ONE OF THE GREAT SERIES OF MODERN DETECTIVE STORIES!
The Duel of Shadows is the 33d in Crippen & Landru's Lost Classic series -- new collections by
great writers of traditional mysteries. It is edited by British scholar and researcher, Mike Ashley,
who his best known for his many Mammoth Book of anthologies.
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Valentino has a perfect job for a film buff – he is a film detective who locates lost movies so
that they can be preserved for future generations. And often he has to become an amateur
sleuth as well.
Loren D. Estleman has won 17 major awards for his writing, including 4 Shamuses from the Private Eye Writers of America… read more
Loren D. Estleman has won 17 major awards for his writing, including 4 Shamuses from the Private Eye Writers of America… read more
The Patent Leather Kid is an elegant crook, hiding his identity with mask, gloves, and shoes made
out of black patent leather. In truth, he is a wealthy, seemingly indolent socialite, who becomes a terror to the underworld.
This is the third volume in Crippen & Landru's collections of Erle Stanley Gardner's short stories.… read more
This is the third volume in Crippen & Landru's collections of Erle Stanley Gardner's short stories.… read more
Philip Wylie (1902-1971) was a prolific writer whose stories were,
in the words of editor Bill Pronzini, “controversial, provocative, iconoclastic” and unafraid to question cultural
sensibilities and critique American mores. As a result, his detective fiction was among
the most ingenious and innovative of his generation.
Ten Thousand Blunt Instruments is the 29th in Crippen & Landru's "Lost Classics" series… read more
Ten Thousand Blunt Instruments is the 29th in Crippen & Landru's "Lost Classics" series… read more
One of the finest detective series ever to appear on television, Columbo was created by William Link and his late
collaborator Richard Levinson. With The Columbo Collection, Link has written 12 brilliant new stories in which
murderers try to get away with murder but come up against the rumpled but unflappable Lieutenant Columbo. …
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INSPECTOR APPLEBY INVESTIGATES. Under the pseudonym of
Michael Innes, Oxford don John Innes Macintosh Stewart (1906-1994) was a dominant figure in the Golden Age of Detective
Fiction, when the mystery story was an elegant and witty entertainment, when all the clues were given so that the reader
(if quick-witted enough) could reach the solution at the same time as the detective.
Appleby Talks About Crime is the 30th in Crippen & Landru's "Lost Classics Series" …
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S. J. Rozan is the Edgar Award winning master of hardboiled, hardhitting private eye mysteries,
most coming from the streets of New York. Included in A Tale About a Tiger are some of her best
stories, many centering around the cases of Lydia Chin. Whether going undercover to find a
videotape which would prove the guilt of an acquitted murders, uncovering the truth about a subway
rape, or helping a smuggler of Asian artifacts, Chin is not afraid to dig deep into New York’s
underbelly in pursuit of justice. …
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CRIME AND MYSTERY FROM THE AUTHOR OF "LAURA"
Vera Caspary (1889-1987), playwright and novelist, is best remembered for the novel which led to the great Otto Preminger movie, Laura, but she also wrote novellas and novelettes which combined mystery and suspense with an awareness of gender and class issues. Edited by Caspary-expert A.B., it is the 29th in Crippen & Landru's "Lost Classics Series" Emrys. … read more
Vera Caspary (1889-1987), playwright and novelist, is best remembered for the novel which led to the great Otto Preminger movie, Laura, but she also wrote novellas and novelettes which combined mystery and suspense with an awareness of gender and class issues. Edited by Caspary-expert A.B., it is the 29th in Crippen & Landru's "Lost Classics Series" Emrys. … read more