Bibliograph

The perfect crime, around the world in 22 murders, edited by Vaseem Khan & Maxim Jakubowski

Type

Label

The perfect crime, around the world in 22 murders, edited by Vaseem Khan & Maxim Jakubowski

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

The perfect crime

Oclc number

1289178718

Responsibility statement

edited by Vaseem Khan & Maxim Jakubowski

Sub title

around the world in 22 murders

Summary

A deadly affair unravels in Lagos. In the Caribbean, a jaded jewel thief plots his next scam. A teacher dies in mysterious circumstances in 1950s Darjeeling. A Los Angeles killer stalks Snapchat. An ex-cop takes on a smoking-gun case in the Canadian prairies. Human traffickers crash a road trip in Washington state. On a New Zealand sheep farm, revenge proves thicker than blood. 1920s New South Wales is the setting for a series of bride murders. In Long Island, an aspiring rapper discovers all that glitters is rarely gold. A heart-breaking catch-22 unfolds in Omaha. Bootleg hooch sparks a war on the Rosebud Reservation. A serial killer adds to his collection in Peckham. A masseuse mysteriously falls to her death in Queens. Two gangsters uncover a dark deed in Hounslow. Macabre secrets haunt a house in 1940s Mexico City. A husband's con goes badly wrong in London. In Santa Monica, a 'feeling' machine is invented. A footballer's girlfriends disappear in Manchester. A plague of mysterious visitors arrives at Sandhurst. An art restorer is stalked in Toronto. A cold-case corpse surfaces in Folkestone. A nightclub bouncer sets out for revenge in rural America . . .

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Perfect crime, 22 crime stories from diverse cultures around the world

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