The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books (Hardcover)

from datrappert

This is an enjoyable introduction to 100 mystery/crime novels or story collections, almost all British and almost all published between 1900 and 1950. Edwards does a great job of showing why the book is significant and why we might enjoy it. He does not provide spoilers, which I appreciate very m...

from thornton37814

Don't let the title mislead you. The book discusses far more than 100 mysteries. It does, however, provide a little more depth of coverage on about 100 titles. The book is intended as a companion volume to the British Library Crime Classics series. It arranges the mysteries into categories by the...

from Liz1564

This book was sent to me by the publisher Poisoned Pen Press via NetGalley. Thank you. The subjects of this British Library Crime Classic book are the 100 novels Martin Edwards considers benchmarks in crime writing from the late 19th century to 1950. He divides his choices into categories: Chapte...

from Liz1564

This book was sent to me by the publisher Poisoned Pen Press via NetGalley. Thank you. The subjects of this British Library Crime Classic book are the 100 novels Martin Edwards considers benchmarks in crime writing from the late 19th century to 1950. He divides his choices into categories: Chapte...