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The mammoth book of historical detectives /

Additional authors: Ashley, Michael.
Edition statement:1st Carroll & Graf ed. Published by : Carroll & Graf Publishers : | Distributed by Publishers Group West, (New York :) Physical details: xii, 532 p. ; 20 cm. ISBN:0786702141 :; 9780786702145. Year: 1995
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Adult reading level 808.83 MAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39124000070105

pt. 1. The ancient world. Death in the dawntime / F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre -- The judgment of Daniel -- Death wears a mask / Steven Saylor -- The king of sacrifices / John Maddox Roberts -- The three travellers / R.L. Stevens -- The case of the murdered senator / Wallace Nichols -- A Mithraic mystery / Mary Reed and Eric Mayer -- Abbey sinister / Peter Tremayne -- The two beggars / Robert van Gulik.

pt. 2. The Middle Ages. The investigation of things / Charles Ardai -- The midwife's tale / Margaret Frazer -- The duchess and the doll / Edith Pargeter (Ellis Peters) -- Ordeal by fire / Mary Monica Pulver -- The chapman and the tree of doom / Kate Sedley.

pt. 3. The age of discovery. The murder of innocence / P.C. Doherty -- Cassandra's castle / J.F. Peirce -- Man's inherited death / Keith Heller -- The curse of the Connecticut clock / S.S. Rafferty -- The scent of murder / Theodore Mathieson -- The inn of the black crow / William Hope Hodgson -- The spirit of '76 / Lillian de la Torre.

pt. 4. Regency and gaslight. Deadly will and testament / Ron Burns -- The god of the hills / Melville Davisson Post -- The admiral's lady / Joan Aiken -- The eye of Shiva / Peter MacAlan -- The trail of the bells / Edward D. Hoch -- Murdering Mr. Boodle / Amy Myers.

pt. 5. Holmes and beyond. The phantom pistol / Jack Adrian -- The adventure of the frightened governess / Basil Copper.

Features fictional detectives including monastic investigators Brother Cadfael and Sister Fidelma, cowboy sleuth Ben Snow, and traveller-detective Roger the Chapman. NjBwBT

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