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- Serpents in Eden
- Publication Name
- Serpents in Eden
- Title
- Serpents in Eden
- Subtitle
- Countryside Crimes
- Contributor
- Martin Edwards (Edited by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1464205752
- EAN
- 9781464205750
- ISBN
- 9781464205750
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks, Incorporated
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies
- Release Date
- 01/03/2016
- Release Year
- 2016
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.2in
- Item Length
- 8.1in
- Item Width
- 6.9in
- Item Weight
- 9.2 Oz
- Series
- British Library Crime Classics
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder 'The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.... Think of the deeds of hellish cruelty, the hidden wickedness which may go on, year in, year out, in such places, and none the wiser.' --Sherlock Holmes Many of the greatest British crime writers have explored the possibilities of crime in the countryside in lively and ingenious short stories. Serpents in Eden celebrates the rural British mystery by bringing together an eclectic mix of crime stories written over half a century. From a tale of poison-pen letters tearing apart a village community to a macabre mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle, the stories collected here reveal the dark truths hidden in an assortment of rural paradises. Among the writers included here are such major figures as G. K. Chesterton and Margery Allingham, along with a host of lesser-known discoveries whose best stories are among the unsung riches of the golden age of British crime fiction between the two world wars.
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Sourcebooks, Incorporated
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1464205752
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9781464205750
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Book Title
Serpents in Eden
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
272 Pages
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Item Length
8.1in
Item Height
0.2in
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6.9in
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Ps648.D4s47 2016
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Thirteen short stories all set in the English countryside. Quiet, peaceful, idyllic countryside and the most twisted of crimes.~~~All very good authors of crime stories and all with a twist in the tale! Very interestingly put together and told, This anthology caught my eye because not only is about rural mysteries, it had some previously unpublished stories in it. I'm always in the hunt for stories I haven't read yet....Poisoned Pen Press and Net Galley allowed me to read this book for review (thank you). It will be published March 1st....I found a nice mix of authors I knew and ones I didn't in this collection. Some were a bit slow and dry, some were really mind twisting, and some were a good romp in the country. I enjoyed them all but I found the one with Mr. Fortune gratifying. I enjoy that character. There are a couple of others where brain power is the deciding factor in finding the killer. That's another story type I enjoy....You'll find con men, greedy relatives, angry husbands and more in these stories. They all get what they deserve in these stories. Some European mysteries don't end as neatly tied as these did and they bother me. I don't like seeing the bad guys getting away. Of course, I'm sure they paid in the end. What goes around comes around from what I see in life. My grandpa was more direct. He said if you laid down with dogs, you'd get up with fleas....This is a very pleasant group of short stories that are easy to pick up and set down. I read them all in one sitting because I enjoy them. I bet you will, too!, Another welcome reprint of a British Library book....This time an interesting mix of authors writing about crimes perpetrated in the English countryside....Some of the authors I hadn't known prior to reading this, but will be on the lookout for more of their work., This anthology caught my eye because not only is about rural mysteries, it had some previously unpublished stories in it. I'm always in the hunt for stories I haven't read yet.~~~Poisoned Pen Press and Net Galley allowed me to read this book for review (thank you). It will be published March 1st.~~~I found a nice mix of authors I knew and ones I didn't in this collection. Some were a bit slow and dry, some were really mind twisting, and some were a good romp in the country. I enjoyed them all but I found the one with Mr. Fortune gratifying. I enjoy that character. There are a couple of others where brain power is the deciding factor in finding the killer. That's another story type I enjoy.~~~You'll find con men, greedy relatives, angry husbands and more in these stories. They all get what they deserve in these stories. Some European mysteries don't end as neatly tied as these did and they bother me. I don't like seeing the bad guys getting away. Of course, I'm sure they paid in the end. What goes around comes around from what I see in life. My grandpa was more direct. He said if you laid down with dogs, you'd get up with fleas.~~~This is a very pleasant group of short stories that are easy to pick up and set down. I read them all in one sitting because I enjoy them. I bet you will, too!, Serpents in Eden is another excellent entry in the British Library Crime Classic series. Collecting short stories from around a fifty year time span, the book demonstrates what a perfect place the country is for crime. Set in the British countryside, the stories are by such familiar luminaries as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and G.K. Chesterton as well as formerly popular but now almost forgotten authors like H.C. Bailey, Anthony Berkeley, and R. Austin Freeman. What the collection does, collectively, is remind readers how elegantly constructed a mystery can be. There is not a one of these that is not a sleek, honed work of art....It also brings to light new old stories: Without a collection like this, it is unlikely most readers would ever see "The Naturalist at Law" by R. Austin Freeman, and that would