Books to die for : the world's greatest mystery writers on the world's greatest mystery novels / edited by John Connolly and Declan Burke ; assistant editor, Ellen Clair Lamb.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Connolly, John, 1968- editor.

Burke, Declan, editor.

Lamb, Ellen Clair, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Detective and mystery stories--History and criticism.

Detective and mystery stories.

Detective and mystery stories--Reviews.

Detective and mystery stories--Bibliography.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Reviews.

Physical Description:

xxii, 537 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Emily Bestler books/Atria Books paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2016.

Summary:

With so many mystery novels to choose from and so many new titles appearing each year, where should the reader start? What are the classics of the genre? Which are the hidden gems? In this anthology the world's leading mystery writers have come together to champion the greatest mystery novels ever written. In a series of personal essays that often reveal as much about themselves and their work as they do about the books that they love, more than 120 authors from twenty countries have created this guide.

Contents:

1841: Edgar Allan Poe, The Dupin Tales / J. Wallis Martin

1853: Charles Dickens, Bleak House / Sara Paretsky

1859: Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities / Rita Mae Brown

1867: Metta Fuller Victor, The Dead Letter / Karin Slaughter

1868: Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone / Andrew Taylor

1892: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Linda Barnes

1902: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles / Carol O'Connell

1928: Liam O'Flaherty, The Assassin / Declan Burke

1929: Erskine Caldwell, The Bastard / Allan Guthrie

1930: Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon / Mark Billingham

1931: Dashiell Hammett, The Glass Key / David Peace

1932: Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase / Rebecca Chance

1932: Leslie Charteris, The Holy Terror (aka the Saint v. Scotland Yard) / David Downing

1933: Paul Cain, Fast One / Chuck Hogan

1934: James M. Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice / Joseph Finder

1934: Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express (aka Murder on the Calis Coach) / Kelli Stanley

1938: Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca / Minette Walters

1938: Graham Greene, Brighton Rock / Peter James

1938: Rex Stout, Too Many Cooks / Arlene Hunt

1939: Geoffrey Household, Rogue Male / Charlaine Harris

1940: Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely / Joe R. Lansdale

1941: Patrick Hamilton, Hangover Square / Laura Wilson

1942: James M. Cain, Love's Lovely Counterfeit / Laura Lippman

1943: Léo Malet, 120, Rue de la Gare / Cara Black

1946: Edmund Crispin, The Moving Toyshop / Ruth Dudley Edwards

1947: Dorothy B. Hughes, In a Lonely Place / Megan Abbott.

1947: Georges Simenon, Act of Passion (Lettre àmon juge) / John Banville

1947: Mickey Spillance, I, the Jury / Max Allen Collins

1948: Carolyn Keene, The Ghost of Blackwood Hall / Liza Marklund

1948: Josephine Tey, The Franchise Affair / Louise Penny

1949: Raymond Chandler, The Little Sister / Michael Connelly

1949: Josephine Tey, Brat Farror / Margaret Maron

1950: Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train / Adrian McKinty

1952: Margery Allingham, The Tiger in the Smoke / Phil Rickman

1953: Elliott Chaze, Black Wings has my Angel (aka One for the Money) / Bill Pronzini

1953: William P. McGivern, The Big Heat / Eddie Muller

1958: John D. MacDonald, The Executioners (aka Cape Fear) / Jeffrey Deaver

1958: Friedrich Dürrenmatt, The Pledge / Elisabetta Bucciarelli

1960: Clarence Cooper Jr., The Scene / Gary Phillips

1960: Margaret Millar, A Stranger in my Grave / Declan Hughes

1960: Harry Whittington, A Night for Screaming / Bill Crider

1960: Charles Willeford, The Woman Chaser / Scott Phillips

1962: Eric Ambler, The Light of Day (aka Topkapi) / M.C. Beaton

1962: P.D. James, Cover her Face / Deborah Crombie

1962: Kenneth Orvis, The Damned and the Destroyed / Lee Child

1962: Richard Start, The Hunter (aka Point Blank and Payback) / F. Paul Wilson

1963: Nicolas Freeling, Gun Before Butter (aka Question of Loyalty) / Jason Goodwin

1963: John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold / Élmer Mendoza

1963: Ed McBain, Ten Plus One / Deon Meyer

1964: Ross Macdonald, The Chill / John Connolly

1964: Jim Thompson, Pop. 1280 / Jo Nesbø

1965: Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, Roseanna / Qui Xiaolong

1966: Truman Capote, In Cold Blood / Joseph Wambaugh

1967: Agatha Christie, Endless Night / Lauren Henderson

1968: Peter Dickinson, Skin Deep (aka the Glass-Sided Ants' Nest) / Laurie R. King

1969: Ross Macdonald, The Goodbye Look / Linwood Barclay

1970: Joseph Hansen, Fadeout / Marcia Muller

1970: George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Coyle / Elmore Leonard

1971: James McClure, The Steam Pig / Mike Nicol

1973: Tony Hillerman, Dance Hall of the Dead / William Kent Krueger

1974: Donald Goines, Daddy Cool / Ken Bruen

1975: James Crumley, The Wrong Case / David Corbett

1975: Colin Dexter, Last Bus to Woodstock / Paul Charles

1976: Jean-Patrick Manchette, 3 to Kill (Le petti bleu de la côte ouest) / James Sallis.

