Search Results: Short stories from Ariadne Books

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2002. First edition, 2002. Hardback. 548pp. Dust jacket. Why crime? Why exists this fascination with crime and why, above all, exists this fascination with crime on the part of female writers? Bestselling novelist Elizabeth George poses this question in her introduction, answers it with her customary elegance and illustrates it with a rich and varied collection of international writers, some household treasures and others buried treasures waiting to be rediscovered. Book in very good condition. faint toning to paper around the edges. Dust jacket very good and unclipped. Minor edge wear and light creasing. Quite a heavy book but no additional shipping charges to UK post codes.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2009. First edition, 2009. Hardback. 483pp. Dust jacket. This volume of chooses two of the deadly sins, lust and greed, as the inspiration for a selection of stories by some of the best women writers. All of the contributors have taken a different look at what constitutes lust and greed and at where submitting to the calls of these sins can lead a person. Book in near fine condition and appears to be unread. Dust jacket near fine and unclipped.