The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786713712 ISBN 13: 9780786713714

Publisher: Running Press, 2004

Synopsis

With its roots in the American private-detective fiction of the 1920s but traceable back as far as Sherlock Holmes, the private-eye story remains as popular as ever. Here are thirty of the finest short novels and stories from the hardboiled world of the private eye. The characters in this collection range from the tough, cynical, hard-drinking Philip Marlowe type to hard-hitting female sleuths and the one-armed intellectual Dan Fortune. This collection features old favorites and new contributions from masters of the genre, past and present, including Ross Macdonald, Raymond Chandler, Sue Grafton, Marcia Muller, Michael Collins, Ed McBain, William Campbell Gault, and many more.

About this title

About the Author:

Bill Pronzini is the author of over 50 novels including the Nameless Detective series. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America. Martin H. Greenberg has been called the king of anthologists, with more than one thousand anthologies to his credit, including the Murder Most... series.

About this edition

• Publisher: Running Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0786713712
• ISBN 13: 9780786713714
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 600
• Editor: Pronzini Bill, Greenberg Martin H.