{"product_id":"9780008380977","title":"Bodies from the Library 4: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and Other Masters of the Golden Age","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThis annual anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a short novel by Christianna Brand.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eMystery stories have been around for centuries—there are whodunits, whydunits and howdunits, including locked-room puzzles, detective stories without detectives, and crimes with a limited choice of suspects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCountless volumes of such stories have been published, but some are still impossible to find: stories that appeared in a newspaper, magazine or an anthology that has long been out of print; ephemeral works such as plays not aired, staged or screened for decades; and unpublished stories that were absorbed into an author’s archive when they died . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere for the first time are three never-before-published mysteries by Edmund Crispin, Ngaio Marsh and Leo Bruce, and two pieces written for radio by Gladys Mitchell and H. C. Bailey—the latter featuring Reggie Fortune.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether with a newly unearthed short story by Ethel Lina White that inspired Hitchcock’s \u003cem\u003eThe Lady Vanishes\u003c\/em\u003e, and a complete short novel by Christianna Brand, this diverse mix of tales by some of the world’s most popular classic crime writers contains something for everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplete with indispensable biographies by Tony Medawar of all the featured authors, the fourth volume in the series \u003cem\u003eBodies from the Library\u003c\/em\u003e once again brings into the daylight the forgotten, the lost and the unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43269417664573,"sku":"9780008380977","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780008380977_p0.jpg?v=1781470129","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780008380977","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}