1976: Mary Stewart, Touch not the Cat / M.J. Rose

1976: Newton Thornburg, Cutter and Bone / George Pelecanos

1976: Trevanian, The Main / John McFetridge

1977: Edward Bunker, The Animal Factory / Jens Lapidus

1977: John Gregory Dunne, True Confessions / S.J. Rozan

1977: Ruth Rendell, A Judgement in Stone / Peter Robinson

1978: James Crumley, The Last Good Kiss / Dennis Lehane

1979: Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Southern Seas (Los mares del sur) / Leonardo Padura

1980: Andreu Martín, Prótesis (Prosthesis) / Cristina Fallarás

1981: Robert B. Parker, Early Autumn / Colin Bateman

1981: Martin Cruz Smith, Gorky Park / Jean-Christophe Grangé

1982: Sue Grafton, A is for Alibi / Meg Gardiner

1982: Stephen King, Different Seasons / Paul Cleave

1982: Sara Paretsky, Indemnity Only / Dedra Say Mitchell

1983: Elmore Leonard, LaBrava / James W. Hall

1984: Kem Nunn, Tapping the Source / Denise Hamilton

1987: Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency / Christopher Brookmyre

1988: Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs / Kathy Reichs

1988: Sara Paretsky, Toxic Shock (aka Blood Shot) / N.J. Cooper

1990: A.S. Byatt, Possession / Erin Hart

1990: Patricia Cornwell, Postmortem / Kathryn Fox

1990: Derek Raymond, I was Dora Suarez / Ian Rankin

1991: Lawrence Block, A Dance at the Slaughterhouse / Alison Gaylin

1992: Michael Connelly, The Black Echo / John Connolly

1992: Peter Høeg, Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (aka Smilla's Sense of Snow) / Michael Robotham

1992: Philip Kerr, A Philosophical Investigation / Paul Johnston

1992: Margaret Maron, Bootlegger's Daughter / Julia Spencer-Fleming

1992: Richard Price, Clockers / Gar Anthony Haywood

1992: James Sallis, The Long-Legged Fly / Sara Gran

1992: Donna Tartt, The Secret History / Tana French.

1993: Jill McGown, Murder ... Now and then / Sophie Hannah

1993: Scott Smith, A Simple Plan / Michael Koryta

1994: Peter Ackroyd, Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem (aka the Trial of Elizabeth Cree) / Barbara Nadel

1994: Caleb Carr, The Alienist / Reggie Nadelson

1994: Henning Mankell, The Man Who Smiled / Ann Cleeves

1995: James Ellroy, American Tabloid / Stuart Neville

1996: George Pelecanos, The Big Blowdown / Declan Burke

1997: Suzanne Berne, A Crime in the Neighborhood / Thomas H. Cook

1997: Natsuo Kirino, Out (Auto) / Diane Wei Liang

1997: Walter Mosley, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned / Martyn Waites

1997: Ian Rankin, Black and Blue / Brian McGilloway

1997: Donald E. Westlake, The Ax / Lisa Lutz

1998: Cara Black, Murder in the Marais / Yrsa Sigurdardóttir

1998: Reginald Hill, On Beulah Height / Val McDermid

1998: Daniel Woodrell, Tomato Red / Reed Farrel Coleman

1999: J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace / Margie Orford

1999: Robert Wilson, A Small Death in Lisbon / Shane Maloney

2000: David Peace, Nineteen Seventy-Four / Eoin McNamee

2000: Scott Phillips, The Ice Harvest / Eoin Colfer

2001: Harlan Coben, Tell no One / Sebastian Fitzek

2001: Dennis Lehane, Mystic River / Chris Mooney

2005: Peter Temple, The Broken Shore / John Harvey

2007: Gil Adamson, The Outlander / C.J. Carver

2007: James Lee Burke, The Tin Roof Blowdown / Katherine Howell

2007: Laura Lippman, What the Dead Know / Bill Loehfelm

2007: Perihan Magden, Escape / Mehmet Murat Somer

2008: Mark Gimenez, The Perk / Anne Perry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781451696578

1451696574

9781476710365

1476710368

9781451696585

1451696582

OCLC:

794708918