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How to Survive a Classic Crime Novel

Name: How to Survive a Classic Crime Novel
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Author: Jackson, Kate
ISBN: 9780712354387

by Jackson, Kate

ISBN13: 9780712354387
ISBN10: 0712354387
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 2025-02-04
Publisher: British Library Publishing

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Summary

What would you do if you found yourself in the world of the classic crime novel? How would you avoid being framed for murder – or evade an untimely demise? Let classic crime expert Kate Jackson give you the tools to survive the golden age murder mystery.

From dinner parties to detective interrogations, you’ll need to know how to keep your wits about you in a world of red herrings, hidden identities and one too many suspicious butlers...

Complete with original illustrations by Joanna Lisowiec, this insightful parody of the genre takes survival tips from an international cast of crime-writers; Craig Rice (USA), Ngaio Marsh (New Zealand), Augusto de Angelis (Italy), Sheila Pim (Ireland), Sébastien Japrisot (France), and Maria Lang (Sweden), as well as a whole host of British Library Crime Classics authors, of course.

Author Biography

Kate Jackson reviews classic crime fiction on her blog, crossexaminingcrime.com. She has published two collections of puzzles with the British Library; The Pocket Detective (2018) and The Pocket Detective 2 (2019).

CONTENTS
Lesson 1: Home Sweet Homicide 3
Lesson 2: Murder En Route 35
Lesson 3: Murder Is My Business 55
Lesson 4: Death Joins the Party 77
Lesson 5: Murder Takes No Holiday 103
Lesson 6: Romance in the First Degree 127
Lesson 7: A Murder Is Announced 155
Epilogue: The Perfect Murder 171
Acknowledgements 174

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