Guilty Creatures
a menagerie of mysteries
$23.09
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
7 September 2021
Summary
Guilty Creatures: Animalistic Mysteries of the Crime Fiction World
“Curiously enough,” said Dr. Manners, “I know a story in which the detection of a murder turned on the behaviour of a bird: in this instance a jackdaw.”
Since the dawn of the crime fiction genre, animals of all kinds have played a memorable part in countless mysteries, and in a variety of roles: the perpetrator, the key witness, the sleuth’s trusted companion. This collection of fourteen stories corrals plots…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780712353441 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0712353445 |
| Author: | Martin Edwards |
| Publisher: | British Library Publishing |
| Imprint: | British Library Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 7 September 2021 |
| Weight: | 292g |
| Dimensions: | 190mm x 130mm |
| Series: | British Library Crime Classics |
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About The Author
Martin Edwards
MARTIN EDWARDS is series consultant for British Library Crime Classics. He is an award-winning crime writer and President of the Detection Club. The Golden Age of Murder, his study of the Detection Club, won the Edgar, Agatha, H.R.F. Keating and Macavity awards. The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books, his history of the mystery genre, was published by the British Library.
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