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Murder Takes a Holiday
Perfect honeymoon / Robert Barnard -- The summer holiday murders / Julian Symons -- Triangle at sea / Anna Clarke -- The adventure of the devil's foot / Arthur Conan Doyle -- Kill and cure / Guy Cullingford -- The beach house / Norman Daniels -- A schoolmaster abroad / E.W. Hornung -- The old shell collector / H.R.F. Keating -- Cottage for August / Thomas Kyd -- Death in Guatemala / Frances Crane -- The pursuit of Mr. Blue / G.K. Chesterton -- Love comes to Miss Lucy / Q. Patrick -- Food for the sharks / Vincent Starrett -- Petrella's holiday / Michael Gilbert -- The house by the headland / Sapper -- The murder on the golf links / M. McDonnell Bodkin.
- GenresMysteryShort Stories
247 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 1991
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About the author
Robert Barnard
202 books88 followersAka Bernard Bastable.
Robert Barnard (born 23 November 1936) was an English crime writer, critic and lecturer.
Born in Essex, Barnard was educated at the Royal Grammar School in Colchester and at Balliol College in Oxford. His first crime novel, A Little Local Murder, was published in 1976. The novel was written while he was a lecturer at University of Tromsø in Norway. He has gone on to write more than 40 other books and numerous short stories.
Barnard has said that his favourite crime writer is Agatha Christie. In 1980 he published a critique of her work titled A Talent to Deceive: An Appreciation of Agatha Christie.
Barnard was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2003 by the Crime Writers Association for a lifetime of achievement.
Under the pseudonym Bernard Bastable, Robert Barnard has published one standalone novel and three alternate history books starring Wolfgang Mozart as a detective, he having survived to old age.
Barnard lived with his wife Louise in Yorkshire.
Series:
* Perry Trethowan
* Charlie Peace
Robert Barnard (born 23 November 1936) was an English crime writer, critic and lecturer.
Born in Essex, Barnard was educated at the Royal Grammar School in Colchester and at Balliol College in Oxford. His first crime novel, A Little Local Murder, was published in 1976. The novel was written while he was a lecturer at University of Tromsø in Norway. He has gone on to write more than 40 other books and numerous short stories.
Barnard has said that his favourite crime writer is Agatha Christie. In 1980 he published a critique of her work titled A Talent to Deceive: An Appreciation of Agatha Christie.
Barnard was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2003 by the Crime Writers Association for a lifetime of achievement.
Under the pseudonym Bernard Bastable, Robert Barnard has published one standalone novel and three alternate history books starring Wolfgang Mozart as a detective, he having survived to old age.
Barnard lived with his wife Louise in Yorkshire.
Series:
* Perry Trethowan
* Charlie Peace
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July 25, 2019
Short stories from some of the best writers of the day from the ridiculous to the sublime. Loved the Old Shell Collector and how he bests a bunch of wild wealthy sociopaths.
August 18, 2020
love comes to miss lucy :,(
November 21, 2022
Great concept —short murder mysteries with a vacation theme. Collection could have been better. Some stories were intriguing others were fair.
February 24, 2013
Stories from some great authors in here, none from the 90s or more recently than that. I got this one at the library and it was a good collection. Stories by Julian Symons, HRF Keating, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Barnard, Anna Clarke, Michael Gilbert. All authors (except Doyle, of course) who are mostly out of print now.
August 15, 2009
Read the Ice Cave by Emmy Lou Schenk for my Armchair Traveller Challenge at RRRC for Antarctica !
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