01922cam a2200313 i 4500 566019938 TxGeo 20220623120000.0 210927s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021042285 9781464215841 trade pbk. 1464215847 trade pbk. (OCoLC)1264458728 TxGeo rda Guilty creatures : a menagerie of mysteries / edited and introduced by Martin Edwards. Naperville, IL : Poisoned Pen Press, 2022. xi, 301 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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"-- Provided by publisher. 20220701. Animals Fiction. Animals in literature. Detective and mystery fiction. Short stories. Edwards, Martin, 1955-, editor. QS5