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Death Sentences: Stories of Deathly Books, Murderous Booksellers and Lethal Literature
Otto Penzler (Ed.)
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Description for Death Sentences: Stories of Deathly Books, Murderous Booksellers and Lethal Literature
Hardback. An anthology of original short stories about deadly books from the world's best crime writers. Editor(s): Penzler, Otto. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 47. Weight in Grams: 890.
'What treats you have in store!' IAN RANKIN.
Sigmund Freud deals with an unwelcome visitor; Columbo confronts a murderous bookseller; a Mexican cartel kingpin with a fatal weakness for rare books; deadly secrets deep in the London Library: who knew literature could be so lethal? Here are 15 short stories to die for from the world's best crime writers.
With an introduction from Ian Rankin, DEATH SENTENCES includes original, specially commissioned stories about deadly books from Jeffrey Deaver, Andrew Taylor, Laura Lippman, C.J. Box, Anne Perry, Ken Bruen, Thomas H. Cook, Micky Spillaine & Max Adam Collins, Nelson DeMille and ... Read more
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Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781856741
SKU
9781781856741
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Ref
99-1
About Otto Penzler (Ed.)
Otto Penzler is the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and an Edgar-award winning anthologist. Ian Rankin is the bestselling author of the Rebus series.
Reviews for Death Sentences: Stories of Deathly Books, Murderous Booksellers and Lethal Literature
'A single handsome hardback edition – one of the finest multi-author collections in a long time' The Sunday Herald. 'What treats you have in store! All these stories show their authors to be masters of their craft' Ian Rankin. 'A treasure chest of bloodthirsty bibliophilia ... a delightful, ingenious, specially commissioned anthology, both hair-raising and playful, packed with baffling plots, ... Read more