title: A New Omnibus of Crime
author: Tony Hillerman
description: Mystery writer Hillerman and critic Herbert (aided and abetted by Sue Grafton and Jeffery Deaver as contributing editors) draw a vivid chalk outline of the body of crime fiction since Dorothy Sayers published her overview of the genre, <i>The Omnibus of Crime</i>, in 1929. The goal of this anthology is to demonstrate the ways in which crime fiction has changed since Sayers' collection. The editors include mystery fiction from the 1930s through the 1970s that they consider groundbreaking (so we find Sayers herself, as well as Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ed McBain as representative crime-fiction revolutionaries). The editors also take on the range of mystery writing since 1980, including stories by Hillerman, Ian Rankin, and Alexander McCall Smith. There are 26 stories in all, from authors around the globe, and each story is accompanied by an introduction that explains the author's style and how he or she influenced mystery writing. Catch this omnibus. <i>Connie Fletcher</i><br /><i>Copyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>
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  [Title Page](text00001.html)
  
  [Rights](text00002.html)
  
  [Crime Time with Poppy](text00003.html)
  
  [Chapter One](text00004.html)
  
  [Chapter Two](text00005.html)
  
  [Crime Time with Poppy](text00006.html)
  
  [Chapter Three](text00007.html)
  
  [Chapter Four](text00008.html)
  
  [Chapter Five](text00009.html)
  
  [Crime Time with Poppy](text00010.html)
  
  [Chapter Six](text00011.html)
  
  [Chapter Seven](text00012.html)
  
  [Chapter Eight](text00013.html)
  
  [Chapter Nine](text00014.html)
  
  [Crime Time with Poppy](text00015.html)
  
  [Chapter Ten](text00016.html)
  
  [Chapter Eleven](text00017.html)
  
  [Chapter Twelve](text00018.html)
  
  [Chapter Thirteen](text00019.html)
  
  [Alex is on the Case](text00020.html)
  
  [Chapter Fourteen](text00021.html)
  
  [Chapter Fifteen](text00022.html)
  
  [Crime Time with Poppy](text00023.html)
  
  [Epilogue](text00024.html)
  
  [Also by Jessica Gadziala](text00025.html)
  
  [About the Author](text00026.html)
  
  [Stalk Her!](text00027.html)
  
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
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