The big Book of Reel Murders : : Stories That Inspired Great Crime Films
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The suspense is killing me -- Stop, you're killing me -- Isn't this thrilling? -- Oh, the horror! -- Isn't it a crime? -- I love you to death - Is there a detective in the house?
Edgar Award-winning editor Penzler's new anthology rolls out the red carpet for the stories that Hollywood hits are made of. He delivers the director's cut of classic short stories that inspired some of Tinsletown's most memorable films. ... Including... works by:Authors include: Edgar Allan Poe, Cornell Woolrich, Aldous Huxley, Ian Fleming, Robert Louis Stevenson, Budd Schulberg, O. Henry, W. Somerset Maugham, and many more.-- Back cover.
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Reel fabulous submitted by cmeza on August 16, 2022, 9:09pm If you love mysteries and movies, this heavy tome is a reel find! Take it home on a dark winter's night and keep it at least a month--it will take you that long to explore its many treasures.
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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
PUBLISHED
New York : Vintage Crime / Black Lizard : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019]
Year Published: 2019
Description: 1181 pages : 23 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780525563884
0525563881
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Penzler, Otto,
SUBJECTS
Criminals -- Fiction.
Police -- Fiction.
Private investigators -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Noir fiction.
Short stories.
Detective and mystery fiction.