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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  BLOODLINES  
  An Agusto Zidarov novel by Chris Wraight
  
  
  NO GOOD MEN  
  A Warhammer Crime anthology by various authors (August 2020)
  
  
  FLESH AND STEEL  
  A Noctis and Lux novel by Guy Haley (September 2020)
  
  
  DREDGE RUNNERS  
  A Baggit and Clodde audio drama by Alec Worley
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Contents
  
  
  [Cover ](01-Cover-1.xhtml)
  
  
  [Backlist](02-Crime-Backlist.xhtml#_idTextAnchor001)
  
  
  [Title Page ](05-Title-Page.xhtml)
  
  
  [Warhammer Crime ](06-Crime-Legend.xhtml#_idTextAnchor003)
  
  
  [Aberrant](08-Crime-Content.xhtml#_idTextAnchor004)
  
  
  [Exit Wound](08-Crime-Content-2.xhtml#_idTextAnchor005)
  
  
  [The View from Olympus](08-Crime-Content-4.xhtml#_idTextAnchor006)
  
  
  [Impurities](08-Crime-Content-6.xhtml#_idTextAnchor007)
  
  
  [No Use for Good Men](08-Crime-Content-