Author: Otto Penzler
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 0525563881
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1202
Book Description
Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler's new anthology rolls out the red carpet for the stories that Hollywood is made of. A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Original. Lights! Camera! Action! The latest book in the Big Book series takes us behind the curtain to uncover the stories that became some of the greatest films of the silver screen. There's the W. Somerset Maugham short story that inspired Hitchcock's Secret Agent; Robert Louis Stevenson's horrifying tale that was later turned into the iconic movie The Body Snatcher, starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff; Sir Ian Fleming's "From a View to a Kill," later one of Roger Moore's greatest Bond films; and "Cyclists' Raid," the short story that formed the basis for the legendary Brando film The Wild One. Otto Penzler delivers the director's cut on these classic short stories and the films they gave rise to. So grab your Sno-Caps and a jumbo box of popcorn and curl up with these cinematic tales from the likes of Agatha Christie, Dennis Lehane, Joyce Carol Oates, Dashiell Hammett, O. Henry, Edgar Allan Poe, and Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Big Book of Reel Murders
Author: Otto Penzler
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 0525563881
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1202
Book Description
Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler's new anthology rolls out the red carpet for the stories that Hollywood is made of. A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Original. Lights! Camera! Action! The latest book in the Big Book series takes us behind the curtain to uncover the stories that became some of the greatest films of the silver screen. There's the W. Somerset Maugham short story that inspired Hitchcock's Secret Agent; Robert Louis Stevenson's horrifying tale that was later turned into the iconic movie The Body Snatcher, starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff; Sir Ian Fleming's "From a View to a Kill," later one of Roger Moore's greatest Bond films; and "Cyclists' Raid," the short story that formed the basis for the legendary Brando film The Wild One. Otto Penzler delivers the director's cut on these classic short stories and the films they gave rise to. So grab your Sno-Caps and a jumbo box of popcorn and curl up with these cinematic tales from the likes of Agatha Christie, Dennis Lehane, Joyce Carol Oates, Dashiell Hammett, O. Henry, Edgar Allan Poe, and Arthur Conan Doyle.
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 0525563881
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1202
Book Description
Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler's new anthology rolls out the red carpet for the stories that Hollywood is made of. A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Original. Lights! Camera! Action! The latest book in the Big Book series takes us behind the curtain to uncover the stories that became some of the greatest films of the silver screen. There's the W. Somerset Maugham short story that inspired Hitchcock's Secret Agent; Robert Louis Stevenson's horrifying tale that was later turned into the iconic movie The Body Snatcher, starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff; Sir Ian Fleming's "From a View to a Kill," later one of Roger Moore's greatest Bond films; and "Cyclists' Raid," the short story that formed the basis for the legendary Brando film The Wild One. Otto Penzler delivers the director's cut on these classic short stories and the films they gave rise to. So grab your Sno-Caps and a jumbo box of popcorn and curl up with these cinematic tales from the likes of Agatha Christie, Dennis Lehane, Joyce Carol Oates, Dashiell Hammett, O. Henry, Edgar Allan Poe, and Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Blood of Innocents
Author: Guy Reel
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 9780786018604
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Recounts the events surrounding the 1993 murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, and the trials of the three teens who were convicted of the crime.
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 9780786018604
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Recounts the events surrounding the 1993 murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, and the trials of the three teens who were convicted of the crime.
Reel Murder
Author: Marian Babson
Publisher: Black Dagger
ISBN: 9781405685191
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
When silent film star Eve Sinclair ('she put the sin in Cinema') and ex-hoofer Trixie Dolan set out for London to attend a film retrospective held in Eve's honour, they fully expect to be the centre of attention. They don't expect that all the attention will be generated by a series of grisly murders. Even less do they expect to find themselves co-starring as prime suspects in the murder investigation! Several murders are committed, each straight out of a scene from Eve's old films. Eve and Trixie again pool their talents to find the cinematic culprit... and barely avoid ending up on the cutting room floor themselves, so to speak.
