The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime Fiction

The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime Fiction - Mammoth Books

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Publisher's Synopsis

Our dark past brought to life by leading contemporary crime writers

A new generation of crime writers has broadened the genre of crime fiction, creating more human stories of historical realism, with a stronger emphasis on character and the psychology of crime.

This superb anthology of 12 novellas encompasses over 4,000 years of our dark, criminal past, from Bronze Age Britain to the eve of the Second World War, with stories set in ancient Greece, Rome, the Byzantine Empire, medieval Venice, seventh-century Ireland and 1930s' New York.

A Byzantine icon painter, suddenly out of work when icons are banned, becomes embroiled in a case of deception; Charles Babbage and the young Ada Byron try to crack a coded message and stop a master criminal; and New York detectives are on the lookout for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Deirdre Counihan, Tom Holt, Dorothy Lumley, Richard A. Lupoff, Maan Meyers, Ian Morson, Anne Perry, Tony Pollard, Mary Reed and Eric Mayer, Steven Saylor, Charles Todd, Peter Tremayne

Book information

ISBN: 9781849014359
Publisher: Little, Brown
Imprint: Robinson
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.087208092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 467
Weight: 336g
Height: 197mm
Width: 139mm
Spine width: 32mm