03651cam a2200541 4500 233797449 TxAuBib 20140806120000.0 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781907416415 1907416412 ca309d55-910a-4d67-9026-3f6a267639e8 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 145006 OverDrive (Product ID) 145006 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Rendell, Ruth, 1930- Classic Crime Short Stories [Libby]. CSA Word. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 140MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 140MB. Fiction. Mystery. Short Stories. Suspense. The best stories in this crime collection are the gruesome narratives of sociopathic madmen read by Patrick Malahide. He has a knack for murderous schemers, expressing their leisurely paced yet dangerous thoughts with a voice that seethes with repressed rage and insane logic. The other narrator, Jack Shepherd, reads in a cool, reasonable voice and mostly narrates the good guys--the detectives, for instance--or the characters who at least seem good on the outside. The best stories, "Loopy" and "Bluebeard's Bathtub," are both Malahide masterpieces. With impressive malice he delivers statements like, "Once inside the wolf costume, I felt calmer, and yes, happier . . ." and, "Of the three homely middle-aged women whom so far he had persuaded to marry him . . . Edith was proving the most annoying." R.L.G. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine. AudioFile Magazine. HTML:<p>Prepare to meet a host of heroes and villains as you take a tour through the shadier sides of life.</p> <p>This riveting and comprehensive collection brings together some of the best crime writing of all time. Ruth Rendell and Frances Hegarty spearhead the modern genre, moving through the popular and rarely-recorded Graham Greene, to Edgar Wallace and G.K. Chesterton and his master detective Father Brown.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Grand Master Award. Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-06 14:05:22. Malahide, Patrick. Shepherd, Jack. Wallace, Edgar. Hegarty, Frances. Graham Greene. Stevenson, Robert Louis. G. K. Chesterton. Allingham, Margery. Hornung, E.W. Leblanc, Maurice. http://lonestardigitalibrary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=ca309d55-910a-4d67-9026-3f6a267639e8 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1373-1/145006-ClassicCrimeShortStories.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1373-1/145006-ClassicCrimeShortStories.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=CA309D55-910A-4D67-9026-3F6A267639E8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1373-1/145006-ClassicCrimeShortStories.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1373-1/145006-ClassicCrimeShortStories.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=CA309D55-910A-4D67-9026-3F6A267639E8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) TXPLE