Publisher's Synopsis
Included in this anthology are tales such as Wilkie Collins' 'The Yellow Mask', Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and Walter de la Mare's 'All-Hallows' which plunge us into unbearable suspense. In the likes of 'The Master of Mystery' by Jack London, 'The Evidence of the Altar-Boy' by Georges Simenon and 'The Young Man in Holy Orders' by Robert Louis Stevenson, we witness diabolical crimes but also the thrilling detection that follows in their wake. Also featured are stories by Melville Davisson Post, Ellis Roberts, J. Maclaren-Ross, E.C. Bentley, H.C. Bailey, H. Jenkins, W.E. Aytoun, Guy de Maupassant,Viscount de Lisle, Wilkie Collins, Herman Meville, O. Henry and Sherwood Anderson. There are nineteen tales in all.
This is an anthology to entertain and enthrall.
