This week, I’m giving away two story collections of crime classics.
The first book is Gideon and the Young Toughs and Other Stories by John Creasey, writing as J.J. Marric. It’s the first time all the short stories featuring Scotland Yard Detective George Gideon have been collected in one volume. The stories are solid short police procedurals. All of the stories are similar, and about the same length because they were published in magazines. They stand out as examples of Creasey’s writings about Gideon. Crippen & Landru, the publishers, not only include an introduction by Martin Edwards, but also a reflection by Francis M. Nevins, and an afterword by Creasey’s son, Richard.
Or you could win Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries. It’s one of the most recent collections from British Library Crime Classics. As always, Martin Edwards edited the collection, and wrote the introduction to this anthology of stories involving the animal kingdom. As Edwards says, animals may be “victims, witnesses, even detectives” in the stories. And, occasionally they are the villains of the piece as well. But, neither Edwards nor I will point readers in the direction of the animal as villain. You’ll have to read the stories yourself.
Which book would you like to win? You can enter to win both, but I need separate entries. Email me at Lesa.Holstine@gmail.com. Your subject heading should read either “Win Gideon” or “Win Guilty Creatures.” Please include your name and mailing address. The giveaway will end Thursday, Oct. 6 at 5 PM CT. Entries from the U.S. only, please.
