A New Omnibus of Crime

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Tony Hillerman, Rosemary Herbert, Sue Grafton, Jeffery Deaver
Oxford University Press, 2005 - 434 oldal
In 1929, Dorothy L. Sayers published her landmark anthology, The Omnibus of Crime. More recently, Tony Hillerman and Rosemary Herbert decided it was time to produce a definitive new anthology representing the best of the genre since then - the critically acclaimed A New Omnibus of Crime. This extraordinary collection emphasizes the most exciting styles and voices in each genre, rather than taking a typical decade-by-decade approach. As a result, A New Omnibus of Crime boasts a broad range of engaging, page-turning, and spine-tingling selections from the past eight decades. Stories in this collection include Patricia Highsmith's "Woodrow Wilson's Necktie," Sue Grafton's "A Poison That Leaves No Trace," Alexander McCall Smith's "He Loved to Go for Drives with His Father," and many more. A New Omnibus of Crime is a marvelous achievement that brings together some of the greatest crime and mystery short fiction ever collected.

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Introduction
1
The Man Who Knew How
8
The Girl with the Silver Eyes
20
Red Wind
55
The Wench Is Dead
93
Gone Girl
114
The Couple Next Door
140
By the Scruff of the Soul
155
A Poison That Leaves No Trace
271
Photo Finish
284
The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown
301
Red Clay
315
Barking at Butterflies
329
Running Out of Dog
335
Hostages
361
When the Women Come Out to Dance
367

Flowers That Bloom in the Spring
169
Woodrow Wilsons Necktie
183
Loopy
195
Great Aunt Allies Fly Papers
205
First Lead Gasser
223
Chees Witch
232
Breathe Deep
241
Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation
246
The Hanged Man
379
The Holly and the Poison Ivy
386
Copycat
396
He Loved to Go for Drives with His Father
420
Credits
429
Index
430
Copyright

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Tony Hillerman was born in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma on May 27, 1925. During World War II, he enlisted in the Army and was awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart after being severely injured during a raid behind German lines. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1948. From 1948 to 1962, he covered crime and politics for newspapers in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, eventually working his way up to the position of editor of the Santa Fe New Mexican. He taught at the University of Mexico and went on to chair the journalism department for more than 20 years. He retired in 1985. His first novel, The Blessing Way, was published in 1971. During his lifetime, he wrote 29 books, including the popular 18-book mystery series featuring Navajo police officers Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn, two non-series novels, two children's books, and nonfiction works. He received numerous awards during his lifetime including the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Mystery Novel for Dance Hall of the Dead in 1974, the Western Writers of America's Golden Spur Award for Skinwalkers in 1987, the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award in 1991, the Navajo tribe's Special Friend Award, France 's Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere, the 2002 Malice Domestic Lifetime Achievement Award, the Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction Book for Seldom Disappointed, and the Wister Award for Lifetime achievement in 2008. He died from pulmonary failure on October 26, 2008 at the age of 83.

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