A Century of Great Suspense Stories, Jeffery Deaver
A Century of Great Suspense Stories, Jeffery Deaver
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A Century of Great Suspense Stories

Author: Jeffery Deaver

Narrator: Various

Unabridged: 13 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/17/2002

Synopsis

An anthology of mystery and detective stories from the best writers of the 20th Century, as selected by Jeffery Deaver. Find here the best mystery/horror/detective stories of the century by the world’s most celebrated writers. The result is a triumph, featuring masterpieces of suspense by: Robert Bloch, Lawrence Block, Anthony Boucher, Frederic Brown,  James M. Cain, Max Allan Collins, Jeffery Deaver, Stanley Ellin, Harlan Ellison, Erle Stanley Gardner, Ed Gorman, Patricia Highsmith, Reginald Hill, Tony Hillerman, Evan Hunter, Stephen King, John D. MacDonald, Ed McBain, Sharyn McCrumb, Ruth Rendell, Sara Paretsky, Georges Simenon, Mickey Spillane, Donald E. Westlake, Robert Barnard, Anna Katharine Green, Jeremiah Healy, John Lutz, Ross MacDonald, Michael Malone, Steve Martini, Margaret Millar, Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini, Ellery Queen, Lisa Scottoline, Rex Stout,  and Janwillem van de Wetering.

About Jeffery Deaver

Chicago born author, Jeffery Deaver, has been richly rewarded for his successful career as a an American mystery/crime writer, including being a three-time Ellery Queen Reader's Award winner, and several different newspaper best of lists around the world.

Lincoln Rhyme, a quadriplegic detective is the main character in his most popular series of novels, such as The Broken Window. His time spent practicing law before he embarked on his writing career definitely gave him greater insight into the cases about which he writes.

He was writing about criminal hackers in his 2001 book, The Blue Nowhere. He also established a computer crime unit within the pages of the book. Several of his novels have been adapted for tv and movies. The most popular among them would be The Bone Collector, starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie.

Deaver was chosen to write an official James Bond novel, Carter Blanche, published on May 25, 2011, making him the second American author to participate in the series.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vít on December 26, 2024

Pravda, už jsem četl lepší sbírky detektivních povídek, ale ani tahle není vyloženě špatná. Bavily mě hlavně kousky těch známějších a dneska už klasických autorů, je tu třeba Rex Stout, Ed McBain, Ellery Queen, Mickey Spillane, Ross MacDonald nebo Donald Westlake. Pěkná je i Kingovka "Odvykači s.r.o......more

Goodreads review by jaroiva on November 06, 2021

Jako většina antologií obsahuje kniha horší i lepší kousky. Tentokrát mám dojem, že těch horších je trochu víc. Na takových souborech mám ráda, že objevím třeba mně dosud neznámé autory, u kterých se pak podívám po dalších knihách. Tady se mi ale nejvíc líbí povídky od těch, které už jsem znala, a j......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on August 29, 2015

I've carried this collection with me, camping, for the last 3 or 4 years and I’d read a short story here and a short story there—short fiction is sometimes the perfect vacation read; no overly-demanding investment in a story or characters and, in this collection, lots of variety as spanning a centur......more

Goodreads review by Old Man Aries on August 01, 2012

a cura di Jeffery Deaver. Ovvero i racconti sono di altri autori ma raccolti dal mago del thriller ed hanno un solo filo comune: la suspence nelle sue varie forme. Devo dire che, nonostante la mole, il libro si legge volentieri e velocemente, anche grazie alla variet�� di autori presenti: troviamo u......more

Goodreads review by Daniel2 on December 28, 2013

Just OK. A string of fairly good stories. Very few written well. Stephen King's "Quitters, Inc." is one of the highlights, which says something of the narrative quality of the remaining stories. Still, worth a read of you're a fan of mystery fiction.......more

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