This fantastic new collection picks up where Dorothy L. Sayers' 1920 classic The Omnibus of Crime left off bringing together monumental, important, and entertaining works of mystery short fiction from the inter-war years of the twentieth century to the first years of the twenty-first century. Rosemary Herbert and Tony Hillerman, both celebrated crime-writers in their own right, introduce each story and place each selection in the context of the author and the genre's literary history. This extraordinary collection is international in scope and emphasizes the most exciting styles and voices in each genre, rather than taking a typical decade-by-decade approach. As a result A New Omnibus of Crime is full of a whole range of engaging, page-turning, and spine tingling selections from the past eight decades. Stories in this collection include Patricia Highsmith's "Woodrow Wilson's Necktie," Sue Grafton's "A Poison That Leaves No Trace," and many more, including never-before-published works from Jefferey Deaver and Alexander McCall Smith. A New Omnibus of Crime is a marvelous achievement that brings together some of the greatest crime and mystery short fiction ever collected.

本作は、ミステリ界の重鎮たちが編纂した、犯罪小説の進化を辿る極上の曼荼羅です。ドロシー・L・セイヤーズの古典的精神を継承しつつ、人間の内奥に潜む悪意や社会の歪みを、冷徹かつ叙情的な筆致で描き出しています。ハイズミスやディーヴァーといった巨匠たちの短編は、単なる謎解きを超え、実存的な問いを突きつける文学的深淵に満ちています。 映像化作品では、紙幅に凝縮された緊張感が鮮烈な視覚体験へと昇華されており、テキスト特有の緻密な心理描写と映像ならではの濃密な空気感が共鳴し合います。読者は行間に潜む静かな恐怖を、視聴者は画面から溢れる不穏な鼓動を味わうことができ、両メディアを横断することで作品が持つ多層的な魅力をより深く享受できるはずです。