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    Bodies from the Library: Selected Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Masters of the Golden Age
    Bodies from the Library: Selected Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Masters of the Golden Age
    Bodies from the Library: Selected Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Masters of the Golden Age
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    Bodies from the Library: Selected Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Masters of the Golden Age

    Written by Agatha Christie, Georgette Heyer, A.A. Milne and Christianna Brand

    Narrated by Philip Bretherton

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    About this audiobook

    This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together a selection of 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 audio anthology brings together the majority of forgotten tales from the book Bodies from the Library, from the 1920s to the 1950s, by masters of the Golden Age including Cyril Hare, Freeman Wills Crofts and A.A. Milne,

    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of all are the contributions by women writers: the first detective story by Georgette Heyer, unseen since 1923; an unpublished story by Christianna Brand, creator of Nanny McPhee; and a dark tale by Agatha Christie published only in an Australian journal in 1922 during her ‘Grand Tour’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 and John Rhode, 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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJul 26, 2018
    ISBN9780008289249
    Bodies from the Library: Selected Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Masters of the Golden Age
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    Agatha Christie

    Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

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    • 3/5
      This collection of short stories from various Golden Age mystery writers was a mixed bag. I mean, they all are but this one struck me as more so than others. Maybe this was because there was no overarching theme to this collection.And it somehow felt as if the story by Agatha Christie was only added to carry the rest of the book.Dame Agatha's contribution was interesting, but not a favourite.One thing that I have taken away from this is that Cyril Hare is definitely becoming one of my favourite GA mystery writers. His works tend to have a dark side, but with quite a bit of humor and irony, too.
    • 5/5
      This is a fascinating collection of stories and plays by Golden Age authors, including the one that got Arthur Upfield into so much trouble, about the perfect murder, and an Agatha Christie story The Wife of the Kenite published in in an Australian Women's Magazine in 1922. This is the earliest published Christie story that I have read. (See my list here).Most of the stories in the anthology have only been published once, or not previously. Some have worn well, others were more 19th century in their "feel". After each short story is an excellent short biography of the author. The introduction also gave an excellent summary of the Golden Age period. What a productive time it was!The contentsBefore Insulin, J.J. ConningtonThe Inverness Cape, Leo BruceDark Waters, Freeman Wills CroftLincke's Great Case, Georgette HeyerCalling James Braithwaite, Nicholas Blake - a playThe Elusive Bullet, John RhodeThe Euthanasia of Hilary's Aunt, Cyril HareThe Girdle of Dreams, Vincent CornierThe Fool and the Perfect Murder, Arthur UpfieldBread Upon the Waters, A.A. MilneThe Man with the Twisted Thumb, Anthony BerkeleyThe Rum Punch, Christianna BrandBlind Man's Buff, Ernest Bramah - a playVictoria Pumphrey, H.C. BaileyThe Starting-Handle Murder, Roy VickersThe Wife of the Kenite, Agatha Christie