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Thomas Burke (1) (1886–1945)

Author of Limehouse Nights

For other authors named Thomas Burke, see the disambiguation page.

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Works by Thomas Burke

Limehouse Nights (1917) 85 copies, 2 reviews
English Inns (1943) 45 copies
The English Inn (2006) 16 copies
More Limehouse Nights (1921) 15 copies
The English Townsman (1947) 14 copies
The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [short story] (1931) 10 copies, 1 review
Son of London (1948) 9 copies
The Song Book of Quong Lee of Limehouse (2007) 8 copies, 1 review
The English and Their Country (2016) 8 copies, 1 review
Out and about London (2016) 7 copies
Nights in London (2008) 6 copies
The beauty of England (1933) 6 copies
The Book of the Inn (1927) 6 copies
A Tea-Shop in Limehouse (1977) 6 copies
Dark Nights (2017) 5 copies
Avon Bedside Companion (1947) — Contributor — 5 copies
Twinkle Toes (1917) 5 copies
The London Spy (2015) 5 copies
London in my Time (2010) 4 copies
The Flower of Life (1929) 4 copies
The sun in splendour (1929) 4 copies
The Real East End (2020) 4 copies
Einstein a Portrait (1984) 2 copies
Zanquilarga 1 copy
Go, Lovely Rose (1931) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories (1986) — Contributor — 557 copies, 8 reviews
Capital Crimes: London Mysteries (2015) — Contributor — 177 copies, 6 reviews
London After Midnight : A Tour of Its Criminal Haunts (1996) — Contributor — 141 copies
101 Years' Entertainment: The Great Detective Stories 1841-1941 (1941) — Contributor — 105 copies, 1 review
13 More Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do On TV (1978) — Contributor — 86 copies, 1 review
Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror (1982) — Contributor — 86 copies
Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! (2011) — Contributor — 78 copies, 1 review
Fifty Best Mysteries (1991) — Contributor — 74 copies, 1 review
The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1996) — Contributor — 72 copies
The Bedside Book of Famous British Stories (1940) — Contributor — 70 copies
The Big Book of Rogues and Villains (2017) — Contributor — 69 copies, 3 reviews
Chamber of Horrors: Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (1984) — Contributor — 66 copies, 1 review
Into the London Fog: Eerie Tales from the Weird City (2020) — Contributor — 63 copies, 3 reviews
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979) — Contributor — 62 copies, 4 reviews
Murderous Schemes (1996) — Contributor — 62 copies, 1 review
65 Great Tales of Horror (1981) — Contributor — 62 copies
Tales of Detection (1976) — Contributor — 58 copies
Reading for Pleasure (2023) — Contributor — 52 copies
Doorway to Dilemma: Bewildering Tales of Dark Fantasy (2019) — Contributor — 50 copies, 1 review
The Third Omnibus of Crime (1935) — Contributor — 47 copies
Great Tales of Terror (2002) — Contributor — 40 copies
The Television Late-night Horror Omnibus (1993) — Contributor — 38 copies
Best Horror Stories (1990) — Contributor — 35 copies, 2 reviews
Murder Short & Sweet (2008) — Contributor — 29 copies, 2 reviews
Thrillers and More Thrillers (1968) — Contributor — 27 copies, 2 reviews
Broken Blossoms [1919 film] (1919) — Writer — 25 copies, 1 review
The Best Horror Stories (1977) — Contributor — 24 copies
65 Great Murder Mysteries (1983) — Contributor — 22 copies
A Century of Detective Stories (1935) — Contributor — 20 copies
Great Murder Mysteries (1985) — Contributor — 20 copies
Great English Short Stories (1930) — Contributor — 19 copies, 1 review
Homefront Horrors: Frights Away from the Front Lines, 1914-1918 (2016) — Contributor — 14 copies, 1 review
The Bedside Lilliput (1950) — Contributor — 13 copies
The Eleventh Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1975) — Contributor — 11 copies
Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries (1936) — Contributor — 10 copies
The Harlot Killer (1953) 9 copies
Cries of Terror (1976) — Contributor — 9 copies, 1 review
My Best Detective Story (1931) — Contributor — 9 copies
Armchair Horror Collection (1994) — Contributor — 7 copies
Nieuwe verhalen die Hitchcock koos — Contributor — 6 copies
The Ecstasies of Thomas De Quincey (1929) — Editor, some editions — 6 copies
A Tide of Terror: An Anthology of Rare Horror Stories (1972) — Contributor — 6 copies
My Best Thriller (1947) — Contributor — 5 copies
The Best British Short Stories of 1923 (1923) — Contributor — 5 copies
London After Midnight: A Conducted Tour, Part 1 (1996) — Contributor — 4 copies
Horror Stories (audiobook) (1995) — Contributor — 4 copies
Mørkets gjerninger : 21 hårreisende kriminalhistorier (2001) — Contributor — 3 copies
Best Stories of the Underworld (1941) — Contributor — 3 copies
American Aphrodite (Volume Two, Number Five) (1952) — Contributor — 2 copies
Great Stories of Detection (1960) — Contributor — 2 copies

