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Chargement... Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps (original 1983; édition 1983)par Bill (ed.) Pronzini (Directeur de publication)
Information sur l'oeuvreThe Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps par Bill Pronzini (Editor) (1983)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Pretty good mix of tales from the heyday of pulp detective magazines. A couple of the selections struck me as odd (William Campbell Gault's "See No Evil" is only tangentially a crime story, while John D. MacDonald's "Crime of Omission" qualifies neither as a mystery in general nor a detective story in particular), but there are some essential items here: Dashiell Hammett's "Arson Plus," the very first adventure of the Continental Op; "Holocaust House" by Norbert Davis, who masterfully interweaves the humorous with the hard-boiled; and "Knights of the Open Palm," an unusually readable example of Carroll John Daly's work. (Also unusual is the fact that it's a vehemently anti-KKK piece.) "Red Pavement," one of Frederick Nebel's tough, no-nonsense Donny Donahue stories, is good, too. Three and a half stars. ( ) BOTTOM-LINE: Solid collection . PLOT OR PREMISE: A collection of decent stories . WHAT I LIKED: Two stories stand out. Fatal Accident deals with a cop on vacation who sees a car wreck in front of him where the wife dies. When he tries to follow up with the hospitalized driver, the driver is more worried about people looking at the car than the wife. The cop's instincts say murder. Not quite as solid but memorable is Crime of Omission, where a man consumed by jealousy is trying to convince himself to kill his best friend/wife's lover while up at the cottage in the winter. Can he do it? Will he have to? Nice twist ending, although kind of campy. . WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE: Nothing bad stands out. . DISCLOSURE: I received no compensation, not even a free copy, in exchange for this review. I am not personal friends with the author, nor do I follow him / her on social media. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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