
Murder Under the Sun
Classic Mysteries for Summer
Various(Author)
Cecily Gayford(Editor)
Profile Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 9. May 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-80522-216-3 (ISBN)
Description
'So great ... it's criminal' SAGA
'With Cecily Gayford in charge, we are on safe ground' DAILY MAIL
From beneath the beach umbrella, all might seem idyllic - children playing, sunbathers relaxing, ice slowly melting in a cocktail glass. But look a little closer, and all is not as it seems ...
In these classic crime stories of midsummer murder and madness, the mercury is climbing - and so is the body count. Prepare to spend this summer holiday with some shady characters (in sunny places) and immerse yourself in tales of mystery and depravity at home and abroad.
Just remember - there might be nothing new under the sun ... but murder is the most ancient art of all.
'With Cecily Gayford in charge, we are on safe ground' DAILY MAIL
From beneath the beach umbrella, all might seem idyllic - children playing, sunbathers relaxing, ice slowly melting in a cocktail glass. But look a little closer, and all is not as it seems ...
In these classic crime stories of midsummer murder and madness, the mercury is climbing - and so is the body count. Prepare to spend this summer holiday with some shady characters (in sunny places) and immerse yourself in tales of mystery and depravity at home and abroad.
Just remember - there might be nothing new under the sun ... but murder is the most ancient art of all.
Reviews / Votes
There is a special charm about vintage fiction in which crimes are solved not by forensics, in the laboratory, but by intuition and deduction. The latest collection in the Vintage Murders series transports us from the English seaside to Corfu and Alsace and to that famously foreign country, the past, in the company of Simon Brett, Ellis Peters, Michael Innes and Arthur Conan Doyle - such great storytellers, it's criminal. * Saga * Praise for the Vintage Murder series * : * An excellent collection of short stories by ten top-class writers -- Marcel Berlins * Times Books of the Year * An impressive tome by some great names ... there isn't actually a bum note in the entire collection, not a single one you could skip through and not miss it - which is quite some feat. To paraphrase Nick Cook's famous Crimewatch sign off, just don't have nightmares after reading it -- Sarah Morgan * On Magazine * With Cecily Gayford in charge, we are on safe ground * Daily Mail * Looking forward to Christmas? [The Vintage Murder series] is a fine way to start it. It's a cracker -- Amy Myers Perfect for a quick fix of golden-age crime. This collection of short winter chills is well worth reading by candlelight before turning in on Christmas Eve -- Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal and The Twyford Code * The Sunday Times * Has everything you might want ... take this little book to the beach [and] relax in the sun while reading of battered corpses -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday * Short, clever and puzzling murder tales test the brains of the most avid crime reader ... delectable * On Magazine *More details
Series
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
216 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80522-216-3 (9781805222163)
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05/2024
Profile Books Ltd
€11.49
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Persons
Edited by Cecily Gayford and featuring work by classic crime authors such as Dorothy L. Sayers, Cyril Hare, Margery Allingham, John Dickson Carr and others.
Cecily Gayford studied English at the University of Oxford, where she immersed herself obsessively in the gothic, morbid and mysterious side of literature. Now a Publishing Director, she has worked at Profile Books for eleven years.
Cecily Gayford studied English at the University of Oxford, where she immersed herself obsessively in the gothic, morbid and mysterious side of literature. Now a Publishing Director, she has worked at Profile Books for eleven years.