The Sinful Stones (Library of Crime Classics) - Softcover
An unusual suspense story set on an island in the Hebrides where a fanatical sect, led by a ninety-two-year-old scientist, have decided to build the eternal city
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About the Author:
Peter Dickinson was born in Africa but raised and educated in England. From 1952 to 1969 he was on the editorial staff of Punch, and since then earned his living writing fiction of various kinds for children and adults. His books have been published in several languages throughout the world.
The author of twenty-one crime and mystery novels for adults, Dickinson was the first to win the Gold Dagger Award of the Crime Writers’ Association for two books running: The Glass-Sided Ants Nest (1968) and The Old English Peepshow (1969). Dickinson was shortlisted nine times for the prestigious Carnegie Medal for children’s literature and was the first author to win it twice.
Dickinson served as chairman of the Society of Authors and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2009 for services to literature. Peter Dickinson died on December 16, 2015, at the age of eighty-eight.
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The author of twenty-one crime and mystery novels for adults, Dickinson was the first to win the Gold Dagger Award of the Crime Writers’ Association for two books running: The Glass-Sided Ants Nest (1968) and The Old English Peepshow (1969). Dickinson was shortlisted nine times for the prestigious Carnegie Medal for children’s literature and was the first author to win it twice.
Dickinson served as chairman of the Society of Authors and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2009 for services to literature. Peter Dickinson died on December 16, 2015, at the age of eighty-eight.
“Fantastically inventive . . . a story full of imaginative detail with a stirring, sardonic end.” —TheDaily Telegraph
“Here is that rare bird among thrillers: one that combines sheer speed and subtlety, through sheer writing skill.” —The Sun
“A delight to read.” —The Times Literary Supplement
“Splendid.” —The Times (London)
“So richly contoured as to demand comparison with the best contemporary fiction.” —The Scotsman
“Peter Dickinson is a master of the bizarre. . . . The Sinful Stones is bewildering and yet believable, marvelously mad but perfectly logical. . . . I had an usually good, and often gripping time with it.” —Louis Untermeyer
“Here is that rare bird among thrillers: one that combines sheer speed and subtlety, through sheer writing skill.” —The Sun
“A delight to read.” —The Times Literary Supplement
“Splendid.” —The Times (London)
“So richly contoured as to demand comparison with the best contemporary fiction.” —The Scotsman
“Peter Dickinson is a master of the bizarre. . . . The Sinful Stones is bewildering and yet believable, marvelously mad but perfectly logical. . . . I had an usually good, and often gripping time with it.” —Louis Untermeyer
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- PublisherIntl Polygonics Ltd
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 1558821090
- ISBN 13 9781558821095
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages201
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