Edgar Allan Poe, Jacques Futrelle

Audio-CD

The Rivals: Tales of Sherlock Holmes' Rival Detectives (Dramatisation): 12 BBC Radio Dramas of Mystery and Suspense

Beschreibung

Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard introduces 12 dramatised stories, featuring detectives whose abilities rival that of the great Sherlock Holmes. Dramatised for radio by Chris Harrald, these 12 stories are written by masters of the crime and thriller genre, all contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle. They include: The Murders on the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe The Problem of Cell 13 by Jacques Futrelle Murder By Proxy by Matthias McDonnel Bodkin Mystery of Redstone Manor by Catherine Lousia Pirkis The Problem of the Superfluous Finger by Jacques Futrelle The Clue of the Silver Spoons by Robert Barr The Intangible Clue by Anna Katherine Green The Game Played in the Dark by Ernest Bramah

Autor

Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849) was an American short story writer and poet. His stories were influential in both the detective novel and gothic novel genres. Among his most famous stories are The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Pit and the Pendulum and The Fall of the House of Usher. Jacques Heath Futrelle (1875 - 1912) was an American journalist and mystery writer. He is best known for writing short detective stories featuring Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, also known as "The Thinking Machine" for his application of logic to any and all situations. Futrelle died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: BBC Books
• Gesamtlaufzeit: 332 Min.
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781785290176
• Artikelnr.: 41732214