Tales of Detection by Dorothy L. Sayers (Editor)
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Tales of Detection by Dorothy L. Sayers (Editor)
$50.00 USD
Tales of Detection by Dorothy L. Sayers (Editor)
Authors: Dorothy L. Sayers (Editor)
Location: London
Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
Date: 1936
Edition: Reprint Edition
Features: The stories in this book are by such masters as R. Austin Freeman, G. K. Chesterton, Thomas Burke, Father Ronald Knox and Agatha Christie, and all play fairly with the reader. Poe's Purloined Letter illustrates a criminal using his knowledge of psychology to outwit the police and a detective expert's methods in drawing upon psychological inferences in solving the crime. Thomas Burke's The Hands of Mr. Otter-mole, for all its striking horror, has clues fairly laid. Agatha Christie provides a modern specimen of the ' perfect murder ' by psychological means — a comparison with the Stevenson tale, Was it Murder? Henry Wade's A Matter of Luck shows the reader the crime first and then proceeds with the detecÂtion. H. C. Bailey's Yellow Slugs is not only first-class detection but also a characteristic expression of his passionate hatred of spiritual cruelty. And there are fourteen other stories by masters of the craft.
Book Condition: Very Good+: Firm copy with minor bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends.
HCX25742-1
Authors: Dorothy L. Sayers (Editor)
Location: London
Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
Date: 1936
Edition: Reprint Edition
Features: The stories in this book are by such masters as R. Austin Freeman, G. K. Chesterton, Thomas Burke, Father Ronald Knox and Agatha Christie, and all play fairly with the reader. Poe's Purloined Letter illustrates a criminal using his knowledge of psychology to outwit the police and a detective expert's methods in drawing upon psychological inferences in solving the crime. Thomas Burke's The Hands of Mr. Otter-mole, for all its striking horror, has clues fairly laid. Agatha Christie provides a modern specimen of the ' perfect murder ' by psychological means — a comparison with the Stevenson tale, Was it Murder? Henry Wade's A Matter of Luck shows the reader the crime first and then proceeds with the detecÂtion. H. C. Bailey's Yellow Slugs is not only first-class detection but also a characteristic expression of his passionate hatred of spiritual cruelty. And there are fourteen other stories by masters of the craft.
Book Condition: Very Good+: Firm copy with minor bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends.
HCX25742-1