Murder British Style

by Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Agatha Christie (Contributor), Arthur Conan Doyle (Contributor)

This warming, yet chilling compendium of mystery and death presents nineteen classic murders by some of the world's great mystery writers.

Genres: Mystery, Anthologies, British Literature, Short Stories

529 pages, Paperback

First published July 15, 1995

About the author

Martin Harry Greenberg was an American academic and speculative fiction anthologist. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned over 8,200 original short stories. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books. In addition, he was a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel.

For the 1950s anthologist and publisher of Gnome Press, see Martin Greenberg.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

There were a few standout stories here but far more that I was lukewarm or just didn't enjoy that much. I ended up skipping a few towards the end in all honesty because of my lack of interest.

[Rachel]

DNF

[Steven Abercrombie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good stuff! Please note that the last story, 'The Three Coffins', by John Dickson Carr, is a 200 page convoluted mess (in my humble opinion).

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another book I've been dipping into on and off for several months. This collection presents short stories with a murderous theme by familiar, and perhaps not so familiar, British writers. One of my favorites (which I'd read before) was "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl (who had a much broader writing career beyond the children's books he's typically associated with today). There's a Sherlock Holmes entry by Conan Doyle as a well as a pastiche (not such a great one) by HRF Keating.

[Dottie West · Rating 3 out of 5]

Don't really like short stories. Haven't changed my mind.