The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes

by Mike Ashley, Martin Edwards, Kate Ellis

Book Overview

A new anthology of twenty-nine short stories features an array of baffling locked-room mysteries by Michael Collins, Bill Pronzini, Susanna Gregory, H. R. F. Keating, Peter Lovesey, Kate Ellis, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786707909
• ISBN13: 9780786707904
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
• Length: 532 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.1" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Good, not great collection

There is a lot of fun stuff here, at a good price. Unfortunately quite a lot of the book is original stories, and inevitably they are not as good as some classics not included. But if you like locked rooms, there is no reason to hesitate about buying this.

Locked Room Mysteries Rule!

This book is filled with some great locked room mystery stories. These are always the hardest to solve, but the most satisfying to read. If you love a challenge, try to figure some of these out.