| ISBN |
9781613163290 (paperback) |
| Title |
Golden age locked room mysteries / Otto Penzler, editor. |
| Published |
New York : Penzler Publishers, 2022. |
| ©2022 |
| Description |
492 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Notes |
Fourteen tales of impossible murder. |
| Includes discussion questions. |
| Summary |
"For devotees of the Golden Age mystery, the impossible crime story represents the period's purest form: it presents the reader with a baffling scenario (a corpse discovered in a windowless room locked from the inside, perhaps), lays out a set of increasingly confounding clues, and swiftly delivers an ingenious and satisfying solution. During the years between the two world wars, the best writers in the genre strove to outdo one another with unfathomable crime scenes and brilliant explanations, and the puzzling and clever tales they produced in those brief decades remain unmatched to this day"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subjects |
Detective and mystery stories, American |
| Short stories, American |
| Genre |
Detective and mystery fiction |
| Short stories |
| Other Names |
Penzler, Otto editor. |
| Boucher, Anthony, 1911-1968. Elsewhen |
| Brown, Fredric, 1906-1972. Whistler's murder |
| Carr, John Dickson, 1906-1977. Third bullet |
| Commings, Joseph, 1913-1992. Fingerprint ghost |
| Eberhart, Mignon G. (Mignon Good), 1899-1996. Calico dog |
| Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889-1970. Exact opposite |
| Kantor, MacKinlay, 1904-1977. Light at three o'clock |
| King, C. Daly, 1895-1963. Episode of the nail and the requiem |
| Palmer, Stuart, 1905-1968. Riddle of the yellow canary |
| Queen, Ellery, 1916-2013. House of haunts |
| Rawson, Clayton, 1906-1971. Off the face of the Earth |
| Rice, Craig, 1908-1957. His heart could break |
| Wellman, Manly Wade, 1903-1986. Murder among magicians |
| Woolrich, Cornell, 1903-1968. Murder at the automat |
| Series |
Otto Penzler's classic American mystery library |
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Authors:
- Boucher, Anthony, 1911-1968. Elsewhen .
- Brown, Fredric, 1906-1972. Whistler's murder .
- Carr, John Dickson, 1906-1977. Third bullet .
- Commings, Joseph, 1913-1992. Fingerprint ghost .
- Eberhart, Mignon G. (Mignon Good), 1899-1996. Calico dog .
- Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889-1970. Exact opposite .
- Kantor, MacKinlay, 1904-1977. Light at three o'clock .
- King, C. Daly, 1895-1963. Episode of the nail and the requiem .
- Palmer, Stuart, 1905-1968. Riddle of the yellow canary .
- Penzler, Otto .
- Queen, Ellery, 1916-2013. House of haunts .
- Rawson, Clayton, 1906-1971. Off the face of the Earth .
- Rice, Craig, 1908-1957. His heart could break .
- Wellman, Manly Wade, 1903-1986. Murder among magicians .
- Woolrich, Cornell, 1903-1968. Murder at the automat .
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