![]() Jenkins The Tool by William Fryer Harvey Bianca's Hands by Theodore Sturgeon The Cross of Carl - a novella by Walter Owen Hathor's Pets by Margaret St. Benson Night Drive by Murray Leinster writing as Will F. Lovecraft The Last Kiss by Maurice Level The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury The Upturned Face by Stephen Crane The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey - a novelette by Dorothy Sayers The Horror Horn by E. ![]() This anthology contains: In the Vault by H. Light edge and corner wear with faint creasing on a slightly faded spine no interior markings. This is the one essential book for every reader who has ever finished a mystery novel and thought. James, from Sherlock Holmes to Hannibal Lecter and Philip Marlowe to Lord Peter Wimsey, Books to Die For brings together the cream of the mystery world for a feast of reading pleasure, a treasure trove for those new to the genre and for those who believe that there is nothing new left to discover. From Agatha Christie to Lee Child, from Edgar Allan Poe to P. In a series of personal essays that often reveal as much about the authors and their own work as they do about the books that they love, 119 authors from 20 countries have created a guide that will be indispensable for generations of readers and writers. With so many mystery novels to choose among, and so many new titles appearing each year, where should a reader start? What are the classics of the genre? Which are the hidden gems? In the most ambitious anthology of its kind yet attempted, the world s leading mystery writers have come together to champion the greatest mystery novels ever written. Kathy Reichs on The Silence of the Lambs. The world s greatest mystery writers on the world s greatest mystery novels: Michael Connelly on The Little Sister. Red boards with black spine imprinted on spine in silver with title and author. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. ![]() Laminate beginning to lift at very bottom on back of dust jacket. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S. Sayers Society keeps alive her memory and encourages superior scholarship. It is not just the quality of her writing that makes her stand out, it is the quality of her thinking. Lewis had a fine friendship which was full of mutual respect. Late in life, after influence from Charles Williams, she translated Dante's Inferno. Later in life she did not just write detective novels, she wrote plays, essays, theology and poetry. Early in her career she worked for an advertising agency writing promotional material. She is most famous for her detective novels featuring Lord Peter Wimsey as the detective. It is difficult to write a summary paragraph about Sayers. In the lower center there is an artistic rendering of a street scene. White glossy boards with text in orange and black. Hone and with preface by Barbara Reynolds. Wells, Rasputin, and many such historical figures. Also expect to encounter Franz Kafka, Bela Lugosi, Winston Churchill, H. McNeile and vintage films, Sergeant Dravot from Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King," and a whole great many others. ![]() Lovecraft story and film, Lord Peter Wimsey, Bulldog Drummond from tales by H. Thorndyke, the French pulp villain Fantomas, Herbert West from the H.P. Gibson's "The Shadow," Jedediah Leland from "Citizen Kane," Jake Barnes from Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises," Lady Buckingham from "Doctor Who," Mycroft Holmes the brother of Sherlock, Dr. John's "Biggles" series, Count Orlock from "Nosferatu" (1922), Paul Baumer from "All Quiet on the Western Front," Red Albright from the Captain Midnight radio show, Kent Allard from Walter B. Ewers decadent horror novel "Alraun" (1911), Erich von Stralhein, Ginger Hebblethwaite, and James Bigglesworth from W. Caligari," Rotwang from Fritz Lang's "Metropolis," Professor Jakob Ten Brincken from H. The series incorporates characters from history and classic fantastic fiction of the past, and this volume introduces us to such characters as the vampire Edgar Allan Poe, Doctor Mabuse a pulp villain created by Norbert Jacques and adapted to early cinema by Fritz Lang, Doctor Caligari from the silent film classic "The Cabinet of Dr. ![]() This fat volume is second in the Anno Dracula series, this one's actually two novels in one, "The Bloody Red Baron" set in World War I featuring undead flyers, and "Vampire Romance" which gives a thorough trouncing to the theme of the vampire lover. Newman has amazing skill at combining humor and horror and awesome action sequences. An "alternate history" fantasy epic, in which Professor Van Helsing failed to kill Dracula, resulting in a worldwide vampire renaissance. ![]()
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