Otto Penzler (ed) - Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries
Название: Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries / "Невозможные преступления": детективы "Золотого Века"
Год выпуска: 2022
Под редакцией: Penzler, Otto / Пенцлер, Отто
Издательство: Penzler Publishers
ISBN: 978-1-61316-330-6
Формат: EPUB
Качество: eBook
Язык: английский
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Описание:
"Убийство в закрытой комнате" и другие "невозможные преступления". Классика жанра, "Золотой век" детектива (30-е - 40-е годы XX века)
Содержание:
Elsewhen by ANTHONY BOUCHER
Whistler's Murder by FREDRIC BROWN
The Third Bullet / Третья пуля by JOHN DICKSON CARR
Fingerprint Ghost by JOSEPH COMMINGS
The Calico Dog / Пятнистая собачка by MIGNON G. EBERHART
The Exact Opposite by ERLE STANLEY GARDNER
The Light at Three O'Clock by MACKINLAY KANTOR
The Episode of the Nail and the Requiem by C. DALY KING
The Riddle of the Yellow Canary by STUART PALMER
The House of Haunts (= The Lamp of God) / Светильник божий by ELLERY QUEEN
Off the Face of the Earth / С лица земли by CLAYTON RAWSON
His Heart Could Break by CRAIG RICE
Murder Among Magicians by MANLY WADE WELLMAN
Murder at the Automat by CORNELL WOOLRICH
Образец текста:
THE EXACT OPPOSITEErle Stanley GardnerTHERE WAS a glint of amusement in the eyes of Lester Leith as he lazily surveyed the valet, who was in reality no valet at all, but a police undercover operative sent by Sergeant Ackley to spy upon him.
“And so you don’t like fanatical East Indian priests, Scuttle?”
“No, sir,” he said. “I should hate to have them on my trail.”
Lester Leith took a cigarette from the humidor and flicked his lighter.
“Scuttle,” he said, “why the devil should Indian priests be on anyone’s trail?”
“If I were to tell you, sir, you’d think that I was trying to interest you in another crime. As a matter of fact, sir, it was a crime which caused me to voice that sentiment about East Indian priests.”
“Indeed?” said Lester Leith.
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