{"product_id":"bodies-from-the-library-4-by-christianna-brand-9780008381004","title":"Bodies from the Library 4","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis annual anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a short novel by Christianna Brand.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMystery stories have been around for centuries—there are whodunits, whydunits and howdunits, including locked-room puzzles, detective stories without detectives, and crimes with a limited choice of suspects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCountless volumes of such stories have been published, but some are still impossible to find: stories that appeared in a newspaper, magazine, or an anthology that has long been out of print; ephemeral works such as plays not aired, staged, or screened for decades; and unpublished stories that were absorbed into an author’s archive when they died...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere for the first time are three never-before-published mysteries by Edmund Crispin, Ngaio Marsh, and Leo Bruce, and two pieces written for radio by Gladys Mitchell and H. C. Bailey—the latter featuring Reggie Fortune.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTogether with a newly unearthed short story by Ethel Lina White that inspired Hitchcock’s \u003cem\u003eThe Lady Vanishes\u003c\/em\u003e, and a complete short novel by Christianna Brand, this diverse mix of tales by some of the world’s most popular classic crime writers contains something for everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eComplete with indispensable biographies by Tony Medawar of all the featured authors, the fourth volume in the series \u003cem\u003eBodies from the Library\u003c\/em\u003e once again brings into the daylight the forgotten, the lost, and the unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46674068177132,"sku":"9780008381004","price":23.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/26729943482190.jpg?v=1752901462","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/bodies-from-the-library-4-by-christianna-brand-9780008381004","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}