Great TV And Film Detectives: a collection of crime masterpieces featuring your favorite screen sleuths

The Story

Meet the real Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Rumpole of the Bailey, Eliot Ness, and other big- and small-screen suspense icons-in their original incarnations on the page. Great TV & Film Detectives presents more than 25 spellbinding, spine-tingling short stories starring the crime-solving rogues, dabblers, private eyes, and cops famous from films and television series. While revisiting your favorite characters, you'll discover the astounding talents of best-selling authors, such as: Ngaio Marsh, creator of Roderick Alleyn, G. K. Chesterton, creator of Father Brown, Margery Allingham, creator of Albert Campion, Mickey Spillane, creator of Mike Hammer, Georges Simenon, creator of Inspector Maigret, Erle Stanley Gardner, creator of Perry Mason, Raymond Chandler, creator of Philip Marlowe, Max Allan Collins, creator of Eliot Ness, Lawrence Block, creator of Matt Scudder and Bernie Rhodenbarr, Mark Timlin, creator of Nick Sharman, Sara Paretsky, creator of V. I. Warshawski. Book jacket.