The Big Book of Reel Murders, Otto Penzler
The Big Book of Reel Murders, Otto Penzler
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The Big Book of Reel Murders
Stories that Inspired Great Crime Films

Author: Otto Penzler

Series: Big Book

Narrator: Tim Campbell, Christina Delaine, Gildart Jackson

Unabridged: 63 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/11/2020


Synopsis

Edgar Award–winning editor Otto Penzler's new anthology rolls out the red carpet for the stories that Hollywood is made of.

Lights! Camera! Action! The latest book in the Big Book series takes us behind the curtain to uncover the stories that became some of the greatest films of the silver screen. Among these are Robert Louis Stevenson's horrifying tale that was later turned into the iconic movie The Body Snatcher, starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff; and "Cyclists' Raid," the short story that formed the basis for the legendary Brando film The Wild One.

Otto Penzler delivers the director's cut on these classic short stories and the films they gave rise to. So grab your Sno-Caps and a jumbo box of popcorn and curl up with these cinematic tales from the likes of Dennis Lehane, Joyce Carol Oates, Dashiell Hammett, O. Henry, Edgar Allan Poe, and Arthur Conan Doyle.

About Otto Penzler

Otto Penzler, proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, founded The Mysterious Press in 1975, now an imprint at Grove/Atlantic, and publishes classic crime fiction through MysteriousPress.com. Penzler has won two Edgar Awards, MWA's Ellery Queen Award, and the Raven Award. He has been given Lifetime Achievement awards by Noircon and the Strand Magazine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by 3 no 7 on November 19, 2019

“The Big Book of Reel Murders” is a collection of mystery stories that have also been made into movies. Otto Penzler assembled a fascinating group of “crime fiction” literature and film. The stories are compelling and page after page is filled with suspense, action, and non-stop twists and turns. Th......more

Goodreads review by EuroHackie on September 11, 2023

Woo boy, the struggle was real with this one. If it wasn't a library book, I probably wouldn't have plowed through it (and even with singular, focused reading, to took more than a month to get through). This is the second "Big Book" collection I've tried, and the first I was able to get all the way......more

Goodreads review by Julie on December 23, 2019

Somehow not as compelling a collection as others I've enjoyed by Penzler. Not bad, just not as much fun to read.......more