An edition of The Penguin Classic Crime Ombnibus (1984)

The Penguin classic crime omnibus

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An edition of The Penguin Classic Crime Ombnibus (1984)

The Penguin classic crime omnibus

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Little-known stories by 25 of the grand masters of the genre. According to the book cover
"All the famous names are here - but not the stories you might expect."

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Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
378

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Previews available in: English

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Cover of: The Penguin Classic Crime Ombnibus (Classic Crime)
The Penguin Classic Crime Ombnibus (Classic Crime)
March 7, 1989, Penguin (Non-Classics)
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Penguin Classic Crime Ombnibus (Classic Crime)
The Penguin Classic Crime Ombnibus (Classic Crime)
March 7, 1989, Penguin (Non-Classics)
in English
Cover of: Penguin classic crime
Penguin classic crime
1988, Penguin
in English
Cover of: The Penguin classic crime omnibus
The Penguin classic crime omnibus
1984, Penguin Books
in English

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Table of Contents

Ambrose Bierce: A watcher by the dead --
Ernest Bramah: The coin of Dionysius --
John Dickson Carr: The proverbial murder --
G.K. Chesterton: The wrong shape --
Agatha Christie: The submarine plans --
Edmund Crispin: Who killed Baker? / by Edmund Crispin and Geoffrey Bush --
Ursula Curtiss: Change of climate --
Roald Dahl: The landlady --
Arthur Conan Doyle: The copper beeches --
Stanley Ellin: The question --
William Faulkner: Smoke --
Jaques Futrelle: The phantom motor --
Michael Gilbert: Counterplot --
Graham Greene: The case for the defence --
Patricia Highsmith: The mobile bed-object --
Edward D. Hoch: The most dangerous man --
P.D. James: The victim --
Q. Patrick: All the way to the moon --
Edgar Allan Poe: Thou art the man --
Ellery Queen: The adventure of the bearded lady --
Ruth Rendell: The clinging woman.
Dorothy L. Sayers: The man who knew how --
Georges Simenon: Inspector Maigret pursues --
Roy Wickers: The man who murdered in public --
Arthur Williams: Being a murderer myself.

Edition Notes

Published in
Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Other Titles
Classic crime omnibus.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.0872/08
Library of Congress
PR1309.D4 P46 1984, PR1309.C7

The Physical Object

Pagination
378 p. ;
Number of pages
378

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL2990304M
Internet Archive
penguinclassiccr00symo
ISBN 10
0140067396
LCCN
84244540
Library Thing
187586
Goodreads
3094699

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