Death Cruise: Crime Stories on the Open Seas Contributor(s): Block, Lawrence (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1581821468 ISBN-13: 9781581821468 Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2000 Annotation: "Death Cruise": Crime Stories on the Open Sea, edited by Lawrence Block, is a collection of murder mysteries with settings aboard cruise ships and written by several members of the International Association of Crime Writers, including Agatha Christie, Nancy Pickard, Piet Teigeler, Edward D. Hoch, Ralph McInerny, John Mortimer, and Carolyn Wheat. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 99020020 |
Physical Information: 1.23" H x 5.98" W x 9.03" L (1.30 lbs) 410 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Table of Contents |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Can there be a better, more romantic setting for a crime story than a ship on the open sea? Step onto any vessel - even an inter-island ferry - and you experience an aura of romance, adventure, and mystery. All the stories contained in Death Cruise are set aboard cruise ships. Written by members of the International Association of Crime Writers, a global fraternity of mystery writers, these compelling stories come from many nations, including England, Belgium, Denmark, Cuba, Brazil, America, Germany, Spain and France. This global line-up includes: Problem at Sea by Agatha Christie; Nine Points for Murder by Nancy Pickard; Hodegetria by Jeremiah Healy; Under My Skin by Chris Rippen; S.O.S. by John Lutz; Honeymoon Cruise by Richard Deming; Rhine Ablaze by Jacques Toes; The Merry Ghosts of the Grampus by Arnaldo Correa; Lost and Found by Benjamin Schutz; The Wind & Mary by Piet Teigeler; The Theft of the Bingo Card by Edward D.Hoch; Mutiny of the Bounty Hunter by Ralph Mclnerny; The Mermaid by Jacob Vis; Chess on Board by Erik Amdrup; A Cruise to Forget by Barbara Collins and Max Allan Collins; Havanightmare by Jose Latour; Miscalculation by Jan Burke; The Deep Blue Sea by Ina Bouman; Rumpole at Sea by John Mortimer; The Time of His Life by Carolyn Wheat Bon Voyage And be sure to take a good mystery with you. |
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