An anthology of mystery and suspense tales includes works by Doyle, Ambler, Steinbeck, Buck, Shaw, McBain, Oates, Malamud, Spillane, Garfield, and other masters of the genre

Offers horror stories by Poe, Stoker, Wells, Bierce, Lovecraft, Faulkner, and modern writers such as King, Sheckley, and Joyce Carol Oates

Examines both the differences and the continuity between the early and late work of American thriller writer Ambler, and considers the five novels, published under the name Eliot Reed, that he wrote with Australian writer Charles Rodda. Paper edition (unseen), $15.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Henry Poggioli, a psychologist and amateur detective who often solved the case just a little too late."--BOOK JACKET.

Essays taken from Salem Press's Critical survey of mystery and detective fiction, published in 1988.