02977cam a2200373 4500 877429923 TxAuBib 20230630120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781464207495 1464207496 7b146b8b-acfa-4f85-a87a-668bfc9a3674 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3242477 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Edwards, Martin, 1955- Continental Crimes [Libby eBook]. Sourcebooks, 2017. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 314kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 240kB. vintage crime stories. Historical Fiction. historical mystery. British Library. murder mystery. crime fiction. 20th Century. golden age. HTML:<p><strong>Discover the captivating treasures buried in the British Library's archives. Largely inaccessible to the public until now, these enduring crime classics were written in the golden age of detective fiction.</strong></p> <p><strong>"As with the best of such compilations, readers of classic mysteries will relish discovering unfamiliar authors, along with old favorites such as Arthur Conan Doyle and G.K. Chesterton." —Publishers Weekly, STARRED review</strong></p> <p>A man is forbidden to uncover the secret of the tower in a fairy-tale castle by the Rhine. A headless corpse is found in a secret garden in Paris—belonging to the city's chief of police. And a drowned man is fished from the sea off the Italian Riviera, leaving the carabinieri to wonder why his socialite friends at the Villa Almirante are so unconcerned by his death.</p> <p>These are three of the scenarios in this new collection of vintage crime stories. Detective stories from the golden age and beyond have used European settings—cosmopolitan cities, rural idylls and crumbling chateaux—to explore timeless themes of revenge, deception, murder and haunting.</p> <p>Including lesser-known stories by Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, J. Jefferson Farjeon and other classic writers, this collection reveals many hidden gems of British crime.</p> <p><strong>Also in the British Library Crime Classics:</strong></p> <p>Smallbone Deceased</p> <p>The Body in the Dumb River</p> <p>Blood on the Tracks</p> <p>Surfeit of Suspects</p> <p>Death Has Deep Roots</p> <p>Checkmate to Murder</p>. Classic Literature. Historical Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-06-30 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7b146b8b-acfa-4f85-a87a-668bfc9a3674&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7b146b8b-acfa-4f85-a87a-668bfc9a3674&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)