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Guilty creatures : a menagerie of mysteries

Call Number

  • MYSTERY GUIL (CEN)

Publication Information

Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, [2022]

Physical Description

xi, 301 pages ; 21 cm.

Summary

"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"--

Contents

  • Adventure of the lion's mane / Case of Janissary / Sapient monkey / Green parrakeet / Oracle of the dog / Man who hated earthworms / Courtyard of the fly / Yellow slugs / Pit of screams / Hanging by a hair / Man who shot birds / Death in a cage / Man who loved animals / Hornet's nest

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