From the squash court to the golf links, the football pitch to the swimming pool and the race course to the cricket square, no court, grounds, stadium or stand is safe from skullduggery. Entering the arena where sport clashes with crime, this spirited medley of short stories showcases the greatest d
Settling scores: sporting mysteries
โ Scribed by Martin Edwards
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 256 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Naperville;IL
- ISBN
- 1464212856
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
The loss of Sammy Crockett / Arthur Morrison -- The adventure of the missing three-quarter / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The double problem / F.A.M. Webster -- Fisherman's luck / J. Jefferson Farjeon -- The football photograph / H.C. Bailey -- The red golf ball / Gerald Verner -- The boat race murder / David Winser -- The swimming gala / Gladys Mitchell -- The case of the man in the squared circle / Ernest Dudley -- I, said the sparrow / Leo Bruce -- Four to one-bar one / Henry Wade -- Death at the wicket / Bernard Newman -- The Wimbledon mystery / Julian Symons -- The drop shot / Michael Gilbert -- Dangerous sport / Celia Fremlin.;"Drawing upon Martin Edwards' expert knowledge of golden age crime and mystery short fiction, this short story collection features a death at the races, a murder at the regatta, and foul play in all its forms. In this anthology, where sports meets crime, the basketball court, the golf course - even the wholesome freshness of the swimming gala - become the setting of every kind of skullduggery penned by both masters of the genre and rarely reprinted authors"--
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