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Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries
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Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Martin Edwards
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Series | British Library Crime Classics |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:352 | Dimensions(mm): Height 190,Width 130 |
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Category/Genre | Crime and mystery Classic crime Short stories |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780712353212
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Classifications | Dewey:823.087208 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
British Library Publishing
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Imprint |
British Library Publishing
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Publication Date |
10 March 2020 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Talented sportsmen inexplicably go absent without leave, crafty gamblers conspire in the hope of making a killing, and personal rivalries and jealousies come to a head on fields of play... The links between sport and fictional crime were celebrated in Ellery Queen's anthology Sporting Blood (1942), although that book also included such activities as poker, chess, and the collecting of coins and butterflies. This collection is the first major attempt in the UK to gather together short mysteries with a sporting theme. Each story features a different sport and each is written by a different author. The sports covered include golf, cricket, soccer, rugby, running, swimming, boxing, archery, rowing, tennis and squash. The classic stories in this new British Library anthology show that crime is a game for all seasons.
Author Biography
Martin Edwards is series consultant for British Library Crime Classics. He is an award-winning crime writer and President of the Detection Club. The Golden Age of Murder, his study of the Detection Club, won the Edgar, Agatha, H.R.F. Keating and Macavity awards. His history of the mystery genre The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books was published by the British Library.
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