Gillian Linscotts "Sister Beneath the Sheet" introduceerde haar populaire suffragette-detective, Nell Bray, tot kritische bijval. Als voormalig BBC-verslaggever creëert Linscott meeslepende mysteries die ingaan op de sociale dynamiek en ethische kwesties van die tijd. Haar verhalen staan bekend om hun ingewikkelde plots en scherpe observaties van de historische context. Met haar werk verkent ze thema's als vrouwelijke autonomie en maatschappelijke beperkingen, en brengt zo een uniek feministisch perspectief naar het detectivegenre.
Visiting her brother, Nell is intrigued by the details of the murder of a local squire. As the days pass in idleness, she learns the dead man was not the paragon of virtue he'd claimed. Investigating further, she unearths a vital piece of evidence proving his deceit reached as far as the grave.
From the likes of Robert Randisi, Peter Crowther, and Max Rittenberg, these 30 stories of bizarre and impossible crimes will fascinate and intrigue the reader who grapples with their intricate puzzles. A man alone in an all-glass phone booth, visible on CCTV and with no one near him, is killed by an ice pick. A man sitting alone in a room is shot by a bullet fired only once—over 200 years ago. A man enters a cable-car alone, and is visible for the entire journey, only to be found dead when he reaches the bottom. A man receives mail in response to letters apparently written by him — after his death. The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes and Impossible Mysteries is a stunning collection of brand new and previously unpublished stories, as well as many stories from rare mystery journals appearing for the first time in book form.
Biarritz um 1900: Bei ihren hartnäckigen Recherchen um den mysteriösen Tod einer Edelprostituierten, die ihre Erbschaft der englischen Frauenbewegung vermacht hat, gerät die Suffragette Nell Bray zunächst auf falsche Spuren.