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Reader, I buried them and other stories
Call Number
- MYSTERY LOVE (CEN, OSH)
Publication Information
New York, NY : Soho Crime, [2022]
Physical Description
372 pages ; 22 cm
Summary
"More than fifty years ago, Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Peter Lovesey published a short story in an anthology. That short story caught the eye of the great Ruth Rendell, whose praise ignited Lovesey's lifelong passion for short form crime fiction. On the occasion of his hundredth short story, Peter Lovesey has assembled this devilishly clever collection, fifteen yarns of mystery, melancholy, and mischief, inhabiting such deadly settings as a theater, a monastery, and the book publishing industry. The collection includes that first story that launched his story-writing career as well as three new stories exclusive to this volume. In addition, Lovesey fans will delight in a personal essay by the author about the historical inspirations for his creation-and in an appearance by the irascible Bath detective Peter Diamond, who has, in the author's words, 'bulldozed his way' into this collection"--
Contents
- And the band played on
- Sweet and low
- Lady luck
- Reader, I buried them
- Angela's alterations
- Bitter truth
- Ghosted
- Homicidal hat
- Oracle of the dead
- Formidophobia
- Deadliest tale of them all
- Gaslighting
- Three pie problem
- Remaindered
- Agony column
- Bathroom
- Tale of three tubs
- Monologue for mystery lovers.