How to Survive a Classic Crime Novel

If you found yourself in the world of a classic crime novel, how would you avoid being framed for murder or evade an untimely demise? This book provides survival tips from crime writers such as Agatha Christie, Craig Rice, and Dorothy L. Sayers, with commissioned illustrations by Joanna Lisowiec.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 08 June 2023
Publisher: British Library Publishing

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 commissioned illustrations by Joanna Lisowiec, this insightful parody of the genre takes survival tips from an international cast of crime writers including Agatha Christie, Craig Rice, Ngaio Marsh, Phyllis Bentley, Josephine Tey, Augusto de Angelis, Dorothy L. Sayers, Cyril Hare, Georgette Heyer, Sheila Pim, Sébastien Japrisot, Ethel Lina White and Helen McCloy. The volume, of course, also features a whole host of favourite authors from the British Library Crime Classics series.

So, whether you're a seasoned sleuth or a novice detective, this book is essential reading for anyone who wants to navigate the perilous world of the classic crime novel with a little more skill and confidence. Don't let the clues fool you – it's a dangerous world out there, and you'll need all the help you can get to survive!

Weight: 224g
Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780712354387