The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786719710 ISBN 13: 9780786719716

Publisher: Running Press, 2007

Synopsis

Charles Dickens created some of the most memorable characters in English literature and was also a larger-than-life individual himself, a champion of the underdog. The anthology presents a mix of specially commissioned new stories and lesser known reprints, by writers such as Hilary Bonner, Anne Perry, Charles Todd, Kate Ellis, Alanna Knight, Martin Edwards and Gillian Linscott. Many of the stories feature one or more of Dickens's characters, as a sleuth or as the victim of crime. Others are set in Dickens's real life with him investigating a crime or people closely associated with him, such as Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell or Hablot Browne — including during his tours of America. Oliver Twist and the Artful Dodger meet up again in later years to solve an age-old crime. Just what became of the convict that frightened young Pip in Great Expectations? Was he really guilty, or framed? Inspector Bucket from Bleak House finds himself up against the greatest criminal mind of his day.

About this title

About the Author:

Mike Ashley is editor of several volumes of The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, plus The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits and The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits among others.

Review:

Miss Havisham's Revenge' by Alanna Knight, in which we discover the part Estella Havisham played in the fate of Bentley Drummle 'Murder in Murray's Court' by David Stuart Davies, in which Oliver Twist has to help the Artful Dodger who has been accused of murder 'The Thorn of Anxiety' by Keith Miles, in which the mystery of Edwin Drood is at last solved 'The Divine Nature' by Kate Ellis, in which David Copperfield finds himself investigating the disappearance of Edward Murdstone 'The Letter' by Joan Lock, in which the skills of Inspector Bucket are once again put to the test in solving a crime that apparently never happened. 'Reveals the strength and ingenuity of this sub-section of the whodunnit genre... Great fun. * Good Book Guide *

About this edition

• Publisher: Running Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0786719710
• ISBN 13: 9780786719716
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Ashley Mike