Publisher: Black Dagger
ISBN: 9781405685191
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
When silent film star Eve Sinclair ('she put the sin in Cinema') and ex-hoofer Trixie Dolan set out for London to attend a film retrospective held in Eve's honour, they fully expect to be the centre of attention. They don't expect that all the attention will be generated by a series of grisly murders. Even less do they expect to find themselves co-starring as prime suspects in the murder investigation! Several murders are committed, each straight out of a scene from Eve's old films. Eve and Trixie again pool their talents to find the cinematic culprit... and barely avoid ending up on the cutting room floor themselves, so to speak.
Murder Scenes
Author: Sace Elder
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472117246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Examining the social effects of criminal investigation in Weimar-era Berlin
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472117246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Examining the social effects of criminal investigation in Weimar-era Berlin
Stay Tuned for Murder
Author: Mary Kennedy
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101476842
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Maggie's radio show has been getting a boost in ratings ever since Madame Chantal, who claims to talk to dead people, started her regular guest appearance. But when two women are killed after a séance, it's up to Maggie to catch the culprit before she winds up on the other side...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101476842
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Maggie's radio show has been getting a boost in ratings ever since Madame Chantal, who claims to talk to dead people, started her regular guest appearance. But when two women are killed after a séance, it's up to Maggie to catch the culprit before she winds up on the other side...
The Murder on the Links
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780425067949
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Monsieur Renauld dies on a golf course just days after sending a plea for help to detective Poirot. Since Renauld possessed a plundered fortune, a scorned wife, a mistress, and an estranged son, there is no lack of suspects. It's up to Poirot to put the police onto the culprit before more murders occur.
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780425067949
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Monsieur Renauld dies on a golf course just days after sending a plea for help to detective Poirot. Since Renauld possessed a plundered fortune, a scorned wife, a mistress, and an estranged son, there is no lack of suspects. It's up to Poirot to put the police onto the culprit before more murders occur.
Enemy Bloodline
Author: Umar Quadeer
Publisher: WAHIDA CLARK PRESENTS
ISBN: 1936649039
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Son of a black gangster and an Italian mother with ties to a high profile mobster, the deadly mixture allows Spaz to become the most ruthless gangster in the City of Brotherly Love. What starts off as a plot to move his mother out of the lethal streets of North Philly, turns into a multi-million dollar drug enterprise. With his mafia drug supplier, Sticky Scilionni in his right ear, and the leader of the Black Boss Family, Kareem in his left ear, who can Spaz trust once he becomes a threat to the very street mentors that have trained him? His life takes on a ferocious transformation as he rises in power and becomes the gatekeeper of the hood between warring families.
Publisher: WAHIDA CLARK PRESENTS
ISBN: 1936649039
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Son of a black gangster and an Italian mother with ties to a high profile mobster, the deadly mixture allows Spaz to become the most ruthless gangster in the City of Brotherly Love. What starts off as a plot to move his mother out of the lethal streets of North Philly, turns into a multi-million dollar drug enterprise. With his mafia drug supplier, Sticky Scilionni in his right ear, and the leader of the Black Boss Family, Kareem in his left ear, who can Spaz trust once he becomes a threat to the very street mentors that have trained him? His life takes on a ferocious transformation as he rises in power and becomes the gatekeeper of the hood between warring families.
Women, Murder, and Equity in Early Modern England
Author: Randall Martin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135899452
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
This book presents the first comprehensive study of over 120 printed news reports of murders and infanticides committed by early modern women. It offers an interdisciplinary analysis of female homicide in post-Reformation news formats ranging from ballads to newspapers. Individual cases are illuminated in relation to changing legal, religious, and political contexts, as well as the dynamic growth of commercial crime-news and readership.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135899452
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
This book presents the first comprehensive study of over 120 printed news reports of murders and infanticides committed by early modern women. It offers an interdisciplinary analysis of female homicide in post-Reformation news formats ranging from ballads to newspapers. Individual cases are illuminated in relation to changing legal, religious, and political contexts, as well as the dynamic growth of commercial crime-news and readership.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Reel Justice
Author: Paul Bergman
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780740754609
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher Description
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780740754609
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher Description