be a crying shame. The story makes great use of misdirection, small clues, and its country setting. In fact, I'd challenge anyone to find a more country story than this. "The Genuine Tabard" by E.C. Bentley is not only little known but entirely British; even after the solution is explained to the American tourists, it is hard for an outsider to grasp. Even the better-known detectives are well-served by this collection. G.K. Chesterton is well known, but "The Fad of the Fisherman" is very little collected and it makes solid use of the company of many-motives and an intelligent, sharp-eyed sleuth very different from Father Brown. "A Proper Mystery" by Margery Allingham has never been collected before, and it looks with a mix of humor and affection at the effect a seemingly minor crime can have on a community. The other stories are similarly well-chosen examples of the theme....Serpents in Eden gives readers a chance to revel in good, old-fashioned, puzzle mysteries and the myriad ways they are told. It's a perfect book for mystery aficionados to take with them on a vacation or to curl up with on a weekend., Serpents in Eden is another excellent entry in the British Library Crime Classic series. Collecting short stories from around a fifty year time span, the book demonstrates what a perfect place the country is for crime. Set in the British countryside, the stories are by such familiar luminaries as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and G.K. Chesterton as well as formerly popular but now almost forgotten authors like H.C. Bailey, Anthony Berkeley, and R. Austin Freeman. What the collection does, collectively, is remind readers how elegantly constructed a mystery can be. There is not a one of these that is not a sleek, honed work of art.~~~It also brings to light new old stories: Without a collection like this, it is unlikely most readers would ever see "The Naturalist at Law" by R. Austin Freeman, and that would be a crying shame. The story makes great use of misdirection, small clues, and its country setting. In fact, I'd challenge anyone to find a more country story than this. "The Genuine Tabard" by E.C. Bentley is not only little known but entirely British; even after the solution is explained to the American tourists, it is hard for an outsider to grasp. Even the better-known detectives are well-served by this collection. G.K. Chesterton is well known, but "The Fad of the Fisherman" is very little collected and it makes solid use of the company of many-motives and an intelligent, sharp-eyed sleuth very different from Father Brown. "A Proper Mystery" by Margery Allingham has never been collected before, and it looks with a mix of humor and affection at the effect a seemingly minor crime can have on a community. The other stories are similarly well-chosen examples of the theme.~~~Serpents in Eden gives readers a chance to revel in good, old-fashioned, puzzle mysteries and the myriad ways they are told. It's a perfect book for mystery aficionados to take with them on a vacation or to curl up with on a weekend., This book should perhaps be read as a companion to Murder at the Manor ; set in the country but with the murders taking place out of doors. In his introduction, Martin Edwards quotes Sherlock Holmes' famous dictum (from The Copper Beeches), that there is more evil undetected in the countryside than in the city. Hence the title: murder in Eden destroys what should be a rural idyll. Again, many of the authors are well known. Conan Doyle appears, with a non-Holmes story and we have G K Chesterton and Margery Allingham, too. I liked the Dr Thorndyke mystery, by R Austin Freeman (must read more of these) and another scary one from Ethel Lina White. I'm usually disappointed when I find a book consists of short stories but these detective ones work well and are just the right length to read while having a cup of tea. What could be cosier? I enjoyed the country house book more than this one, but it's still worth reading. Another book in the British Library Crime Classics series (lovely cover!), which will be out next March., This genial anthology contains 13 stories with rural English settings written over half a century or so, many during that golden age of crime fiction between the world wars. The solution of "The Black Doctor," a non-Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle, depends on what today's readers would consider a cheap trick, but which was probably quite novel when it appeared in 1898. The lush style of M. McDonnell Bodkin's "Murder by Proxy" nicely conveys an earlier era. Thus a character is "radiant in white flannel, with a broad-brimmed Panama hat perched lightly on his glossy black curls." And when was the last time you heard a cornered murderer exclaim, "Curse you, curse you, you've caught me"? A couple of selections hinge on information that is likely to be of significance only to natives of England, and others require a classical education heavy on Greek and Latin. Still, this volume is bound to please fans of traditional mysteries. (Mar.), Thirteen short stories, mostly written between the two world wars, reveal the dark side of life in the English countryside. The earliest entries revolve around the fair of face and strong of limb, each with a signature detective who effortlessly unravels a not very knotty puzzle. In M. McDonnell Bodkin's "Murder by Proxy," "young, handsome, debonair" Eric Neville advises his equally attractive cousin John to wire Mr. Beck in London to help discover who shot their uncle, Squire Neville, at his Dorset estate. In G.K. Chesterton's "The Fad of the Fisherman," Horne Fisher solves the murder of Sir Isaac Hook at his West Country manor house. In E.C. Bentley's "The Genuine Tabard," Philip Trent helps George D. Langley, "the finest-looking man in the room," expose a dodgy deal. Perhaps the best of the early puzzles is Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Black Doctor," in which Mr. Humphrey comes to the aid of a landowner accused of murdering his neighbor. The fun doesn't really start, though, until Margery Allingham unmasks the shady side of the Garden Field competition at the village flower show in "A Proper Mystery." Gladys Mitchell adds her take on the perils of Morris dancing in "Our