In the Shadow of Agatha Christie: Classic Crime Fiction by Forgotten Female Writers: 1850-1917

Overview:

  • Title: In the Shadow of Agatha Christie: Classic Crime Fiction by Forgotten Female Writers: 1850-1917
  • Author: Leslie S. Klinger
  • Year: 2018
  • ISBN-10: 9781681776309
  • Publisher: Pegasus Crime
  • Price: $25.95
  • Pages: xx+328
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: The Blood-Red Cross
  • Notes:
    • "First Pegasus Books cloth edition January 2018".
    • First printing per number line
    • Title page and dust jacket flap are "Pegasus Crime" even though copyright page has "Pegasus Books"
    • Format is hardcover even though copyright lists date for cloth edition. Amazon lists same date as copyright page.
    • Cover art credit per rear dust jacket flap
    • Canadian price $34.95
    • Each story is preceded by a page with an essay introducing the author(s) and story. The ToC numbers are for the essay. The page numbers below are for the story title page.
    • Only genre contents listed below.
    • "The Blood-Red Cross" is border line genre. No overt speculative fiction elements in the plot, but the villain (Madame Sara) poses secret of non-aging and other mystical knowledge.
    • "The Winning Sequence" begins with a prologue featuring a ghost, but it is not really central to the story.