New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver's task was to select the best mystery/horror/detective stories of the century by the world's most celebrated writers. The result is a triumph, featuring masterpieces of suspense by:Robert Bloch, Lawrence Bl
From the back cover:Stephen King, the world's greatest writer of horror fiction, weaves tales of the purest terror with two of his bestselling collections in one outstanding omnibus volume.Read these pages and you will feel the hairs on the nape of your n
A collection of original stories centered around the social and medical sciences, including psychology, social work, forensics, and nursing. With an introduction by editor Jonathan Kellerman and biographical headnotes for each author.Contents:Dream lawyer
Contents: * Foreword by Marilyn Wallace * Death Scene, or, The Moor of Venice by P.M. Carlson * Voices in the Coalbin by Mary Higgins Clark * The Celestial Buffet by Susan Dunlap * The Snake Plant by Jean Fiedler * Lucky Numbers by Mickey Friedman * The E
Contents:Role model / T. White --Crime scene / C. Wheat --The sentence / M. Wallace --Blood types / J. Smith --A terrible thing / S. Singer --He loved her so much / S. Scoppettone --Hog heaven / G. Roberts --Afraid all the time / N. Pickard --The locked t
Authorized by the estate of the late Raymond Chandler, this volume reveals the missing life history and detective adventures of Philip Marlowe, one of the 20th century's most enduring and beloved characters. Marlowe is the quintessential American detectiv
An anthology of 17 tradidtional mysteries collected by master mystery writer Mary Higging Clark. Contents: (all stories copyright 1992) * As It Was in the Beginning by Mary Higgins Clark * Who Shot Mrs. Byron Boyd? by Amanda Cross * Dog Television by Robe
Crime is common ground for the twenty-one women writers in this extraordinary collection of contemporary mystery fiction. The voices here include professional crime solvers who take you from the mean streets of V.I. Warshawski's Chicago in