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Also by Michael Sims:

The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries, December 2023
Trade Paperback / e-Book
The Adventures Of Henry Thoreau, February 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
The Dead Witness, January 2012
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THE PENGUIN BOOK OF MURDER MYSTERIES
By: Michael Sims

Penguin Classics
December 2023
On Sale: November 21, 2023
Featuring: Michael Sims; Geraldine Bonner
304 pages
ISBN: 0143137530
EAN: 9780143137535
Kindle: B0BF8RP26H
Trade Paperback / e-Book
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Mystery | Fantasy Anthology

For classic murder mystery readers, a scintillating anthology of lost treasures to read alongside Edgar Allan Poe and Sherlock Holmes

A Penguin Classic

For The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries, writer and anthologist Michael Sims did not summon the usual suspects. He sought the unfamiliar, the unjustly forgotten, and little-known gems by writers from outside the genre.  This historical tour of one of our most popular literary categories includes stories never before reprinted, features rebellious early “lady detectives," and spotlights former stars of the crime field—Austrian novelist Auguste Groner and prolific American Geraldine Bonner among them. For twenty-first century connoisseurs of crime, The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries celebrates how the nineteenth century added a fierce modern twist to the ancient theme of bloody murder.