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Book SynopsisThis new collection will pick up where Dorothy L. Sayers'' The Omnibus of Crime (1929) left off - in the heart of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction - bringing together monumental, entertaining works of mystery short fiction from the early 1930s to the present, from the inter-war years of the twentieth century to first years of the twenty-first century. Herbert will introduce each story, placing the selection in the context of the author and the genre''s literary history. Emphasis will be placed upon representing the most exciting styles and voices in the genre rather than a slavish servitude to a decade-by-decade approach. Stories on the short list include Norman Mailer The Killer, P.D. James Great Aunt Allie''s Fly Papers or The Victim, Sue Grafton The Parker Shotgun, Frankie Y. Bailey Since You Went Away, John Cheever Montraldo, Paul Theroux The Johore Murders, Tony Hillerman First Lead Gasser, David Winser The Boat Race Murder, James M. Cain Cigarette Girl, Dorothy L. Sayers The N
Trade Review"The collection provides a good picture of the genre as it developed during the twentieth-century." * Natasha Cooper, TLS *
"This goody-bag, an ideal last minute Christmas present, proves that writers and readers are still, and always will be, in Sayers's debt." * Mark Sanderson, Evening Standard *
