Crime writing at its best is less interested in the act itself than in what leads up to it, and that is the territory this anthology works. Fifty stories trace motive, concealment and the moment things come apart.
The selection reaches across the history of the genre, taking in writers of the stature of Guy de Maupassant, Edgar Allan Poe and Dorothy L. Sayers. Tones vary from cold and procedural to genuinely unsettling, and the subject matter covers murder, burglary, conspiracy and the quieter forms of betrayal. Because the pieces are short, the collection can be sampled at random or read straight through to watch the genre change shape across decades.
The essentials:
• Fifty crime stories collected in one volume
• Work by Maupassant, Poe and Sayers among other established names
• Subject matter running from theft and conspiracy to murder
• A range of tones, from clinical investigation to genuine menace
For readers of crime fiction, anthology buyers and those tracing the genre's development. Available in English at Boipoka.
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