Six Against the Yard

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Six Against the Yard
Authors and Contributors      By (author) The Detection Club
By (author) Agatha Christie
By (author) Margery Allingham
By (author) Dorothy L. Sayers
By (author) Freeman Wills Crofts
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:304
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreAnthologies
Classic crime
ISBN/Barcode 9780008283186
ClassificationsDewey:823.0872080912
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint Collins Crime Club
Publication Date 13 June 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A unique anthology for crime aficionados - six 'perfect murder' stories written by the most accomplished crime writers of the 1930s, designed to fox real-life Scotland Yard Superintendent Cornish, who comments on whether or not these crimes could have genuinely been solved. Is the 'perfect murder' possible? Can that crime be committed with such consummate care, with such exacting skill, that it is unsolvable - even to the most astute investigator? In this unique collection, legendary crime writers Margery Allingham, Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts, Ronald Knox, Dorothy L. Sayers and Russell Thorndike each attempt to create the unsolvable murder, which Superintendent Cornish of the CID then attempts to unravel... This clever literary battle of wits from the archives of the Detection Club follows The Floating Admiral and Ask a Policeman back into print after more than 75 years, and shows some of the experts from the Golden Age of detective fiction at their most ingenious.

Author Biography

"The Detection Club is a private association of writers of detective fiction in Great Britain, existing chiefly for the purpose of eating dinners together at suitable intervals and of talking illimitable shop ... Its membership is confined to those who have written genuine detective stories (not adventure tales or 'thrillers') and election is secured by a vote of the club on recommendation by two or more members, and involves the undertaking of an oath." Dorothy L. Sayers

Reviews

'I can unreservedly commend this ingenious piece of collaboration.' Punch Reviews for previous Detection Club re-issues: 'A must for all connoisseurs of detective fiction.' Literary Review 'This year's most welcome reissue.' Sunday Telegraph 'A book of irresistible charm for students of the detective story.' Times Literary Supplement