Murderous Schemes: An Anthology of Classic Detective Stories (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195103212)

These 32 classic crime stories illuminate the genre's best-known plot constructions--including the locked room, the caper, hoist on their own petards, and over the edge. Covering over 150 years of crime and detective fiction, featuring styles from the hard-boiled to the cozy, Murderous Schemes profiles the writing of Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, Rex Stout, Dorothy L. Sayers, Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and many others.

Author: Donald E. Westlake
ISBN-10: 0195103211
ISBN-13: 9780195103212
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/31/1996
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.64lbs
Size: 8.98h x 5.86w x 1.58d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/28/1996 pg. 60
Library Journal 12/01/1996 pg. 151