The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives

Awards:   Winner of Edgar Allan Poe Awards: Best Critical/Biographical 2010 Winner of Edgar Allan Poe Awards: Best Critical/Biographical 2010.
Author:   Otto Penzler ,  Otto Penzler ,  Otto Penzler
Publisher:   Quercus Publishing
ISBN:  

9781849165228


Pages:   416
Publication Date:   27 October 2011
Format:   Paperback
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  • Winner of Edgar Allan Poe Awards: Best Critical/Biographical 2010
  • Winner of Edgar Allan Poe Awards: Best Critical/Biographical 2010.

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The story behind your favourite detectives of all time; the world's greatest crime writers reveal all. The great recurring characters in the mystery series we love become like old friends. Our favourite cops and sleuths earn our respect and we follow their antics with baited breath from one instalment to the next. But where do some of the most fascinating detectives in the mystery and thriller world really come from? What was the real-life location that inspired Michael Connelly to make Harry Bosch a former Vietnam tunnel rat? Why is Jack Reacher such a giant of a guy, and why did Lee Child make him a drifter? How did a brief encounter in Botswana inspire Alexander McCall Smith to create the kind but no-nonsense Precious Ramotswe? In The Lineup, some of today's top mystery writers reveal the genesis of their unforgettable characters. For crime fiction fans everywhere, this is a unique and highly entertaining volume to read and relish again and again. Find out about your favourite characters, and maybe discover some new ones too.

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Author:   Otto Penzler ,  Otto Penzler ,  Otto Penzler
Publisher:   Quercus Publishing
Imprint:   Quercus Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 12.60cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 19.80cm
ISBN:  

9781849165228


ISBN 10:   184916522
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   27 October 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us.

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'An exciting omnibus volume that has widespread appeal and adds up to much, much more than the sum of its parts ... the best book of its kind' New York Times. * New York Times * 'An all-star cast' Kirkus Reviews. * Kirkus *


'An exciting omnibus volume that has widespread appeal and adds up to much, much more than the sum of its parts ... the best book of its kind' New York Times. 'An all-star cast' Kirkus Reviews.


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Author Website:   http://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/?page=shop/disppid=page_otto&CLSN_2723=12737415962723a88275a57210562315

Otto Penzler is the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, the editor of many mystery anthologies, and coauthor of the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, for which he won an Edgar Award. He lives in New York.

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Author Website:   http://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/?page=shop/disppid=page_otto&CLSN_2723=12737415962723a88275a57210562315

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