A New Omnibus of Crime - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195370716 ISBN 13: 9780195370713

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 2010

Synopsis

In 1929, Dorothy L. Sayers published her landmark anthology, The Omnibus of Crime. More recently, Tony Hillerman and Rosemary Herbert decided it was time to produce a definitive new anthology representing the best of the genre since then - the critically acclaimed A New Omnibus of Crime. This extraordinary collection emphasizes the most exciting styles and voices in each genre, rather than taking a typical decade-by-decade approach. As a result, A New Omnibus of Crime boasts a broad range of engaging, page-turning, and spine-tingling selections from the past eight decades. Stories in this collection include Patricia Highsmith's "Woodrow Wilson's Necktie" Sue Grafton's "A Poison That Leaves No Trace" Alexander McCall Smith's "He Loved to Go for Drives with His Father" and many more. A New Omnibus of Crime is a marvelous achievement that brings together some of the greatest crime and mystery short fiction ever collected.

About this title

Product Description:

This fantastic new collection picks up where Dorothy L. Sayers left off, bringing together monumental, important,and entertaining works of short crime fiction published over eight decades from the era of the Great Depression to the first years of the twenty-first century.

Review:

This is a collection that will satisfy the devotees of crime writing and bring others to join their ranks. (Gazette & Herald)

The collection is sufficiently international in scope to offer something unique. (Sunday Business Post)

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0195370716
• ISBN 13: 9780195370713
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 410
• Editor: Hillerman Tony