Short Story Anthologies, Women Detectives - Fiction, Occupations - Fiction, Other Mystery Categories
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Overview
- G.D.H. and Margaret Cole, "The Toys of Death:" An engaging little old layd solves a baffling murder on the south coast of England.-Mignon Eberhart, "The Calico Dog:" Susan Dare accepts what is certainly "an invitation to murder" when she gets involved iwth conflicting claimants to a large fortune.
-Marcia Muller, "The Broken Men:" San Francisco investigator Sharon McCone guards two famous participants in a clown festival and gets enmeshed in homicide.
-Cornell Woolrich, "The Book that Squealed:" A defaced library book leads to kidnapping and murder in a classic puzzler solved by a librarian.
Editorials
Publishers Weekly -
The first volume in Academy Chicago's Mystery Novella series, this collection contains four generally disappointing works. Each has an interesting plot, but with the exception of Mignon Eberhart's ``Calico Dog,'' the key to the storyand any hint thereofis held back until a rather dry summation at the end. Characterization also drags down the work: the three stories from the '30s feature sheltered, prudish womeneven Eberhart's private eye Susan Dare, who feigns independence, is saved by her boyfriend. Muller's ``Broken Men,'' the sole contemporary story, is less stereotypical, but suffers again from a construction that excludes the reader from involvement. DecemberBook Details
Published
October 16, 1986
Publisher
Chicago, Ill. : Academy Chicago Publishers, 1985.
Pages
232
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780897331579