The Crown Crime Companion

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The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time

Mystery Writers Of America, Inc., Otto Pensler, Mickey Friedman

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Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House Inc
15 May 1995

Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Crime & Mystery; Bibliographies, catalogues, discographies

The Crown Crime Companion

The Top 100 Mystery Novels Of All Time

Selected by the

Mystery Writers Of America

Annotated by 0tto Penzler and Compiled by Mickey Friedman

For The Crown Crime Companion, the Mystery Writers of America have compiled a list of the best 100 mystery novels of all time, as well as a list of favorites in ten categories.

Fully annotated and reviewed by Otto Penzler, this list of the top 100 mysteries will be a valuable resource to fans, introducing them to new novels and reminding them about books by favorite writers they may have missed.

Each of the ten category lists is introduced by a master of that category-

Classics-

Suspense-

Hardboiled/Private Eye-

Police Procedural-

Espionage/Thriller-

Criminal-

Cozy/Traditional-

Historical-

Humorous-

Legal/Courtroom-

H.R.F. Keating

Mary Higgins Clark

Sue Grafton

Joseph Wambaugh

John Gardner

Richard Condon

Margaret Maron

Peter Lovesey

Gregory Mcdonald

Scott Turow

By: Mystery Writers Of America Inc.
By (photographer): Otto Pensler, Mickey Friedman
Imprint: Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Annotated edition
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 252g
ISBN: 9780517881156
ISBN 10: 0517881152
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 15 May 1995
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Otto Penzler is the founder of The Mysterious Press and Otto Penzler Books. He also owns The Mysterious Bookstore in both New York and Los Angeles. Mickey Friedman is the author of seven mystery novels. The latest is Riptide.