Anthologies
Belmont 239. Nice GGA Nude Cover. Intro by Hammett and 10 selections from the original hardback edition --- which was entitled CREEPS BY NIGHT --- including the title-story by DONALD WANDREI; "Green Thoughts" by JOHN COLLIER, and "The Music of Erich Zann" by H.P. LOVECRAFT.
A collection of detective fiction from the pulp magazines of the 1940s and 1950s, with contributions from writers such as Dashiell Hammett, John D. MacDonald, John Jakes, Cornell Woolrich, and Paul Cain
Trace the hard-boiled mystery back to its roots with this collection of twenty-eight detective stories set in tough, urban settings. From classics by Poe and Vidocq to contemporary favorites such as Hammett and Spillane, this is a literary feast for all mystery fans. Introduction / David Willis McCullough -- The simple art of murder / Raymond Chandler -- The clue of the yellow curtains / Francois Eugene Vidocq -- The mystery of Marie Roget / Edgar Allen Poe -- The lodger / Marie Belloc Lowndes -- Princess Sonia's bath / Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre -- The investors / Edgar Wallace -- The tenth clew / Dashiell Hammett -- The rubber trumpet / Roy Vickers -- No proof / Yoh Sano -- Dead-end for Delia / William Campbell Gault -- At the Etoile du Nord / Georges Simenon -- I always get the cuties / John D. MacDonald -- This world, then the fireworks / Jim Thompson -- The gold fever tapes / Mickey Spillane -- Wild goose chase / Ross MacDonald -- The nine-to-five man / Stanley Ellin -- Small homocide / Ed McBain -- Blind man with a pistol / Chester Himes -- Pigeon blood / Paul Cain -- Just one of those days / Donald E. Westlake -- Election day / Joseph Hansen -- The Parker shotgun / Sue Grafton -- The Johore murders / Paul Theroux -- Sure, blue, and dead, too / Janwillem van de Wetering -- Skin deep / Sara Paretsky -- Death by water / William Marshall -- Flake piece / Carolyn Wheat -- Dead soldier / Loren D. Estleman -- Double indemnity, the screenplay / Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder
1993 Chartwell hardcover, reprint. Peter Haining (Editor) This collection of short stories features some of the worlds most famous fictional detectives : Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Maigret, Albert Campion, Inspector Morse, Inspector Wexford, Perry Mason, Father Brown, Philip Marlow, Mike Hammer. - Google Books
A collection of twenty-five true crime stories culled from the pages of old pulp magazines features works by such masters of detective fiction as Jim Thompson, Dashiell Hammett, Robert Bloch, Ellery Queen, Harlan Ellison, and others. Simultaneous.
The Oxford Book of Detective Stories is a thorough, broad, and representative collection of short stories intended to reflect the best of detective fiction from around the world. Drawing on works dating from the middle 1800s up to the present, editor Patricia Craig shows us how different nationalities have imposed their own stamp on this highly popular and relatively young literary genre. Alongside English and American fiction by such acknowledged masters as Ellery Queen, Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Agatha Christie, we find stories by Georges Simenon, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sarah Paretsky, and Ian Rankin. The anthology roams across Europe and further afield to embrace Japan, Denmark, Holland, Italy, Argentina, Czechoslovakia, and other countries. This is a book that will delight any fan or student of detective fiction. Women detectives, police procedurals, the amateur sleuth, locked-room mysteries, and the classic or pioneering models of the genre are all represented here--and in her perceptive and inclusive introduction Craig examines the figure of the detective in international literature.
A collection of the very best in mystery writing includes contributions by O. Henry, Dasniell Hammett, Ring Lardner, Ernest Hemingway, Ellery Queen, James Thurber, Sue Grafton, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Sara Paretsky, John Steinbeck, Mickey Spillane, and many, many others. 75,000 first printing.
A detective fiction anthology filled with award winning short stories, information on the authors who wrote them, discussion about the history and evolution of the genre, and important literary criticism.
Dashiell Hammett and William Vollmann are just two treats in this stellar sequel to the smash-hit original volume of San Francisco Noir , which captures the dark mythology of a world-class locale. Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir . Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book. Featuring stories by: Ambrose Bierce, Frank Norris, Mark Twain, Jack London, Dashiell Hammett, Fletcher Flora, Bill Pronzini, Joe Gores, Don Herron, Ernest J. Gaines, Marcia Muller, Oscar Peñaranda, Janet Dawson, Seth Morgan, Craig Clevenger, William T. Vollmann, and John Shirley. From the introduction by Peter Maravelis: “San Francisco is a town made for noir. Long before Hammett’s muse seduced him with fog and mist to pen The Maltese Falcon , European explorers and Christian missionaries had already laid the groundwork for the genre. Just ask the Ohlone indigenous peoples. The city’s history is a shadowy one. It is founded upon the spilling of blood . . . With the release of the first volume of San Francisco Noir , we brought together a team of seasoned writers to compose original works that gave the reader a sinister sense of the city. The success of that volume was encouraging and we have returned with a new task at hand: to present a collection of classic reprints, some hitherto buried by the passage of time, which depict a town riddled by inequity from its very beginnings . . . We see San Francisco reflected in these tales. A city haunted by the specters of its past―a past that is quickly fleeting, leaving little trace as it disappears into oblivion. Perhaps the final vestiges of this town will someday be found in this handy little volume of pulp. Enjoy it while you can, before it, too, returns to dust.“
The world’s most beloved mystery writers celebrate their favorite mystery novels in this gorgeously wrought collection, featuring essays by Michael Connelly, Kathy Reichs, Ian Rankin, and more. In the most ambitious anthology of its kind, the world’s leading mystery writers come together to champion the greatest mystery novels ever written. In a series of personal essays that reveal as much about the authors and their own work as they do about the books that they love, over a hundred authors from twenty countries have created a guide that will be indispensable for generations of readers and writers. From Agatha Christie to Lee Child, from Edgar Allan Poe to P. D. James, from Sherlock Holmes to Hannibal Lecter and Philip Marlowe to Lord Peter Wimsey, Books to Die For brings together the best of the mystery world for a feast of reading pleasure, a treasure trove for those new to the genre and for those who believe that there is nothing new left to discover. This is the one essential book for every reader who has ever finished a mystery novel and thought… I want more!
