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Anthologies
Great Short Tales of Mystery and
Terror
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- Published:
- Reader's Digest Assocation, 1982,
USA.
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Description
Muffled footsteps souding through the fog as a killer
stalks his unsuspecting victim, a creaky door that opens onto a chamber of
horrors, a detective's brilliant deductions from a set of incomprehensible
clues--these are the images of mystery and terror that never fail to
enthrall us. What could be more exciting than finding forty-five stories
in one volume built around the single ingredient of suspense? In Great
Short Tales of Mystery and Terror you will discover some of the most
famous stories of crime and detection ever written, featuring many of the
world's most fascinating detectives. Here, as well, are short masterpieces
of the macabre and the supernatural, all calculated to send a shiver down
your spine. If you love a mystery--and who doesn't?--this collection of
great yarns spun by some of our best storytellers is the perfect addition
to your bookshelf.
Each story in Great Short Tales of Mystery and
Terror is a top example of the work of an outstanding author--from
Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to such modern masters as
Agatha Christie, Ross Macdonald, Georges Simenon and a score of other
famous names. Appearing in these pages are the world's greatest fictional
detectives--Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Father Brown, James Bond, Lew
Archer, Ellery Queen, Inspector Maigret and Perry Mason, all at work on
some of their more baffling and fascinating cases. Many of the finest and
most terrifying tales of terror are also to be found in this volume. It
includes Thomas Burke's classic, "The Hands of Mr. Ottermole", of which
Ellery Queen has said, "No finer crime story has ever been written,
period." Here also are Roald Dahl's bizarre "Man from the South", H. P.
Lovecraft's diabolic "The Rats in the Walls", and Carl Stephenson's
menacing, unforgettable tale, "Leiningen Versus the Ants", which pits one
man against a voracious army of carnivorous ants in tropical South
America. No matter what your taste--whether it's for whodunits or the
supernatural or even a touch of science fiction--you'll find what you like
in this new book, the latest in a distinguished line of short-story
anthologies from the editors of Reader's Digest Condensed Books.
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Reader's Digest, 1982
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