Murder in a Heatwave by Cecily Gayford
Murder never takes a break
With Cecily Gayford in charge, we are on safe ground * Daily Mail *
Praise for the Vintage Murder series * : *
Has everything you might want.. take this little book to the beach [and] relax in the sun while reading of battered corpses -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *
An excellent collection of short stories by ten top-class writers -- Marcel Berlins * Times Books of the Year *
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 * The Sunday Times *
Short, clever and puzzling murder tales test the brains of the most avid crime reader ... delectable * On Magazine *
Looking forward to Christmas? [The Vintage Murder series] is a fine way to start it. It's a cracker. -- Amy Myers
An impressive tome by some great names ... there isn't actually a bum note in the entire collection, not a single one you could skip through and not miss it - which is quite some feat. To paraphrase Nick Cook's famous Crimewatch sign off, just don't have nightmares after reading it. -- Sarah Morgan * On Magazine *
Praise for the Vintage Murder series * : *
Has everything you might want.. take this little book to the beach [and] relax in the sun while reading of battered corpses -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *
An excellent collection of short stories by ten top-class writers -- Marcel Berlins * Times Books of the Year *
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 * The Sunday Times *
Short, clever and puzzling murder tales test the brains of the most avid crime reader ... delectable * On Magazine *
Looking forward to Christmas? [The Vintage Murder series] is a fine way to start it. It's a cracker. -- Amy Myers
An impressive tome by some great names ... there isn't actually a bum note in the entire collection, not a single one you could skip through and not miss it - which is quite some feat. To paraphrase Nick Cook's famous Crimewatch sign off, just don't have nightmares after reading it. -- Sarah Morgan * On Magazine *
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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781800817746 |
| ISBN 10 | 1800817746 |
| Title | Murder in a Heatwave |
| Author | Cecily Gayford |
| Series | Vintage Murders |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2023-05-04 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |