Historical whodunits / edited by Mike Ashley ; [foreword by Ellis Peters].
A collection of short story mysteries.
Record details
- ISBN: 0760704767
- ISBN: 9780760704769
- Physical Description: xix, 522 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Barnes & Noble, 1997.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "Originally published as The Mammoth book of historical whodunnits"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 514-522).
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The locked tomb mystery / Elizabeth Peters -- The thief versus King Rhampsinitus / Herodotus -- Socrates solves a murder / Breni James -- Mightier than the sword / John Maddox Roberts -- The treasury thefts / Wallace Nichols -- A Byzantine mystery / Mary Reed and Eric Mayer -- He came with the rain / Robert van Gulik -- The high king's sword / Peter Tremayne -- The price of light / Ellis Peters -- The confession of Brother Athelstan / Paul Harding -- The witch's tale / Margaret Frazer -- Father Hugh and the deadly scythe / Mary Monica Pulver -- Leonardo Da Vinci, detective / Theodore Mathieson -- A sad and bloody hour / Joe Gores -- The Christmas masque / S.S. Rafferty -- Murder lock'd in / Lillian de la Torre -- Captain Nash and the wroth inheritance / Raymond Butler -- The Doomdorf mystery / Melville Davisson Post -- Murder in the Rue Royale / Michael Harrison -- The gentleman from Paris / John Dickson Carr -- The golden nugget poker game / Edward D. Hoch -- The case of the Deptford horror / Arthur Conan Doyle -- Five rings in Reno / R.L. Stevens.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | FIC HIS (Text) | 37810434740451 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
