Fifty Best Mysteries
Grand Central Publishing · Paperback · June 10, 2004
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- Who it’s for
- Short fiction from Ellery Queen magazine, selected across sixty years and arranged by decade.
- Genres
- Mystery Anthologies, Short Story Anthologies, British Mystery
- Published
- Grand Central Publishing, June 10, 2004
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Fifty Best Mysteries is a who's who of mystery from the pages of the leading magazine in the field. Showcasing the best short fiction published in Ellery Queen magazine over the past sixty years, this book is a treasure trove for mystery lovers everywhere.
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As editor Eleanor Sullivan writes, "I took the task by decades and decided to go after solid and entertaining stories by regular and significant contributors, stories that reflected the time in which they were written and the best work being produced in that decade." To this end, Sullivan has collected an astounding array of talent, from early works by John Dickson Carr, Margery Allingham, Anthony Boucher, and Ngaio Marsh in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, to later selections by Patricia Highsmith, Robert Bloch, Ruth Rendell, Donald E. Westlake, and Simon Brett that have appeared over the past three decades.
Ellery Queen Stories
Short fiction from Ellery Queen magazine, selected across sixty years and arranged by decade.
Come here for
- Short fiction from Ellery Queen magazine
- Stories by contributors including John Dickson Carr and Patricia Highsmith
Expect
- Selections organized decade by decade
- Stories reflecting the time in which they were written
Where it sits
| Mystery Anthologies | 99% |
|---|---|
| Short Story Anthologies | 79% |
| British Mystery | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Mystery Anthologies
- Crime Fiction
- Authors
- Eleanor Sullivan, John Dickson Carr, Frederick Irving Anderson
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Published
- June 10, 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Mystery Anthologies