The big book of reel murders : stories that inspired great crime films /

The big book of reel murders : stories that inspired great crime films / Reel murders edited and with an introduction by Otto Penzler. - xiv, 1181 pages : 23 cm - Vintage Crime/Black Lizard . - Vintage crime/Black Lizard. .

The suspense is killing me -- Stop, you're killing me -- Isn't this thrilling? -- Oh, the horror! -- Isn't it a crime? -- I love you to death - Is there a detective in the house?

Edgar Award-winning editor Penzler's new anthology rolls out the red carpet for the stories that Hollywood hits are made of. He delivers the director's cut of classic short stories that inspired some of Tinsletown's most memorable films. ... Including... works by:Authors include: Edgar Allan Poe, Cornell Woolrich, Aldous Huxley, Ian Fleming, Robert Louis Stevenson, Budd Schulberg, O. Henry, W. Somerset Maugham, and many more.--

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Criminals--Fiction.
Police--Fiction.
Private investigators--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Noir fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.


Noir fiction.
Short stories.
Detective and mystery fiction.

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