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The Big Book of Female Detectives

Edited by Otto Penzler

Edited by Otto Penzler

Edited by Otto Penzler

Edited by Otto Penzler

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Oct 16, 2018 | ISBN 9780525434740

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Oct 16, 2018 | ISBN 9780525434757

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    About The Big Book of Female Detectives

    Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler’s new anthology brings together the most cunning, resourceful, and brilliant female sleuths in mystery fiction. A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Original.

    For the first time ever, Otto Penzler gathers the most iconic women of the detective canon over the past 150 years, captivating and surprising readers in equal measure. The 74 handpicked stories in this collection introduce us to the most determined of gumshoe gals, from debutant detectives like Anna Katharine Green’s Violet Strange to spinster sleuths like Mary Roberts Rinehart’s Hilda Adams, from groundbreaking female cops like Baroness Orczy’s Lady Molly to contemporary crime-fighting P.I.s like Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone, and include indelible tales from Agatha Christie, Carolyn Wells, Edgar Wallace, L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace, Sara Paretsky, Nevada Barr, Linda Barnes, Laura Lippman, and many more.

    About The Big Book of Female Detectives

    Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler’s new anthology brings together the most cunning, resourceful, and brilliant female sleuths in mystery fiction. A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Original.

    For the first time ever, Otto Penzler gathers the most iconic women of the detective canon over the past 150 years, captivating and surprising readers in equal measure. The 74 handpicked stories in this collection introduce us to the most determined of gumshoe gals, from debutant detectives like Anna Katharine Green’s Violet Strange to spinster sleuths like Mary Roberts Rinehart’s Hilda Adams, from groundbreaking female cops like Baroness Orczy’s Lady Molly to contemporary crime-fighting P.I.s like Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone, and include indelible tales from Agatha Christie, Carolyn Wells, Edgar Wallace, L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace, Sara Paretsky, Nevada Barr, Linda Barnes, Laura Lippman, and many more.

    Also by Otto Penzler

    The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries
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    Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!
    Fangs
    Agents of Treachery
    See all books by Otto Penzler

    Also by Otto Penzler

    The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries
    The Big Book of Ghost Stories
    Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!
    Fangs
    Agents of Treachery
    See all books by Otto Penzler

    About Otto Penzler

    Otto Penzler, proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, founded The Mysterious Press in 1975, now an imprint at Grove/Atlantic, and publishes classic crime fiction through MysteriousPress.com. Penzler has won two Edgar Awards, MWA’s Ellery Queen Award and the Raven…. More about Otto Penzler

    About Otto Penzler

    Otto Penzler, proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, founded The Mysterious Press in 1975, now an imprint at Grove/Atlantic, and publishes classic crime fiction through MysteriousPress.com. Penzler has won two Edgar Awards, MWA’s Ellery Queen Award and the Raven…. More about Otto Penzler

    Product Details

    Category: Mystery & Thriller

    Paperback | $25.00
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Oct 16, 2018 | 1136 Pages | 7 x 9-1/8 | ISBN 9780525434740

    Category: Mystery & Thriller

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Oct 16, 2018 | 752 Pages | ISBN 9780525434757

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