The Picador Book of Crime Writing

A revelation …his research and breadth of spirit have discovered a satisfying trove of the unexpected The Times Murder remains one of the fine arts, at least in print …Michael Dibdin makes the point in his addicts appetite-whetting anthology …His approach is thematic, his judgements acute and his list of contributors — from Chekhov to Barbara Vine — is impressive …The central point, that at its best crime writing is a class act, is well made Guardian Ample, eclectic anthology …imaginatively varied (Zola, Chandler, Hammett, Symons, Roy Fuller, Barbara Vine) …Dibdin demonstrates that there is a richness, diversity and risk taking in crime writing which gives it a vigour sadly lacking in much straight fiction Literary Review