he must-have annual anthology for every crime fiction fan - the year's top new British short stories selected by leading crime critic Maxim Jakubowski. This great annual covers the full range of mystery fiction, from noir and hardboiled crime to ingenious puzzles and amateur sleuthing. This year's v
The Mammoth Book Of Best British Crime 08
β Scribed by Jakubowski, Maxim (editor)
- Book ID
- 109075952
- Publisher
- Constable & Robinson
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 320 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781849017619
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β¦ Synopsis
The must-have annual anthology for every crime fiction fan - the year's top new British short stories selected by leading crime critic Maxim Jakubowski.This great annual covers the full range of mystery fiction, from noir and hardboiled crime to ingenious puzzles and amateur sleuthing.
Contents
INTRODUCTION
Maxim Jakubowski
THE VERY LAST DROP
Ian Rankin
DOLPHIN JUNCTION
Mick Herron
CHRIS TAKES THE BUS
Denise Mina
THE MADWOMAN OF USK
Edward Marston
DEAD AND BREAKFAST
Marilyn Todd
AFFAIRS OF THE HEART
Kate Atkinson
THE BALLAD OF MANKY MILNE
Stuart MacBride
THE CIRCLE
David Hewson
A GOOSE FOR CHRISTMAS
Alexander McCall Smith
AN ARM AND A LEG
Nigel Bird
THE LOVER AND LEVER SOCIETY
Robert Barnard
DEAD CLOSE
Lin Anderson
THE TURNIP FARM
Allan Guthrie
AS GOD MADE US
A. L. Kennedy
ROBERT HAYERβS DEAD
Simon Kernick
ANOTHER LIFE
Roz Southey
THE WOMAN WHO LOVED ELIZABETH DAVID
Andrew Taylor
HUNGRY EYES
Sheila Quigley
HOMEWORK
Phil Lovesey
NO THANKS, PLEASE
Declan Burke
THE SAME AS SHE ALWAYS WAS
Keith McCarthy
OUT OF THE FLESH
Christopher Brookmyre
HARD ROCK
Gerard Brennan
ART IN THE BLOOD
Matthew J. Elliott
UNHAPPY ENDINGS
Colin Bateman
RUN, RABBIT, RUN
Ray Banks
SLOW BURN
Simon Brett
FINDERS, WEEPERS
Adrian Magson
THE HARD SELL
Jay Stringer
PARSON PENNYWICK TAKES THE WATERS
Amy Myers
SUCKER PUNCH
Nick Quantrill
TOP HARD
Stephen Booth
COP AND ROBBER
Paul Johnston
OFF DUTY
ZoΓ« Sharp
GUNS OF BRIXTON
Paul D. Brazill
THE DEADLIEST TALE OF ALL
Peter Lovesey
THE BEST SMALL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
Louise Welsh
MR BO
Liza Cody
FOXED
Peter Turnbull
MURDER
Nicholas Royle
DRIVEN
Ian Rankin
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