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1 online resource (1 audio file (52hr., 04 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Narrated by George Spelvin and Shaun Grindell. |
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Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler's new anthology brings together the most cunning, ruthless, and brilliant criminals in mystery fiction, for the biggest compendium of bad guys (and girls) ever assembled. The best mysteries have one thing in common: a memorable perpetrator. For every Sherlock Holmes or Sam Spade in noble pursuit, there's a Count Dracula, a Lester Leith, or a Jimmy Valentine. These are the rogues and villains who haunt our imaginations-and who often have more in common with their heroic counterparts than we might expect. Now, for the first time ever, Otto Penzler gathers the iconic traitors, thieves, con men, sociopaths, and killers who have crept through the mystery canon over the past 150 years, captivating and horrifying readers in equal measure. The handpicked stories in this collection introduce us to the most depraved of psyches, from iconic antiheroes like Maurice Leblanc's Arsene Lupin and Sax Rohmer's Dr. Fu Manchu to contemporary delinquents like Lawrence Block's Ehrengraf and Donald Westlake's Dortmunder, and include unforgettable tales by Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Washington Irving, Jack London, H. G. Wells, Sinclair Lewis, O. Henry, Edgar Wallace, Leslie Charteris, Erle Stanley Gardner, Edward D. Hoch, Max Allan Collins, Loren D. Estleman, and many more. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Detective and mystery stories.
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Villains in literature.
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Criminals -- Fiction.
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Grindell, Shaun, narrator.
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Ippolito, Ciro, 1947- narrator.
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Meade, L. T., 1844-1914.
At the edge of the crater.
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Allen, Grant, 1848-1899.
Episode of the Mexican steer.
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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.
Body snatcher.
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Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912.
Dracula's guest.
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Morrison, Arthur, 1863-1945.
Narrative of Mr. James Rigby.
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Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William), 1866-1921.
Ides of March.
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Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
Story of a young robber.
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London, Jack, 1876-1916.
Moon-face.
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Doyle, C. W. (Charles William), 1852-1903.
Shadow of Quong Lung.
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Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931.
Fire of London.
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hoopla digital.
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Rogues and villains |
| ISBN |
9781684576760 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1684576768 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12436696 |
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