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The Big Book of Reel Murders

By: Otto Penzler
Narrated by: Tim Campbell, Christina Delaine, Gildart Jackson
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Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler's new anthology rolls out the red carpet for the stories that Hollywood is made of.

Lights! Camera! Action! The latest book in the Big Book Series takes us behind the curtain to uncover the stories that became some of the greatest films of the silver screen. Among these are Robert Louis Stevenson's horrifying tale that was later turned into the iconic movie The Body Snatcher, starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff; and "Cyclists' Raid", the short story that formed the basis for the legendary Brando film The Wild One.

Otto Penzler delivers the director's cut on these classic short stories and the films they gave rise to. So grab your Sno-Caps and a jumbo box of popcorn and curl up with these cinematic tales from the likes of Dennis Lehane, Joyce Carol Oates, Dashiell Hammett, O. Henry, Edgar Allan Poe, and Arthur Conan Doyle.

©2019 Otto Penzler (P)2020 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
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I loved hearing the details of the movies that these stories came from. 😍

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An overlooked gem

Over 63 hours of REALLY well done stories, Flawless narration, and the background introductions, of which I'm not usually a fan, are almost as much fun as the stories. If you like gritty 40/50s style noir, pull the trigger on this bargain pack. This is only about the 3rd review I've left, out of about 2200 titles in my library. I only review the really special ones.

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Beware!

Great stories, but… THE EDITOR’S INTRODUCTIONS SPOIL THE TWIST ENDINGS! They should not have put the editors notes BEFORE each story, but AFTER! Even if you’ve seen all the movies (doubtful, it’s a lot) the endings are not always the same. Sometimes the editor will even RUIN BOTH ENDINGS by telling them how the story ends, then tell you how the movie ends.

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