Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III

Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal III
ISBN-10
0727822322
ISBN-13
9780727822321
Series
Past Crimes
Category
Criminals
Pages
242
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Severn House Pub Limited
Author
Catherine Aird

Description

Following the first two CWA anthologies from Severn House, Perfectly Criminal, whose story Herbert in Motion by lan Rankin won the 1996 CWA Short Story Dagger, and Whydunit?: Perfectly Criminal II, whose story On the Psychiatrist's Couch by Reginald Hill won the 1997 CWA Short Story Dagger, this thrilling collection focuses on historic crimes, from ancient Greece to the Middle Ages to World War II. This theme has inspired many contributions original to the anthology from such distinguished names as Catherine Aird Eileen Dewhurst Edward D Hoch H R F Keating Ruth Rendell Mat Coward Marjorie Eccles Susanna Gregory Amy Myers Anne Perry and many more... To add to the collection's desirability, each contributor introduces their story to the reader -- setting the scene and explaining their own inspiration.

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