Death Sentences: 20 Stories of Deathly Books, Murderous Booksellers and Lethal Literature from the World's Best Crime Writers edited by Otto Penzler

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'What treats you have in store!' – Ian Rankin. 

Sigmund Freud deals with an unwelcome visitor; Columbo confronts a murderous bookseller; a Mexican cartel kingpin with a fatal weakness for rare books; deadly secrets deep in the London who knew literature could be so lethal?

Here are 20 short stories to die for from the world's best crime writers. With an introduction from Ian Rankin, Death Sentences showcases brand new, original, specially commissioned stories about deadly books from Jeffrey Deaver, Andrew Taylor, Laura Lippman, C.J. Box, Anne Perry, Ken Bruen, Thomas H. Cook, Mickey Spillane & Max Adam Collins, Nelson DeMille and John Connolly.

Product details

Goodreads rating: 2.71

Condition: Used - acceptable

Format: Paperback, 784 pages

Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 53mm, 578g

Publication date: 5 Sep 2019

Publisher: Head of Zeus

ISBN-13: 9781789545326