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"From the animal mysteries of Arthur Conan Doyle and F. Tennyson Jesse through to more modern masterpieces of the subgenre from Christianna Brand and Penelope Wallace, this anthology celebrates one of the liveliest and most imaginative species of classic crime fiction. The collection includes an introduction on animals in detective fiction by Martin Edwards. Since the dawn of the crime fiction genre, animals of all kinds have played a memorable part in countless mysteries, and in a variety of roles: the perpetrator, the key witness, the sleuth's trusted companion. This collection of fourteen stories corrals plots centered around cats, dogs, and insects alongside more exotic incidents involving gorillas, parakeets, and serpents--complete with a customary shoal of red herrings"--… (más)
I didn't like this one nearly as much as the other collections in the series. In this case, the theme of the book gives away what may otherwise have come as twists for some of the stories. Fewer of the stories than usual are actual murder mysteries, and more of the stories are from the perpetrators' viewpoints or otherwise unconventionally structured. Just overall not as fun as the locked room or Christmas ones, although I do appreciate that as usual the collection was full of more obscure stories readers are unlikely to have come across before.
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.( )
"From the animal mysteries of Arthur Conan Doyle and F. Tennyson Jesse through to more modern masterpieces of the subgenre from Christianna Brand and Penelope Wallace, this anthology celebrates one of the liveliest and most imaginative species of classic crime fiction. The collection includes an introduction on animals in detective fiction by Martin Edwards. Since the dawn of the crime fiction genre, animals of all kinds have played a memorable part in countless mysteries, and in a variety of roles: the perpetrator, the key witness, the sleuth's trusted companion. This collection of fourteen stories corrals plots centered around cats, dogs, and insects alongside more exotic incidents involving gorillas, parakeets, and serpents--complete with a customary shoal of red herrings"--
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Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss. (