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È passato qualche tempo dalle letture spasmodiche di Doyle e della Christie. Finiti i romanzi (tutto Holmes e una manciata tra Poirot, Miss Marple e i romanzi corali) la voracità non si era estinta, così mi ero avventato sui racconti.
Un po' di quell'appetito è passato.
Nell'ultimo periodo ho lasciato spazio alle contaminazioni del thriller, stuzzicando il gusto con un po' di noir, qualche cozy mistery, qualche variazione all'italiana e ad alcune parodie nient'affatto male.

Le mani di Mr. Ottermole mi ha subito catapultato in un mondo di dubbi. Il primo tra tutti: cartaceo o digitale? Mi sono lasciato sedurre dall'elegante veste scelta dalla Polillo editore. Azzeccatissima, a mio gusto: finalmente un nuovo colore per il thriller! E in copertina una rappresentazione essenziale, che mette in moto la curiosità senza condizionamenti.
(Nota di merito per l'editore: nella collana I bassotti si trovano delle perle davvero superlative).

Mi gingillo con tuti questi incisi perché il racconto è tremendamente bello ed avvincente. Si legge nel volgere di un sospiro: impossibile staccare l'occhio dalla trama, avviluppata nella nebbia londinese del primo Novecento. Non sono gli omicidi; non sono i sospetti; non sono nemmeno le atmosfere che guidano gli umori e le indagini; sono tutti elementi che la penna di Burke congegna in modo semplice ed efficace, in grado di conquistare anche dei maestri del giallo quali Ellery Queen. È il tono dell'autore che regala qualcosa di speciale, un'allure che pochi altri scrittori hanno saputo conferire avendo a disposizione poco più di una manciata di pagine - Doyle e la Christie, sopra tutti i miei riferimenti.

Ed è in una sera di gennaio come molte altre, in quella Londra nebbiosa e umida, che Mr. Whybrow si stava trascinando verso casa. Ancora poco e sarebbe arrivato a casa, o almeno così pensava, domandandosi se sua moglie gli avrebbe servito, assieme al tè caldo, del merluzzo o forse delle aringhe. E immerso com'era nei suoi pensieri non immaginava di certo che proprio quella notte, poco distante da lui, il destino aveva in serbo un piano differente, per Mr. Whybrow...
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socrastez | Jul 19, 2024 |
Non-rhyming poetry book. I like the little scenes it paints of life in Limehouse and really liked it at first, so much so that it didn't quite live up to my expectations later. Still decent though.
 
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wreade1872 | Nov 28, 2021 |
A series of horrific tales set in London's limehouse area. Nasty but moving stuff. Definitely to be avoided by those of a sensitive nature.
 
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wreade1872 | 1 other review | Nov 28, 2021 |
This book, first published in 1944, and only to be sold to 'men and women in the uniforms of the Commonwealth, Empire, United States and other Allied Forces now visiting this country', page 34, begins with a sentence that is not out of place in British Brexit days: 'The English have for centuries been a puzzle to the people of other countries', page 5.
 
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jon1lambert | Nov 3, 2019 |

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