Murder in a Heatwave: Classic Crime Mysteries for the Holidays

(Paperback, Main)

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As the days get longer, escape your troubles and take a trip to the desperately hot towns where nightfall lingers and a sun-drenched picnic can end in panic. No matter how murderously high the temperatures rise, these stories will chill you to the bone. So grab a cool drink and step into the shade ... if you dare.

Featuring terrifying tales of summertime murder and mayhem from Dorothy L. Sayers, Arthur Conan Doyle, Carter Dickson, Michael Innes, Baroness Orczy, Margery Allingham, Ian Rankin, Julian Symons, Ethel Lina White and Rex Stout.

Reviews

'With Cecily Gayford in charge, we are on safe ground' - Daily Mail

'Has everything you might want ... take this little book to the beach [and] relax in the sun while reading of battered corpses' - Craig Brown

'An excellent collection of short stories by ten top-class writers' - Marcel Berlins

'Perfect for a quick fix of golden-age crime. This collection of short winter chills is well worth reading by candlelight before turning in on Christmas Eve' - Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal and The Twyford Code

Author Bio

Cecily Gayford studied English at the University of Oxford, where she wrote her thesis on the 'Golden Age' detective stories of the 1930s and 1940s. Now a Publishing Director, she has worked at Profile Books for ten years.

Murder in a Heatwave includes classic stories from well loved authors such as Dorothy L. Sayers, Arthur Conan Doyle, Margery Allingham, Ian Rankin and many more.