| Description |
503 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Short stories. |
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Stories which appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's mystery magazine. |
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"47 short stories chosen by the master of deadly suspense"--Dust jacket. |
| Contents |
Shattered rainbow / Edward D. Hoch -- Wonderful, wonderful violence / Donald Honig -- The most unusual snatch / Lawrence Block -- A murder is arranged / Nedra Tyre -- The poisoned pawn / Henry Slesar -- The lifesaver / Don Tothe -- What frightened you, Fred? / Jack Ritchie -- Doctor's dilemma / Harold Q. Masur -- Money to burn / Clark Howard -- The house guest / Babs H. Deal -- The man in the lobby / William Link and Richard Levinson -- Family code / Lawrence Treat -- To kill an angel / William Bankier -- That Monday night / Pauline C. Smith -- The waiting room / Charles W. Runyon. |
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The keeper / Clark Howard -- The jade figurine / Bill Pronzini -- The volunteers / Reynold Junker -- Arbiter of uncertainties / Edward D. Hoch -- Variations on an episode / Fletcher Flora -- Finder-killers / Ed Lacy -- The pearls of Li Pong / W.E. Dan Ross -- Who? / Michael Collins -- A quiet backwater / Stanley Abbott -- Murder, anyone? / Phil Davis -- The island / William Jeffrey -- Room to let / Hal Ellson -- The one who got away / Al Nussbaum -- Unidentified and dead / Bryce Walton -- The lure and the clue / Edwin P. Hicks -- The big bajoor / Borden Deal -- The operator / Jack Ritchie. |
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The souvenir / Donald Olsen -- Speak well for the dead / Nancy Schachterle -- The girl in gold / Jonathan Craig -- Minutes of terror / Donald Honig -- Puddle / Arthur Porges -- When this man dies / Lawrence Block -- Public office / Elijah Ellis -- The beast within / Margaret B. Maron -- Muder in mind / C.B. Gilford -- The invisible tomb / Arthur Porges -- Just curious / James H. Schmitz -- The girl who found things / Henry Slesar -- Death trance / Clayton Matthews -- The healer / George C. Chesbro -- Murder by dream / Patrick O'Keeffe. |
| Summary |
47 tales of murder for profit, revenge, accident, or assassination are related with twists and turns, if necessary. |
| Subject |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1814-1874.
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Detective and mystery stories, American.
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Hitchcock, Alfred, 1814-1874. (OCoLC)fst01729947
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Detective and mystery stories, American. (OCoLC)fst00891483
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| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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Detective and mystery fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726581
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| Added Title |
Alfred Hitchcock's mystery magazine.
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| ISBN |
0883657279 |
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9780883657270 |
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