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Collected by one of the genre's eminent editors, Maxim Jakubowski, whose many anthologies have attracted large attraction and awards, this volume features outstanding new stories of crime, derring do, fast-paced adventures and puzzles, featuring hardy amateur detectives ranging from young to old, and grizzled private eyes whose patches cover the city streets, all in the hallowed tradition of Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot and Philip Marlowe.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Introduction: Maxim Jakubowski
The Asphodel Meadows: Alison Joseph
Darkness in the City of Light: Rhys Hughes
The Mystery of the Missing Vermeer: Eric Brown
The Chocolate Underpants Caper: Mary Harris
Look for the Silver Lining: David Stuart Davies
Dodie Golightly and the Ghost of Cock Lane: Paul Magrs
Sharon Leigh Takes Texas: Sandra Murphy
Resolution: Keith Brooke
Around the World in Five Serial Murders: Yvonne Eve Walus
A Little Tennessee Williams Drama: O’Neil De Noux
The Single-Handed Soldier: Jane Finnis
Intake: Nick Mamatas
Rosy Is Red: Sally Spedding
No Direction Home: Nick Quantrill
Our Evie: Ricki Thomas
Closure: Russel D McLean
A Wonderful Time: Lavie Tidhar
About the Editor
About the Authors
About the author
Maxim Jakubowski is a novelist and editor. He was born in the United Kingdom and educated in France. Following a career in book publishing, he opened the world-famous Murder One bookshop in London in 1988. He compiles two acclaimed annual series for the Mammoth list, Best New Erotica and Best British Crime. He is a winner of the Anthony and Karel awards, a frequent TV and radio broadcaster, crime columnist for the Guardian newspaper, and Literary Director of London's Crime Scene Festival. He lives in London, United Kingdom.
Summary
A Cornucopia of the Best New Mysteries
If you're a fan of The Best American Mystery Stories series, Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales by P. D. James or Her Body and Other Stories by Carmen Maria Machado, you’ll love The Book of Extraordinary Amateur Sleuths and Private Eye Stories.Collected by one of the genre's eminent editors, Maxim Jakubowski: One of the best mystery books of the 21st century, this volume features outstanding new stories of crime, derring-do, fast-paced adventures, and puzzles, featuring hardy amateur detectives ranging from young to old and grizzled private eyes whose patches cover the city streets, all in the hallowed tradition of Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, and Philip Marlowe.
Never-Before-Seen Stories from Your Favorite Mystery Authors: Jakubowski’s many anthologies, like
The Book of Extraordinary Historical Mystery Stories, have attracted plenty of attention and awards. His newest collection,
The Book of Extraordinary Amateur Sleuths and Private Eye Stores, features never-before-seen stories by some of the most renowned American and British crime and thriller authors of today. Whether the victim was done in at the party uptown or discovered in the other room of a particularly difficult woman or man, these mysteries will have you reading at the edge of your seat.
Foreword
- Maxim has sold well over a million copies of his books.
- He has won numerous awards and is widely regarded as a world class writer and editor.
- He is a columnist for TIME OUT and the GUARDIAN, and contributed to most major newspapers and magazines, and is a regular arts commentator on British TV and radio.
- He also ran London’s annual crime film and literary festival CRIME SCENE and is a consultant for several overseas film festivals.
- He has won the Anthony and Karel awards for his contributions to, respectively, crime fiction and SF & fantasy.
- He also writes a monthly book review column for lovereading.co.uk.
