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Since the golden age of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers, British mystery-writers have captivated readers all over the world. Now, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, British mysteries are more popular than ever. This collection brings together the most spine-tingling, page-turning stories by Britain's greatest exponents of the genre. Every mystery-lover will relish Ian Rankin's gripping Rebus mystery (Tell Me Who to Kill); Reginald Hill's new Dalziel and Pascoe story (The Game of Dog); an exclusive new adventure for John Mortimer's loveable Rumpole of the Bailey (Rumpole and the Scales of Justice); and a long-awaited, one-off return from Colin Dexter (The Double Crossing). With new stories from bestselling writers Val McDermid, Mark Billingham, Lindsey Davis and Peter Robinson, and exclusive stories from some of Britain's most exciting up-and-coming young crime-writers, this bumper collection is a devilishly good read - and the perfect gift for any mystery-lover.… (plus d'informations)
This was a gift from a friend at Christmas, knowing as he does that I love British mysteries. What he didn't realize was that I love *period* British mysteries, and that aside from John Mortimer and his Rumpole stories, I didn't recognize any of the authors!
Ultimately, it's a nice little book, though the title is misleading - in all honesty, it should be something like The Best New Crime Stories by British Authors, because they're not all set in Britain and the great majority of them have no mystery to solve. One or two don't even seem like crime stories, so...it's strange. There are a couple of stand-outs, though. The Dalziel and Pascoe short story "The Game of Dog" is quite clever, and for sheer enjoyment Mat Coward's "Room to Move" was probably my favorite. At least now I have three or four new authors to go looking for. ( )
Short stories from a variety of authors including Ian Rankin and Lindsey Davis (both of whom I've read before and like) and Reginald Hill (Dalziel and Pascoe, I'd not read any of his before but liked this). The one that particularly stuck in my mind was one that I will have to find the info for and update later, but it was really quite chilling. These were a good mixture of murder, not-quite-murder and just plain mysterious, which was good. 100% murder would have been irritating after the first half-dozen stories, I think. http://www.livejournal.com/users/bopeepsheep/247332.html#cutid1( )
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The opening salvo in our series of annual anthologies celebrating the best of British crime and mystery writing enjoyed a great success, confirming our belief that we can hold our own against all brands of American crime, be it noir or cosy or psychological, let alone the recent afflux of so much welcome translated material that is finally seeing the light of day in our criminal pages.
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With acknowledgement to David Robinson, one of my former pupils.
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Since the golden age of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers, British mystery-writers have captivated readers all over the world. Now, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, British mysteries are more popular than ever. This collection brings together the most spine-tingling, page-turning stories by Britain's greatest exponents of the genre. Every mystery-lover will relish Ian Rankin's gripping Rebus mystery (Tell Me Who to Kill); Reginald Hill's new Dalziel and Pascoe story (The Game of Dog); an exclusive new adventure for John Mortimer's loveable Rumpole of the Bailey (Rumpole and the Scales of Justice); and a long-awaited, one-off return from Colin Dexter (The Double Crossing). With new stories from bestselling writers Val McDermid, Mark Billingham, Lindsey Davis and Peter Robinson, and exclusive stories from some of Britain's most exciting up-and-coming young crime-writers, this bumper collection is a devilishly good read - and the perfect gift for any mystery-lover.
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Ultimately, it's a nice little book, though the title is misleading - in all honesty, it should be something like The Best New Crime Stories by British Authors, because they're not all set in Britain and the great majority of them have no mystery to solve. One or two don't even seem like crime stories, so...it's strange. There are a couple of stand-outs, though. The Dalziel and Pascoe short story "The Game of Dog" is quite clever, and for sheer enjoyment Mat Coward's "Room to Move" was probably my favorite. At least now I have three or four new authors to go looking for. (