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In the Shadow of Agatha Christie: Classic Crime Fiction by Forgotten Female Writers: 1850-1917

Leslie S. Klinger

First published 2018
Publisher Pegasus Crime
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Stuart Brill
Pages xx+328
Price $25.95
ISBN 9781681776309

  • "First Pegasus Books cloth edition January 2018".
  • First printing per number line
  • Title page and dust jacket flap are "Pegasus Crime" even though copyright page has "Pegasus Books"
  • Format is hardcover even though copyright lists date for cloth edition. Amazon lists same date as copyright page.
  • Cover art credit per rear dust jacket flap
  • Canadian price $34.95
  • Each story is preceded by a page with an essay introducing the author(s) and story. The ToC numbers are for the essay. The page numbers below are for the story title page.
  • Only genre contents listed below.
  • "The Blood-Red Cross" is border line genre. No overt speculative fiction elements in the plot, but the villain (Madame Sara) poses secret of non-aging and other mystical knowledge.
  • "The Winning Sequence" begins with a prologue featuring a ghost, but it is not really central to the story.

Page Title Author(s) Type
157 The Blood-Red Cross L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace Short Story
235 The Winning Sequence M. E. Braddon Short Fiction