The Mammoth Book of New Historical Whodunnits: A New Collection of Captivating Murder Mysteries from Ages Past, by Steven Saylor, Michael Jecks, Phili

By Marilyn Todd

Book Overview

Selected by best-selling editor Mike Ashley, these stories include brand new contributions as well as rare reprints, from writers such as Ian Rankin, Lynda Robinson, Sharan Newman, Gail Frazer,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786715715
• ISBN13: 9780786715718
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.2" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Book; Fast Service

The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunits Used book but in excellent shape. Good reading. I intend to buy more.

Same book - new title!

I just love these anthologies, and it's so easy to get confused as to which ones are already in the library. Here's a great book - but it's the SAME BOOK as "The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunits". Silly thing to let happen at the publishing house ~~~~ Great stuff, but either one will do!

Another Marvelous Collection of Historical Whodunits!

This is Ashley's third "historical whodunit" offering. I love 'em all! I much prefer this smorgasbord approach to mysteries versus volumes with just Roman, Egyptian, et al mysteries, which are too much of the same thing for my tastes. Like the others in the series, this book can be read straight through or the reader can jump around instead, sampling different time-periods. The historical whodunits are great for leisurely lunchtime reading or curling up with at bedtime. In short, great authors, interesting stories. Highly recommended!

Historical Whodunits

To me historical mysteries are so much more pleasant than contemporary ones. Perhaps it is because the historical ones are not in the least threatening. This book of short mysteries is not only very pleasant to read, but it gave me a list of new authors to look up in the library.