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