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The Black Lizard big book of locked-room mysteries, the most complete collection of impossible-crime stories ever assembled, edited and with an introduction by Otto Penzler

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The Black Lizard big book of locked-room mysteries, the most complete collection of impossible-crime stories ever assembled, edited and with an introduction by Otto Penzler

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The Black Lizard big book of locked-room mysteries

Oclc number

879552929

Responsibility statement

edited and with an introduction by Otto Penzler

Sub title

the most complete collection of impossible-crime stories ever assembled

Summary

"The Most Complete Collection of Impossible Crime Stories Ever Assembled, with puzzling mysteries by Stephen King, Dashiell Hammett, Lawrence Block, Agatha Christie, Georges Simenon, Dorothy L. Sayers, P. G. Wodehouse, Erle Stanley Gardner, and many, many more. THE BLACK LIZARD BIG BOOK OF LOCKED-ROOM MYSTERIES: An empty desert, a lonely ski slope, a gentleman's study, an elevator car--nowhere is a crime completely impossible. Featuring Unconventional means of murder, Pilfered jewels, Shocking solutions. Includes Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", the first detective story and the first locked-room mystery, Masters of the short story form: Edward D. Hoch, Ellery Queen, Carter Dickson, and Stanley Ellin. A VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL"--Covers

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