Whodunit?, C.S. Montanye
Whodunit?, C.S. Montanye
List: $18.00 | Sale: $12.60
Club: $9.00

Synopsis

A dashing lineup of elegant crime tales and gritty hardboiled detective stories, alternately menacing and cozy, with two exotic locales, and murder in the mix.

Stories in this set include: Dashiell Hammett's "The Creeping Siamese", performed by John Shea - The Continental Op gets his man C.S. Montanye's "A Shock for the Countess", performed by Fionnula Flanagan - Intrigue in the alps in this clever tale of a jewelry heist Ed McBain's, "Improvisation", performed by Isaiah Sheffer - A hilarious story of two tall and willowy sisters up to no good Shirley Jackson's "The Summer People", performed by René Auberjonois - Spooky goings-on at a country cottage Nobel Prize-winner Nadine Gordimer's "Country Lovers", performed by Hattie Winston - Forbidden love on a South African farm Louise Erdrich's "Gleason", performed by Robert Sean Leonard - A simple plot goes terribly awry Selected Shorts is an award-winning, one-hour program featuring readings of classic and new short fiction, recorded live at New York's Symphony Space. One of the most popular series on the airwaves, this unique show is hosted by Isaiah Sheffer and produced for radio by Symphony Space and WNYC Radio.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rebecca on February 22, 2022

Some were good. Some were okayish. One was an incomplete excerpt. Not fair to the reader. And a few were not detective stories at all. .......more

Goodreads review by Adam on August 02, 2009

Great selection of short stories by authors that have become the "standard" of the mystery genre (Christie, Sayers, Ellery Queen, etc.) that are kid-readable and appealing... but all adult characters so this one is for the at-least-10-and-up crowd for sure. Adults will appreciate Pullman's short int......more

Goodreads review by Rosa on September 14, 2023

My favorite story was “The Inspiration of Mr. Budd.” I definitely want to read more Dorothy Sayers now. I also enjoyed “Murder at St. Oswald’s” by Michael Underwood, set at a boys’ public school in 1929. As Philip Pullman says in his introduction, “The sort of detective stories I enjoy most are the......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on April 03, 2021

My dad stopped by for a visit today and I asked him to pick the next book for review. He pulled down this compilation of detective stories by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and others. Like all compilations it's got some hits and misses, so I'll go through each short story individually. It start......more

Goodreads review by Scott on April 21, 2024

An interesting little compilation of “detective” stories, and even that term seems to be used loosely. I enjoyed most of the stories, some were just ok, but I was a little put off by the fact that Emil and the Detectives was incomplete. If you are going to include a story, include the whole thing. N......more