The Detection Collection

Simon Brett (edited)

ISBN 10: 031235763X / ISBN 13: 9780312357634

Published by Minotaur Books May 2006, 2006

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First edition by number code.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Detection Collection
• Publisher: Minotaur Books May 2006
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 031235763X
• ISBN 13: 9780312357634
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Printing: First Edition
• Condition: Collectible-Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery

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Synopsis

The Detection Club is the oldest and most exclusive crime writing organization and it has always represented the cream of British crime writing talent. The founding and early members were amongst the most famous and best loved figures in the golden age - Agatha Christie, G. K. Chesteron, Dorothy Sayers, John Dickson Carr (the only American ever to be a member) among others - and membership remains by invitation only.

     Now to celebrate the impending seventy-fifth anniversary of The Detection Club, its members have produced The Detection Collection - a collection of eleven new stories from the best and the brightest in the British crime field. This original volume includes never-before-published stories from Lindsey Davis, P.D. James, Robert Barnard, Colin Dexter, John Harvey, Reginald Hill, Peter Lovesey, and others, as well as an introduction and history of the Detection Club from the current Club president Simon Brett.  This outstanding collection is a true must-have volume for mystery lovers around the world.

About the Author

Simon Brett is the current president of The Detection Club and has been a radio producer, actor and writer. As a crime writer, he's the author of numerous acclaimed novels and stories, perhaps best known for those featuring Mrs. Pargeter. He lives in England.