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Why exists this fascination with crime on the part of female writers? Bestselling novelist Elizabeth George poses this question in her Introduction, answers it with her customary elegance and illustrates it with a rich and varied collection of international writers, some household names; others buried treasures waiting to be rediscovered. The stories have locations as diverse as Africa and the Caribbean, London and Los Angeles, San Francisco and Switzerland. Some are modern; some period. Some feature well-known sleuths - Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, Jemina Shore - or notorious villains - Jack the Ripper; others are tales of 'ordinary' people caught up in out of the ordinary events. All of them share in common a desire to explore mankind in a moment on the edge. The edge equates to the crime committed. How the characters deal with the edge is the story.
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Elizabeth George is the author of highly acclaimed novels of psychological suspense. Her first novel, A Great Deliverance, was honoured with the Anthony and Agatha Best First Novel awards in America and received the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere in France. An Edgar and Macavity Nominee as well as a New York Times and international bestselling author, Elizabeth George divides her time between California and Kensington, London.
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A little gem of a book. * Leicester Mercury * Twenty-six crime stories from some of the best women practitioners of the genre. . . A satisfying collection for these long, rain-soaked days. * Irish Times * Literary, surprising and compulsive. * MSlexia * Elizabeth George makes an authoritative editor for a collection of women's short crime fiction. . . The interest for the novice and the aficionado alike will be in the attitudes of, to and about women across that span of time. . . . This volume serves to introduce a number of writers whose work is overdue some attention. * Sunday Herald (Glasgow) *
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- PublisherHodder & Stoughton Ltd
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0340819685
- ISBN 13 9780340819685
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages560
- EditorElizabeth George
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Crime from The Mind of A Woman 26 Compelling crime stories from some of the 20th century's best women writers. First edition.
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First edition, 2002. Hardback. 548pp. Dust jacket. Why crime? Why exists this fascination with crime and why, above all, exists this fascination with crime on the part of female writers? Bestselling novelist Elizabeth George poses this question in her introduction, answers it with her customary elegance and illustrates it with a rich and varied collection of international writers, some household treasures and others buried treasures waiting to be rediscovered. Book in very good condition. faint toning to paper around the edges. Dust jacket very good and unclipped. Minor edge wear and light creasing. Quite a heavy book but no additional shipping charges to UK post codes. Book. Seller Inventory # 1307283
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