The anatomy of murder : famous crimes critically considered by members of the Detection Club

A unique anthology for crime aficionados – seven of the world's most notorious genuine murder mysteries retold by the most accomplished classic crime writers of their generation. A manipulative murderer who stalked the streets of Paris; a young wife who poisoned her eccentric husband; a bank cashier's mysterious suicide; a brutal double murder in New Zealand... Seven of the world's greatest crime writers turn their hand to some of the world's most spine-tingling mysteries – all of them astonishingly TRUE. This remarkable collection from the archives of the Detection Club follows The Floating Admiral, Ask a Policeman and Six Against the Yard back into print after more than 75 years, and shows some of the most accomplished authors of their generation retelling real-life murder mysteries with all the relish of the tastiest crime fiction. Death of Henry Kinder -- Helen Simpson Constance Kent -- John Rhode The case of Adelaide Bartlett -- Margaret Cole An impression of the Landru case -- E.R. Punshon The murder of Julia Wallace -- Dorothy L. Sayers The Rattenbury case -- Francis Iles A New Zealand tragedy -- F.W. Crofts. > A unique anthology for crime aficionados – seven of the world’s most notorious genuine murder mysteries retold by the most accomplished classic crime writers of their generation.