Continental Crimes

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By M. Edwards

Series: British Library Crime Classics

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Continental Crimes by M. Edwards is a collection of crime and thriller stories set across various European locations. Each tale involves intriguing mysteries and complex characters, exploring themes of deception and justice in settings rich with atmosphere and intrigue. Ideal for fans of suspenseful narratives and diverse continental backdrops.
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You might enjoy this atmospheric collection if you love delving into historical crime tales set against the diverse and intriguing backdrop of Europe. Packed with gripping mysteries and suspenseful plots, this selection will likely captivate fans of both classic and contemporary crime fiction.

Continental Crimes

Detective stories from the golden age and beyond have used European settings - cosmopolitan cities, rural idylls and crumbling chateaux - to explore timeless themes of revenge, deception and haunting.

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A man is forbidden to uncover the secret of the tower in a fairy-tale castle by the Rhine. A headless corpse is found in a secret garden in Paris — belonging to the city's chief of police. And a drowned man is fished from the sea off the Italian Riviera, leaving the carabinieri to wonder why his socialite friends at the Villa Almirante are so unconcerned by his death.

These are three of the scenarios in this new collection of vintage crime stories compiled by Martin Edwards. Detective stories from the golden age and beyond have used European settings — cosmopolitan cities, rural idylls, and crumbling chateaux — to explore timeless themes of revenge, deception, and haunting.

Including lesser-known stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, and J. Jefferson Farjeon — and over a dozen other classic writers — this collection reveals many hidden gems of British crime.

Continental Crimes offers a fascinating glimpse into the dark underbelly of European society, delivering mystery and intrigue in spades for fans of classic detective tales.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780712356794

Publisher: British Library Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 June 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: The British Library Publishing Division

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by Martin Edwards

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 190.0mm

Weight: 0g

Collections

Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction M. Edwards Series: British Library Crime Classics

About the Author

Martin Edwards is an award-winning crime writer best known for two series of crime novels set in Liverpool and the Lake District. He is series consultant for British Library Crime Classics and the editor of six previous anthologies in the series, as well as being Vice Chair of the Crime Writers' Association and President of the Detection Club. The Golden Age of Murder, his study of the Detection Club, has won several awards since its publication in 2015.