Hardcover, 639 pages

English language

Published 1982 by Reader's Digest Association.

OCLC Number:
8952263

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Each story in Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror is an 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.

Contents: THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle THE TURN OF THE TIDE / C. S Forester THE SUMMER PEOPLE / Shirley Jackson THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO / Edgar Allan Poe THE THIRD FLOOR FLAT / Agatha Christie THE MAN WHO LIKED DICKENS / Evelyn Waugh WAS IT A DREAM / Guy de Maupassant THE FOURTH MAN / John Russell THE WENDIGO / Algernon Blackwood …

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Not your typical office romance. :)

I felt the story was a bit slow to start, and I'll admit I didn't like Lois all that much in the beginning. Though that changed as we got to know both her and Zir better over the course of the story.

What I really liked about the book was the world building, especially the description of the Volin culture and how Lois, despite being confronted with it and working with members of alien cultures on a daily basis, found that there was still so much more to discover, to learn, and to understand.

In the light of the current political climate around the world, the backdrop of the refugee intake center hit a bit too close to home for comfort, and made for a more serious story than I had expected. In a way, I got more than I had bargained for, but …

Subjects

  • Detective and mystery stories, English
  • Detective and mystery stories, American
  • Horror tales, English
  • Horror tales, American