This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 16 tales by masters of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a newly discovered Agatha Christie crime story that has not been seen since 1922.
At a time when crime and thriller writing has once again overtaken the sales of general and literary fiction, Bodies from the Library unearths lost stories from the Golden Age, that period between the World Wars when detective fiction captured the public’s imagination and saw the emergence of some of the world’s cleverest and most popular storytellers.
This anthology brings together 16 forgotten tales that have either been published only once before – perhaps in a newspaper or rare magazine – or have never before appeared in print. From a previously unpublished 1917 script featuring Ernest Bramah’s blind detective Max Carrados, to early 1950s crime stories written for London’s Evening Standard by Cyril Hare, Freeman Wills Crofts and A.A. Milne, it spans five decades of writing by masters of the Golden Age.
Most anticipated of all are the contributions by women writers: the first detective story by Georgette Heyer, unseen since 1923; an unpublished story by Christianna Brand, creator of Nanny McPhee; and a dark tale by Agatha Christie published only in an Australian journal in 1922 during her ‘Grand Tour’ of the British Empire.
With other stories by Detection Club stalwarts Anthony Berkeley, H.C. Bailey, J.J. Connington, John Rhode and Nicholas Blake, plus Vincent Cornier, Leo Bruce, Roy Vickers and Arthur Upfield, this essential collection harks back to a time before forensic science – when murder was a complex business.

Bodies from the Library: Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Agatha Christie and other Masters of the Golden Age

Literature & Fiction

BRAND, Christianna

BLAKE, Nicholas

CHRISTIE,AGATHA

Milne. A. A.

Heyer,Georgette

Genre Fiction

Collins Crime Club

This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 16 tales by masters of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a newly discovered Agatha Christie crime story that has not been seen since 1922. 
At a time when crime and thriller writing has once again overtaken the sales of general and literary fiction, Bodies from the Library unearths lost stories from the Golden Age, that period between the World Wars when detective fiction captured the public’s imagination and saw the emergence of some of the world’s cleverest and most popular storytellers. 
This anthology brings together 16 forgotten tales that have either been published only once before – perhaps in a newspaper or rare magazine – or have never before appeared in print. From a previously unpublished 1917 script featuring Ernest Bramah’s blind detective Max Carrados, to early 1950s crime stories written for London’s Evening Standard by Cyril Hare, Freeman Wills Crofts and A.A. Milne, it spans five decades of writing by masters of the Golden Age. 
Most anticipated of all are the contributions by women writers: the first detective story by Georgette Heyer, unseen since 1923; an unpublished story by Christianna Brand, creator of Nanny McPhee; and a dark tale by Agatha Christie published only in an Australian journal in 1922 during her ‘Grand Tour’ of the British Empire. 
With other stories by Detection Club stalwarts Anthony Berkeley, H.C. Bailey, J.J. Connington, John Rhode and Nicholas Blake, plus Vincent Cornier, Leo Bruce, Roy Vickers and Arthur Upfield, this essential collection harks back to a time before forensic science – when murder was a complex business.

Bodies from the Library: Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection

Everyone had a reason to hate the late Sir Arthur Billington-Smith. His arrogance and abrasive manner had alienated his wife, her sister, his houseguests, his wayward son, even a desperate friend. Of course, his attentions to one attractive young guest — in plain view of her husband — simply multiplied the possible suspects in his murder.

The unfinished clue

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

HOLT. RINEHART AND WINSTON

Inspector Hemingway has his work cut out for him with ten prime suspects in the murder case of Sampson Warrenby....Slumped on a seat under an oak tree is old Sampson Warrenby, with a bullet through his head.…Everybody in the village is ready to tell Chief Inspector Hemingway who did it. Could the murderer have been the dead man's niece? Or perhaps it was the other town solicitor? The couple at the farm had a guilty secret—what was it? And why is it someone else actually wants to be the prime suspect?Add to this the fact that Warrenby was blackmailing someone, and Hemingway has his work cut out for him.

Detection unlimited

An elegant card party turns deadly... Inspector Hemingway has his work cut out for him when a seemingly civilized game of Duplicate Bridge leads to a double murder. The crimes seem identical, but were they carried out by the same hand? Things become even more complicated when the fiancée of the inspector's young friend Timothy Kane becomes Hemingway's prime suspect. Kane is determined to prove the lady's innocence-but when he begins digging into her past, he finds it's more than a little bit shady... Praise for Georgette Heyer: "Ranks alongside such incomparable whodunit authors as Christie, Marsh, Tey, and Allingham."  -San Francisco Chronicle "The wittiest of detective story writers." -Daily Mail "Pungent dialogue and A1 characterization." -Time magazine  "Ms. Heyer is one of the most entertaining writers I have ever read." -Reading Extravaganza "Miss Heyer has the delightful talent of blending humor with mystery." -Boston Evening Transcript The late Georgette Heyer was a very private woman. Her historical novels have charmed and delighted millions of readers for decades, though she rarely reached out to the public to discuss her works or private life. It is known that she was born in Wimbledon in August 1902, and her first novel, The Black Moth, was published in 1921.

Duplicate Death

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

The Reluctant Widow

Elinor Rochdale is rather surprised that her new employer is quite rich, and more so at tile decayed grandeur of the house to which she is transported. Realizing that there has been a case of mistaken identity, she nevertheless agrees to an audacious plan and is swept into a dangerous adventure. Overnight, Elinor becomes mistress of a ruined estate. By midnight she is a bride, by dawn a widow...

Romance

Harpercollins

Friday's Child

A rebellious young English Lord leaves his mother's house intent on marrying the first woman he sees

Historical

The queen of Regency romance presents a glittering social comedy. Inheriting his father's title and financial ruin, a lord meets a wealthy stranger who offers a most unusual proposal--the satisfaction of all his debts in exchange for the lord's hand in marriage to his only daughter. Reissue.

A Civil Contract

Refusing her fortune-hunting suitors, Kitty Charing despairs of finding a man who would love her for herself and runs away, until the dangers of the city make her boldly propose to the elegant Mr. Standen of London. Reprint.

Cotillion (Harper Monogram Regency)

Bath Tangle

Her future was held by the one man she couldn't trust . . . When the Earl of Spenborough suddenly dies, his willful and obstinate daughter Serena is devastated. Then Serena is even more horrified to find that her beloved -- albeit eccentric -- father's will states that her inheritance is to be held by a trustee. And none other than the Marquis of Rotherham, an arrogant and fierce noble who used to be betrothed to Serena. Now the marquis holds Serena's entire estate, knowing that the only way she can regain her inheritance is if she weds . . .And only if the marquis gives his approval. But how can Serena trust a scoundrel to protect her happiness?

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