Six Against the Yard

by Margery Allingham, Agatha Christie, The Detection Club

Book Overview

A unique anthology for crime aficionados - six 'perfect murder' stories written by the most accomplished crime writers of the 1930s, designed to fox real-life Scotland Yard Superintendent Cornish, who... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425117782
• ISBN13: 9780425117781
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Writers vs. Reality

How perfect would a writer's "perfect crime" be if an expect looks at it. In this book, six murder mystery writers find out. Each one writes a story of a "perfect crime" and Ex-Superintendent Cornish, C.I.D., is called upon to judge how likely it is to be found out. This book was written by six members of the Detection Club, a social circle of mystery writers of which Agatha Christie is a member (although she didn't take part in this book).