The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime : Con Artists, Burglars, Rogues, and Scoundrels From the Time of Sherlock Holmes

An exclusive collection - the first- ever gathering of rogues from the gaslight era collected here for the first time: the best crime fiction from the gaslight era. All the legendary thieves are presentArs?ne Lupin and A. J. Raffles, Colonel Clay and Simon Carne, Romney Pringle, Get Rich Quick Wallingford, and the Infallible Godahlburgling London and Paris, conning New York and Ostend, laughing all the way to the bank. Also featured are stories by distinguished writers from outside the mystery and detective genres, including Sinclair Lewis, Arnold Bennett, H. G. Wells, and William Hope Hodgson. Library Journal Sims (Adam's Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form) has compiled a dozen stories focusing not on detectives but on thieves and con artists. These tales cover the period between the mid-1890s and the early 1920s and feature such well-known characters as Grant Allen's Colonel Clay, George Randolph Chester's Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford, Edgar Wallace's Four Square Jane, Ernest William Hornung's Raffles, and Frederick Irving Anderson's infallible Godahl. There are also stories by authors who don't write mysteries (e.g., Sinclair Lewis, O. Henry, and Arnold Bennett). All in all, a unique collection that is fun to read and evokes a bygone period of crime fiction. Sims's introduction and notes to each story are well written and informative. Recommended for all mystery collections. —Morris Hounion Take a trip back to a time when criminals armed themselves with wit rather than with guns, and the pinnacle of crime-fighting technology was represented by Sherlock Holmes's magnifying glass. Edited by award-winning author and editor Michael Sims, *The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime* presents, for the first time, the best crime fiction from the gaslight era gathered in a single volume. All the legendary thieves are present - from Colonel Clay to Get Rich Quick Wallingford - burgling London and Paris, conning New York and Ostend, laughing all the way to the bank. Also featured are stories by distinguished writers from outside the mystery and detective genres, including Sinclair Lewis, Arnold Bennett, and William Hope Hodgson. An exclusive collection—the first-ever gathering of rogues from the gaslight era, including Arsène Lupin, the inspiration for the new Netflix series Lupin , starring Omar Sy collected here for the first time: the best crime fiction from the gaslight era. All the legendary thieves are present-Arsène Lupin and A. J. Raffles, Colonel Clay and Simon Carne, Romney Pringle, Get Rich Quick Wallingford, and the Infallible Godahl-burgling London and Paris, conning New York and Ostend, laughing all the way to the bank. Also featured are stories by distinguished writers from outside the mystery and detective genres, including Sinclair Lewis, Arnold Bennett, H. G. Wells, and William Hope Hodgson. Read Michael Sims's posts on the Penguin Blog An exclusive collection-the first- ever gathering of rogues from the gaslight era collected here for the first time: the best crime fiction from the gaslight era. All the legendary thieves are present-Arsene Lupin and A.J. Raffles, Colonel Clay and Simon Carne, Romney Pringle, Get Rich Quick Wallingford, and the Infallible Godahl- burgling London and Paris, conning New York and Ostend, laughing all the way to the bank. Also featured are stories by distinguished writers from outside the mystery and detective genres, including Sinclair Lewis, Arnold Bennett, H.G. Wells, and William Hope Hodgson Collects the best crime fiction from the gaslight era. This title includes such legendary thieves as - Arsene Lupin and A J Raffles, Colonel Clay and Simon Carne, Romney Pringle, Get Rich Quick Wallingford, and the Infallible Godahl - burgling London and Paris, conning New York and Ostend, laughing all the way to the bank.