Guilty Creatures - A Menagerie of Mysteries (Paperback)

"Curiously enough," said Dr. Manners, "I know a story in which the detection of a murder turned on the behaviour of a bird: in this instance a jackdaw." Since the dawn of the crime fiction genre, animals of all kinds have played a memorable part in countless mysteries, and in a variety of roles: the perpetrator, the key witness, the sleuth's trusted companion. This collection of fourteen stories corrals plots centred around cats, dogs and insects alongside more exotic incidents involving gorillas, parakeets and serpents - complete with a customary shoal of red herrings. From the animal mysteries of Arthur Conan Doyle and F. Tennyson Jesse through to more modern masterpieces of the sub-genre from Christianna Brand and Penelope Wallace, this anthology celebrates one of the liveliest and most imaginative species of classic crime fiction.

General

Imprint:	British Library Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	British Library Crime Classics, 91
Release date:	June 2021
Editors:	Martin Edwards
Dimensions:	190 x 130 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-7123-5344-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7123-5344-5
Barcode:	9780712353441

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