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Death Sentences
Stories of Deathly Books, Murderous Booksellers and Lethal Literature
Death Sentences
Stories of Deathly Books, Murderous Booksellers and Lethal Literature
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Description
'What treats you have in store!' IAN RANKIN.
Who knew literature could be so lethal? Here are 20 specially commissioned stories about deadly books from the world's best crime writers. By turns hair-raising and playful, packed with twists and turns, literary references and bookish conundrums, this is a treasure chest of bloodthirsty bibliophilia.
Death Sentences has stories to die for from:
Ian Rankin,
Jeffery Deaver,
Denise Mina,
C.J. Box,
Anne Perry,
Peter Robinson,
Stephen Hunter,
Ken Bruen,
Laura Lippman,
F. Paul Wilson,
Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins,
Joyce Carol Oates,
Peter Lovesey,
Megan Abbott,
R. L. Stine,
Andrew Taylor,
Joe R. Lansdale,
John Connolly,
Christopher Fowler and
Nelson DeMille.
Product details
Published | 05 Sep 2019 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 784 |
ISBN | 9781838932893 |
Imprint | Head of Zeus |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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A treasure chest of bloodthirsty bibliophilia... A delightful, ingenious, specially commissioned anthology, both hair-raising and playful, packed with baffling plots, unlikely characters, literary references and bookish conundrums'
Good Book Guide
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We tend to imagine book lovers, librarians and bibliophiles of all stripes as quiet, gentle folk. In Death Sentences, however, book lovers are bludgeoned to death by their precious tomes, crushed by falling bookshelves, shoved down library stairs, or blown to death by a bomb smuggled into their private library
Irish Examiner
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One of the finest multi-author collections in a long time
Sunday Herald