{"product_id":"9780307743961","title":"The Black Lizard Big Book Of Locked-Room Mysteries (Vintage Crime\/Black Lizard Original)","description":"The Most Complete Collection of Impossible Crime Stories Ever Assembled, with puzzling mysteries by Stephen King, Dashiell Hammett, Lawrence Block, Agatha Christie, Georges Simenon, Dorothy L. Sayers, P. G. Wodehouse, Erle Stanley Gardner, and many, many more THE BLACK LIZARD BIG BOOK OF LOCKED-ROOM MYSTERIES: An empty desert, a lonely ski slope, a gentleman?? study, an elevator car??owhere is a crime completely impossible. Edgar Award??inning editor Otto Penzler has collected sixty-eight of the all-time best impossible-crime stories from almost two hundred years of the genre. In addition to the many classic examples of the form?? case of murder in a locked room or otherwise inaccessible place, solved by a brilliant sleuth??his collection expands the definition of the locked room to include tales of unbelievable thefts and incredible disappearances. Among these pages you??l find stories with evocative titles like ??he Flying Death?? ??he Man From Nowhere?? ?? Terribly Strange Bed?? and ??he Theft of the Bermuda Penny?? not to mention appearances by some of the cleverest characters in all of crime, including Arthur Conan Doyle?? Sherlock Holmes, Georges Simenon?? Jules Maigret, Agatha Christie?? Hercule Poirot, Dashiell Hammett?? Continental Op, and many more. Featuring ??Unconventional means of murder ??Pilfered jewels ??Shocking solutions Includes ??Edgar Allan Poe?? ??he Murders in the Rue Morgue?? the first detective story and the first locked-room mystery ??Masters of the short story form: Edward D. Hoch, Ellery Queen, Carter Dickson, and Stanley Ellin A VINTAGE CRIME\/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eOtto Penzler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eVintage Crime\/Black Lizard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/b\u003eOct 28, 2014\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e960 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eISBN-10: \u003c\/b\u003e0307743969\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/b\u003e9780307743961\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Vintage Crime\/Black Lizard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48793004114225,"sku":"9780307743961","price":27.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/8215\/8385\/files\/9780307743961.jpg?v=1740773800","url":"https:\/\/www.recomparo.com\/products\/9780307743961","provider":"ReComparo.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}