The Lullaby Cheat by Kate Ross
- Anything in the Dark by Edward D. Hoch
- Bertie and the Boat Race by Peter Lovesey
- The High Constable and the Visiting Author by Maan Meyers
- Look to the Lady by Alanna Knight
- Mrs. Hudson’s Case by Laurie King
- Exit Centre Stage by M. J. Trow
- Decision of the Umpire by Troy Soos
- Uncle Charlie’s Letters by Anne Perry
- Killing the Critic by Gillian Linscott
- Portrait of the Artist as a Young Corpse by Barbara Paul
- The Mamur Zapt and the Kodaker’s Eye by Michael Pearce
- Storm in a Tea Shoppe by Carola Dunn
- The Enemy by Ken Kuhlken
- The Soldier and His Dead Companion by Nicholas A. DiChario
Edited by: Miriam Monfredo & Sharan Newman
Original title: Crime Through Time
Original languages:
English
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Crime and Mystery→ Detective Story and Detectives→ Historical
The following works are contained within this one: Anything in the Dark (1997) [Short Story] Author: Edward D. Hoch
Bertie and the Boat Race (1997) [Short Story] Author: Peter Lovesey
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Corpse (1997) [Short Story] Author: Barbara Paul
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