This book presents chilling crime at its best. Once again the criminally clever Maxim Jakubowski has collected together a fresh batch of delightfully murderous stories from the nation's favourite crime writers. Sitting alongside revered stalwarts of the genre, you'll find tales from some of the most talented up-and-coming writers. And with spine-tingling thrillers, maddeningly mind-bending whodunits and wickedly gritty psychological scorchers to choose from, there's bound to be something for everyone. But beware, "The Best British Mysteries IV" will cause many sleepless nights of avid page turning.
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'Like their protagonists, these stories are precise and calculating' Daily Telegraph 'Proves once again that our top crime novelists are also masters of the short story format...hardly a dud in the collection, many a gem' The Times
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Maxim Jakubowski is a crime critic for the Guardian, a novelist, and the literary director of Crime Scene, a festival held annually at London's National Film Theatre. A regular broadcaster on radio and TV, Maxim runs one of the largest crime bookstores worldwide, which is situated in London.
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- The Deadly Bride and 21 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Volume II (Year's Finest Crime & Mystery Stories) by Ed Gorman on page 18, and page 42
- The Adventure of the Missing Detective: And 19 of the Year's Finest Crime and Myster: Plus complete coverage of the year in mystery and crime fiction (Year's Finest Crime & Mystery Stories) by Ed Gorman on page 41
- Best British Mysteries 2006 (Best British Mysteries) (v. 3) by Maxim Jakubowski in Front Matter
- The Best British Mysteries 2005 by Maxim Jakubowski in Front Matter
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