The Book of Extraordinary Amateur Sleuth and Private Eye Stories: The Best New Original Stories of the Genre by Maxim Jakubowski (Editor)
English | 2021 | Mystery & Thriller | eBook | 2.3 MB
One of the best mystery books of the 21st century, this volume features outstanding new stories of crime, derring-do, fast-paced adventures, and puzzles, featuring hardy amateur detectives ranging from young to old and grizzled private eyes whose patches cover the city streets, all in the hallowed tradition of Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, and Philip Marlowe.
Jakubowski’s many anthologies, like The Book of Extraordinary Historical Mystery Stories, have attracted plenty of attention and awards. His newest collection, The Book of Extraordinary Amateur Sleuths and Private Eye Stories, features never-before-seen short fiction by some of the most renowned American and British crime and thriller authors of today. Whether the victim was done in at the party uptown or discovered in the other room of a particularly difficult woman or man, these mysteries will have you reading at the edge of your seat.
The Asphodel Meadows by Alison Joseph
Darkness in the City of Light by Rhys Hughes
The Mystery of the Missing Vermeer by Eric Brown
The Chocolate Underpants Caper by Mary Harris
Look for the Silver Lining by David Stuart Davies
Dodie Golightly and the Ghost of Cock Lane by Paul Magrs
Sharon Leigh Takes Texas by Sandra Murphy
Resolution by Keith Brooke
Around the World in Five Serial Murders by Yvonne Eve Walus
A Little Tennessee Williams Drama by
The Single-Handed Soldier by O’Neil De Noux
Intake by Nick Mamatas
Rosy Is Red by Sally Spedding
No Direction Home by Nick Quantrill
Our Evie by Ricki Thomas
Closure by Russel D McLean
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