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Guilty creatures : a menagerie of mysteries

Edwards, Martin, 1955- (editor.).

Record details

ISBN: 1464215847
ISBN: 9781464215841
Physical Description: xi, 301 pages ; 21 cm.
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Publisher: Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, [2022]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

The adventure of the lion's mane / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The case of Janissary / Arthur Morrison -- The sapient monkey / Headon Hill -- The green parrakeet / F. Tennyson Jesse -- The oracle of the dog / G.K. Chesterton -- The man who hated earthworms / Edgar Wallace -- The courtyard of the fly / Vincent Cornier -- The yellow slugs / H.C. Bailey -- Pit of screams / Garnett Radcliffe -- Hanging by a hair / Clifford Witting -- The man who shot birds / Mary Fitt -- Death in a cage / Josephine Bell -- The man who loved animals / Penelope Wallace -- The hornet's nest / Christianna Brand.

Summary, etc.:

"From the animal mysteries of Arthur Conan Doyle and F. Tennyson Jesse through to more modern masterpieces of the subgenre from Christianna Brand and Penelope Wallace, this anthology celebrates one of the liveliest and most imaginative species of classic crime fiction. The collection includes an introduction on animals in detective fiction by Martin Edwards. Since the dawn of the crime fiction genre, animals of all kinds have played a memorable part in countless mysteries, and in a variety of roles: the perpetrator, the key witness, the sleuth's trusted companion. This collection of fourteen stories corrals plots centered around cats, dogs, and insects alongside more exotic incidents involving gorillas, parakeets, and serpents--complete with a customary shoal of red herrings"--