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Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler collects sixty of his all-time favorite holiday crime stories--many of which are difficult or nearly impossible to find anywhere else. From classic Victorian tales by Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Thomas Hardy, to contemporary stories by Sara Paretsky and Ed McBain, this collection touches on all aspects of the holiday season, and all types of mysteries. They are suspenseful, funny, frightening, and poignant. Included are puzzles by Mary Higgins Clark, Isaac Asimov, and Ngaio Marsh; uncanny tales in the tradition of A Christmas Carol by Peter Lovesey and Max Allan Collins; O. Henry-like stories by Stanley Ellin and Joseph Shearing, stories by pulp icons John D. MacDonald and Damon Runyon; comic gems from Donald E. Westlake and John Mortimer; and many, many more. Almost any kind of mystery youre in the mood for--suspense, pure detection, humor, cozy, private eye, or police proceduralcan be found in these pages.
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monografia Rebiun31970214 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun31970214 220713s2013 xxua 000 1 eng 978-0-345-80298-9 UR0525140 UR The big book of Christmas mysteries edited and with an introduction by Otto Penzler. New York Vintage Crime/Black Lizard cop. 2013. New York New York Vintage Crime/Black Lizard xii, 654 pages il. 24 cm xii, 654 pages En cubierta: The most complete collection of yuletide whodunits ever assembled. Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler collects sixty of his all-time favorite holiday crime stories--many of which are difficult or nearly impossible to find anywhere else. From classic Victorian tales by Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Thomas Hardy, to contemporary stories by Sara Paretsky and Ed McBain, this collection touches on all aspects of the holiday season, and all types of mysteries. They are suspenseful, funny, frightening, and poignant. Included are puzzles by Mary Higgins Clark, Isaac Asimov, and Ngaio Marsh; uncanny tales in the tradition of A Christmas Carol by Peter Lovesey and Max Allan Collins; O. Henry-like stories by Stanley Ellin and Joseph Shearing, stories by pulp icons John D. MacDonald and Damon Runyon; comic gems from Donald E. Westlake and John Mortimer; and many, many more. Almost any kind of mystery youre in the mood for--suspense, pure detection, humor, cozy, private eye, or police proceduralcan be found in these pages. Literatura inglesa 8L. Literatura estadounidense 8LL. Novela policiaca Navidad en la literatura. Antologías F082.2. Penzler, Otto