Great Tales of Crime and Detection

by Peter Haining

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Horse Racing may be known as the `Sport Of Kings`, but it also has a long association with crime, corruption and murder. Murder At The Races presents a worldwide selection of stories by famous authors including Dick Francis, John Francome, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Leslie Charteris and Steve Donoghue. This omnibus features all aspects of racing - the race meetings themselves, the countries they are held in where racing has long been a popular sport. There are stories about the show more jockeys and their mounts, and the special pressures and temptations they face, as well as a section on the bookies and punters who are such an essential element in racing. show less

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Allingham, Marjorie (Contributor)
Carr, John Dickson (Contributor)
Chandler, Raymond (Contributor)
Charteris, Leslie (Contributor)
Chesterton, G. K. (Contributor)
Christie, Agatha (Contributor)
Creasey, John (Contributor)
Davis, Robert Hart (Contributor)
Dexter, Colin (Contributor)
Doyle, Arthur Conan (Contributor)
Durbridge, Francis (Contributor)
Fraser, Antonia (Contributor)
Freeling, Nicolas (Contributor)
Gardner, Erle Stanley (Contributor)
Halliday, Brett (Contributor)
Hammett, Dashiell (Contributor)
James, P. D. (Contributor)
Keating, H.R.F. (Contributor)
Macdonald, Ross (Contributor)
Mason, Edward J. (Contributor)
Mortimer, John (Contributor)
Queen, Ellery (Contributor)
Reeve, Arthur B. (Contributor)
Rendell, Ruth (Contributor)
Sayers, Dorothy L. (Contributor)
Simenon, Georges (Contributor)
Story, Jack Trevor (Contributor)
Stout, Rex (Contributor)
Wallace, Edgar (Contributor)
Webb, Geoffrey (Contributor)
Welles, Orson (Contributor)
Yuill, P. B. (Contributor)

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Canonical title
Great Tales of Crime and Detection
Original title
The Television Detectives' Omnibus
Alternate titles
The Armchair Detective
Original publication date
1992

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Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
823.087208 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Mystery fiction Mystery anthologies
LCC
PS648 .D4 .G745 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Collections of American literature Prose (General)
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