The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime Fiction

The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime Fiction PDF Author: Mike Ashley
Publisher: Running Press
ISBN: 9780762442676
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Ever since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle delighted readers with the fictional genius detective, Sherlock Holmes, crime fiction has been plumbed by mystery writers everywhere. This volume of 12 stories spans crime from the Bronze Age to World War II, and will appeal to the current readers of The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures and Best British Mysteries.

The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime Fiction

The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime Fiction PDF Author: Mike Ashley
Publisher: Running Press
ISBN: 9780762442676
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Ever since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle delighted readers with the fictional genius detective, Sherlock Holmes, crime fiction has been plumbed by mystery writers everywhere. This volume of 12 stories spans crime from the Bronze Age to World War II, and will appeal to the current readers of The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures and Best British Mysteries.

The Mammoth Book of True Crime

The Mammoth Book of True Crime PDF Author: Colin Wilson
Publisher: Constable
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 662

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The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics

The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics PDF Author: Paul Gravett
Publisher: Running Press Adult
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 510

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Mammoth Books: From history to manga, true crime to sci-fi, these anthologies feature top-name contributors and award-winning editors.

The Mammoth Book of Illustrated True Crime

The Mammoth Book of Illustrated True Crime PDF Author: Colin Wilson
Publisher: Constable & Robinson
ISBN: 9781841193946
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 480

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A vast photographic record of the annals of crime featuring some of the 20th century's most infamous criminals and shocking crimes. It covers everything from arson, cannibalism, con men and headless corpses, to mass murderers, sabotage, victims and vital clues.

The Mammoth Book of Unsolved Crimes

The Mammoth Book of Unsolved Crimes PDF Author: Roger Wilkes
Publisher: C & R Crime
ISBN: 1780333730
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 791

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The biggest and best collection of unsolved murder and mystery cases - updated and expanded. This compelling volume presents thirty-five of the most intriguing crime cases that still defy solution, as reported by leading authors and journalists in the field of crime writing. Expanded and updated, this new edition includes the mystery of 'Jack the Stripper' who preyed on prostitutes in Hammersmith in the 1960s, the death of Starr Faithful whose young body was found on Long Island, the vicious murder of Oxford nurse Janet Brown in her own home in 1995, and the case of Lizzie Borden who, according to the rhyme, 'took an axe, And gave her mother forty whacks'. Other cases include: Colin Wilson and the 'Zodiac' killer of California; Russell Miller and the obsession with the Black Dahlia; Rebecca West on the killing of Stanley Setty, and the man who contracted out of humanity; Brian Masters on the killing of Rachel Nickell; Kenneth Alsop on who shot 'Jake' Lingle, and his connection with Al Capone; Philip Sugden on that most famous Victorian enigma, Jack the Ripper; Sydney Horley on the woman who was cleared of killing her husband, and went on to become a Broadway star. Nearly all the cases involve one or more acts of murder, and all are left with a question mark hanging over them with real-life whodunits that offer a continuing challenge to all who find fascination in the criminal mind.

The Mammoth Book of Gangs

The Mammoth Book of Gangs PDF Author: James Morton
Publisher: C & R Crime
ISBN: 1780330898
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 345

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A fresh, new look at gangs in every part of the world which deliberately avoids the stories that have been done to death - about Capone, Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde - and focuses on less well-known gangs such as 'Ma' Barker's Boys; the Smaldones of Denver; Scotland Yard's 1960s' Flying Squad, the so-called Firm within a Firm; Dr Death, the Melbourne drug dealer and Andre Stander, the former South African police officer who led a gang of bank robbers before being shot dead in Fort Lauderdale having fled a 17-year sentence.

The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper

The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper PDF Author: Maxim Jakubowski
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1849015260
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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Updated and expanded edition of the fullest ever collective investigation into Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel Murders. This volume collects not just all the key factual evidence but also 20 different arguments as to the identity of Jack the Ripper, such as that advanced by Patricia Cornwell. Contributions are from the world's leading Ripperologists, including William Beadle, Melvyn Fairclough, Martin Fido, Shirley Harrison, James Tully and Colin Wilson. The identity of Jack the Ripper has plagued professional historians, criminologists, writers and amateur enthusiasts. The many suspects include Montague John Druitt, Walter Sickert, Aaron Kosminski, Michael Ostrog, William Henry Bury, Dr Tumblety and James Maybrick. The only certainty is that Ripperologist have not found an invididual on whom they can all agree. The essays are supported by a detailed chronology, extensive bibliography and filmography.

The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories

The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories PDF Author: Peter Haining
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1780333641
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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Expanded and with great new stories, this is the biggest and best anthology of ghostly hauntings ever. Over 40 tales of visitation by the undead - from vengeful and violent spirits, set on causing harm to innocent people tucked up in their homes, to rarer and more kindly ghosts, returning from the grave to reach out across the other side. Yet others entertain desires of a more sinister bent, including the erotic. This new edition includes a selection of favourite haunted house tales chosen by famous screen stars Boris Karloff, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Plus a top ranking list of contributors that includes Stephen King, Bram Stoker, Ruth Rendell, and James Herbert - all brought together by an anthologist who himself lives in a haunted house. Stories include: Something unspeakable lurks in a Connecticut apartment closet, in Stephen King's 'The Boogeyman'; An Irish castle holds something truly horrifying in wait, in 'The Whistling Room' by William Hope Hodgson; The lecherous old ghost of a Georgian country house eyes up his latest tenant, in Norah Lofts' 'Mr Edward'; An ancient mansion on a shelf of rock previously occupied by a doomed castle, in 'In Letters of Fire' by Gaston Le Roux; The hunter is hunted in James Herbert's tale of nineteenth-century country mansion, 'The Ghost Hunter'; Psychic phenomena and poltergeists, avenging spirits and phantom lovers - curl up and read on, but never imagine you are safe from a visit...

The Mammoth Book of Dracula

The Mammoth Book of Dracula PDF Author: Stephen Jones
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1849019150
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 504

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How will the King of Vampires adapt to the social and technological changes brought by the twenty-first century? Could the Count's condition be cured by modern medicine? How does the mythology perpetuated by literature and movies affect the existence of a real bloodsucker? What if Dracula found himself ruler of a world controlled by vampires? Or perhaps political and ecological catastrophe will result in the Count's final destruction? This tribute to the world's greatest vampire collects together more than 200,000 words of Dracula fiction by masters of dark fantasy such as: Hugh B. Cave, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Basil Copper, John Gordon, Brian Hodge, Nancy Holder, Nancy Kilpatrick, Roberta Lannes, Thomas Ligotti, Paul J. McAuley, Nicholas Royle, Guy N. Smith and many more. It also includes a brand new story from Charlaine Harris.

The Mammoth Book of True Crime 2

The Mammoth Book of True Crime 2 PDF Author: Colin Wilson
Publisher: Constable
ISBN: 9781854870568
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 553

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