Cynthia Manson is een literair agent met uitgebreide ervaring in de uitgeverij. Haar eerdere functie als marketingdirecteur bij Davis Publications, bekend van titels als Ellery Queen en Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, gaf haar uniek inzicht. Na ook verschillende bloemlezingen te hebben geredigeerd, toont Manson een diepgaand begrip van het literaire landschap en een scherp vermogen om boeiende werken samen te stellen.
A country-and-western singer slips out of the spotlight in Charlotte Hinger's "The Family Rose"...A temperamental diva takes center stage in Agatha Christie's "Swan Song"...A Wagner fan becomes a murder suspect in Michael Underwood's "Death at the Opera"...A collection of delightful tales make up the magnum opus known as "Murder to Music"...a collection that will strike a chord for fans of music and mystery.
For armchair travelers and armchair detectives: a top-flight collection of suspenseful stories, tales of quaint Irish villages, fast-paced Far Eastern cities, lush tropical paradises -- and destinations unknown. Contents:The Caribbean : The missing house / Hayford Peirce North America : A knife between brothers / Manly Wade Wellman There are no snakes in Hawaii / Juanita Sheridan The word for breaking August sky / James Sarafin Corollary / Hughes Allison Kaddish / Batya Swift Yasgur All Indians are warriors / William T. Lowe Latin American : There are no stars over San Juan / Kenneth Gavrell The hair of the widow / Robert Somerlott Asia : The sole of the foot / Shizuko Natsuki The courage of Akira-kun / Ron Butler Africa : To catch a wizard / Walter Satterthwait Eastern Europe : Hide-and-seek--Russian style / Patricia McGerr Europe : Journey into time / Georges Simenon Who killed that son of a doge? / David Braly Suspect / Patricia Highsmith The mists of Ballyclough / Barbara Callahan Inspector Wexford and the Winchurch affair / Ruth Rendell The Middle East : The adventure of the Egyptian tomb / Agatha Christie The night of power / Josh Pachter
Mysteries in the Classic Cozy Tradition from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Taken from the pages of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, the stories in this suspense-filled collection contain all of the wonderfully delicious elements of the "cozy"--bodies in the library, old English manors, red herrings, suspicious butlers, and much more.Contents:The name on the wrapper / Margery Allingham --The necklace of pearls / Dorothy L. Sayers --The crime of Miss Oyster Brown / Peter Lovesey --Strychnine in the soup / P.G. Wodehouse --Murder at Rokeby house / C.M. Chan --The borgia heirloom / Julian Symons --Dr. Hyde, detective, and the white pillars murder / G.K. Chesterton --Policeman's holiday / Michael Innes --The ministering angel / E.C. Bentley --Home is where the heart is / Nell Lamburn --The wicked ghost / Christianna Brand --The gallowglass / David Braly --Fen Hall / Ruth Rendell.
Ventisei avvincenti racconti di maestri del giallo come Lawrence Block, Agatha Christie, John Steinbeck e Ruth Rendell, tutti uniti da un tema comune: il gioco. Queste storie esplorano come il gioco influisca in modo determinante o "definitivo" sulle vite dei protagonisti, a volte persino mettendo in gioco la loro esistenza. Che si tratti di scacchi, bridge o poker, il risultato ha un costo, e il lettore è invitato a scoprire i finali sorprendenti. Gli intrecci coinvolgenti permettono di immedesimarsi nei personaggi, rendendo la lettura fluida e, in alcuni casi, inquietante, con brividi assicurati. In "La scelta del mazziere" di Forrest V. Perrin, si intrecciano diamanti e rischi; in "Il giocatore di dadi" di John Steinbeck, un uomo fortunato affronta un imprevisto; "Il Circolo dello Scarabeo" di J. P. Cohane gioca con fantasmi e rivelazioni inquietanti; "Il pedone avvelenato" di Henry Slesar presenta una sfida tra campioni; "Il nuovo padrone" di Lord Dunsany introduce una macchina da scacchi che si rivela mostruosa; infine, "Vita, morte e indovinelli" di Robert Loy coinvolge enigmi e scommesse. In "Il Circolo dei Giocatori d’azzardo" di Ellery Queen, un caso anomalo mette alla prova l'ingegno del detective.