Pageant." The indomitable Sgt. Beef solves the murder of an elderly spinster in Leo Bruce's "Clue in the Mustard." And Ethel Lina White offers a chilling tale of a damsel in distress in "The Scarecrow." But far and away the funniest take on country manners is Leonora Wodehouse's mordant "Inquest," which turns murder into suicide into murder. A volume that may not persuade readers that there's menace in every meadow but certainly shows that English crime isn't confined to the Smoke., Throughout December, I enjoyed reading a book called Silent Nights. The carefully chosen collection from the Golden Age of British crime fiction was perfect for such a busy month, as the stories were short and complete with plenty of detail and nicely wrapped up endings....This is the second book of short stories I have read from the same time period. This selection of stories have a rural theme and contains works by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Gladys Mitchell, G K Chesterton, Anthony Berkeley and H C Bailey among others....If you like mysteries, I am sure you will find this book as enjoyable as I have., Serpents in Eden: Countryside Crimes is another selection in the British Crime Library Classics series. I knew that this was a selection of short stories, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that the crimes within these pages are not all murders.~~~I've said it before, so here it is once again-short story collections are a great way to discover 'new' authors, and this collection contains some gems., Another welcome reprint of a British Library book.~~~This time an interesting mix of authors writing about crimes perpetrated in the English countryside.~~~Some of the authors I hadn't known prior to reading this, but will be on the lookout for more of their work., This is a marvellous collection of short stories from the Golden Age of British crime fiction. This selection of stories contains work by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Gladys Mitchell, G K Chesterton, Anthony Berkeley and H C Bailey among others.~~~The theme of this collection is murder in a rural setting. My particular favourite in this collection are E C Bentley's 'The Genuine Tabard' - which doesn't include a murder but is definitely worth reading for the sheer delight of the story. I also enjoyed 'The Gylston Slander' by Herbert Jenkins - poison pen letters; and 'The Naturalist at Law' by R Austin Freeman.~~~All the stories in this collection are well worth reading and some will remain with you long after you have finished reading the book. In my opinion this is on of the best short story collections in this excellent series., Edwards provides both enthusiastic introductions and careful selection of stories, some old favorites and some neglected but well worth reading., Throughout December, I enjoyed reading a book called Silent Nights. The carefully chosen collection from the Golden Age of British crime fiction was perfect for such a busy month, as the stories were short and complete with plenty of detail and nicely wrapped up endings.~~~This is the second book of short stories I have read from the same time period. This selection of stories have a rural theme and contains works by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Gladys Mitchell, G K Chesterton, Anthony Berkeley and H C Bailey among others.~~~If you like mysteries, I am sure you will find this book as enjoyable as I have., Serpents in Eden: Countryside Crimes is another selection in the British Crime Library Classics series. I knew that this was a selection of short stories, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that the crimes within these pages are not all murders....I've said it before, so here it is once again--short story collections are a great way to discover "new" authors, and this collection contains some gems., This book should perhaps be read as a companion to Murder at the Manor; set in the country but with the murders taking place out of doors. In his introduction, Martin Edwards quotes Sherlock Holmes' famous dictum (from The Copper Beeches), that there is more evil undetected in the countryside than in the city. Hence the title: murder in Eden destroys what should be a rural idyll. Again, many of the authors are well known. Conan Doyle appears, with a non-Holmes story and we have G K Chesterton and Margery Allingham, too. I liked the Dr Thorndyke mystery, by R Austin Freeman (must read more of these) and another scary one from Ethel Lina White. I'm usually disappointed when I find a book consists of short stories but these detective ones work well and are just the right length to read while having a cup of tea. What could be cosier? I enjoyed the country house book more than this one, but it's still worth reading. Another book in the British Library Crime Classics series (lovely cover!), which will be out next March., Thirteen short stories all set in the English countryside. Quiet, peaceful, idyllic countryside and the most twisted of crimes....All very good authors of crime stories and all with a twist in the tale! Very interestingly put together and told, This is a marvellous collection of short stories from the Golden Age of British crime fiction. This selection of stories contains work by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Gladys Mitchell, G K Chesterton, Anthony Berkeley and H C Bailey among others....The theme of this collection is murder in a rural setting. My particular favourite in this collection are E C Bentley's 'The Genuine Tabard' - which doesn't include a murder but is definitely worth reading for the sheer delight of the story. I also enjoyed 'The Gylston Slander' by Herbert Jenkins - poison pen letters; and 'The Naturalist at Law' by R Austin Freeman....All the stories in this collection are well worth reading and some will remain with you long after you have finished reading the book. In my opinion this is on of the best short story collections in this excellent series.
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2015-949186
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823.087208 S486 2016
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British Library Crime Classics Ser.
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