Alfred Hitchcock's Sinister Spies

A collection of brilliantly told spy stories by writers like W. Somerset Maugham, Edgar Wallace and Eric Ambler, chosen by that master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock.

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Anthony Boucher

And Others

Christopher Anvil

W.SOMERSET MAUGHAM

michael-gilbert

Eric, Ambler

Thrillers & Suspense

Penguin Books / Puffin Books

Used- Good Condition. All Pages, Binding and Cover in Tact. Clean- Kept in Smoke Free Environment.

The Best of All Possible Worlds

Science Fiction & Fantasy

LARRY NIVEN

ROBERT SHECKLEY

william-goldman

Dean Ing

Robert Heinlein

Theodore Sturgeon

Terry Carr

Science Fiction

Ace Books

The Spear of Mars. As inevitable as the colonization of Space: invasions of earth, the solar system at war -- Wherever humans go, they take their conflicts with them. The socially organized application of force is called war. Right now mankind has begun to spread out into the solar system, taking with him his technologies and his social institutions. The Spear of Mars has been flung. There's no stopping it: It Will Strike. There will be war between the worlds... Includes: The Screwfly Solution, by Raccoona Sheldon (winner, 1977 Nebula Award. Nominated, 1978 Hugo Award); The Sword, by Frank Quattrocchi; Invasions of Earth, by L. J. Stecher, Jr.; UFOs and Stranger Intruders, by Joseph F. Goodavage; Temple Guardian, by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.; Mirror, Mirror, by Alan E. Nourse; Man: A Transitional Animal, by Carl Sagan; Balaam, by Anthony Boucher; Encased in the Amber of Death, by Robert Frazier; Cold Victory, by Poul Anderson; Women Under Fire, by Vicki Ann Heydron; This Faithful Soldier's Life, by James Stevens-Arce; Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card (nominated, 1978 Hugo Award); Fool's Mate, by Robert Sheckley; Wings Out of Shadow, by Fred Saberhagen.

The Spear of Mars (The Future at War, Volume 2)

Alan E. Nourse

ORSON SCOTT CARD

CARL SAGAN

James Tiptree, Jr.

fred-saberhagen

Kevin J. O'Donnell Jr.

Poul Anderson

This suspense-filled collection gathers together some of today's best mystery writers--including John D. MacDonald, Rex Stout, Margery Allingham, Patricia Moyers, and Malcolm McClintock, and many others--to provide ho-ho-ho homicide, and merry murder to all mystery-lovers of good cheer. A unique holiday classic. Reissue.

Mystery for Christmas and Other Stories: From Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.

John D. MacDonald

GEORGE BAXT

Rex, Stout

Patricia Moyes

Margery-Allingham

Malcolm McClintick

Herbert Resnicow

Linda Haldeman

Mystery

Signet Div. Penguin Books

Mayflower UK p/b printing. Minor overall wear. Pages tight in creased spine

Jack the Knife

Literature & Fiction

Harlan Ellison

Philip José Farmer

R. Chetwynd-Hayes

Marie Belloc Lowndes

Robert, Bloch

ANONYMOUS

Ramsey, Campbell

Joseph F. Pumilia

Hume Nisbet

Short Stories & Anthologies

Mayflower Books

Book of Black Magic Stories: 5th

Alfred Bester

EVELYN WAUGH

Henry Slesar

Patricia Williams

Frederick Cowles

Roland Caine

Mayflower

This collection by eminent mystery and science fiction critic Anthony Boucher assembles the best of his short fictions. The title story is a classic mix of lycanthropy, private eyes, fiendish Nazi agents and wisecracking humor. In a similar vein, this anthology also includes witty variations on horror themes.

The Compleat Werewolf

Fantasy

Simon&Schuster

Listeners are treated to the best vintage radio programs available in these original broadcasts starring the incomparable team of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. In The Adventure of the Speckled Band, our duo investigates a young woman's murder. In The Purloined Ruby, a beautiful woman, stolen rubies and a mysterious stranger bring Holmes back to London from his retirement.

New Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band And The Purloined Ruby ( New Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 18)

Denis Green

Audioworks

The haunting of Sherlock Holmes  Exactly as broadcast on May 20, 1946  "It's the first time in my career that i've ever had a ghost for a client!" exclaims Sherlock Holmes. On a holiday in a small Balkan country, Holmes and Watson observe the execution of the beautiful opera singer, Lilly Rhena, who was accused of spying. Yet shortly after her demise, she visits the detective and his companion in their hotel suite. Can Holmes and Watson unravel the mystery without putting their own lives in peril?  THE BACONIAN CIPHER  Exactly as broadcast on May 27, 1946  A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR OR A MESSAGE OF MURDER? Holmes detects a strange message in the "Agony Column" of the London Times. With the help of Dr. Watson and a French detective, Sherlock Holmes is led into a curious plot of murder and intrigue. This is the last appearance of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce together as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on the radio.  The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes and The Baconian Cipher were broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System on May 20, 1946 and May 27, 1946 respectively. For more than forty years these episodes were believed lost until 1987, when the Los Angeles group 221 "A" Baker Street Associates announced their discovery. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's daughter, Dame Jean Conan Doyle, graciously granted permission for a re-release of the shows, and the latest audio technology was employed to bring the best possible audio quality and fidelity to the original performances. The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes and The Baconian Cipher were written by the prolific radio writing team of Anthony Boucher and Denis Green and star Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 26: The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes and the Baconian Cipher

Humor & Entertainment

Basil Rathbone

Nigel Bruce

Radio

Boucher, a Catholic writer with catholic interests and enthusiasms, wrote short mysteries delving into religion, opera, football, politics, movies, true crime, record collecting, and an abundance of good food and wine along with clues and puzzles and deductions.”Francis M. Nevins, Jr., from his Introduction
Most Boucher stories feature brilliant amateur detectives; these are tales of ratiocination in which a splendid quirky intellectual assembles clues and solves mysteries, almost always in time to stop further violence, often without leaving the native habitat to visit the scene of the crime.
The first part of this bookAn Ennead of Nobles”contains nine stories exhibiting the deductive powers of Nick Noble: Lieutenant MacDonald explained about Nick Noble as they drove. Nobody knows where he lives or what he lives on. All we know is that we can find him at a little joint on North Main, drinking cheap sherry by the water glass. Sherry’s all that life has left himthat, and the ability to make the toughest problem come crystal clear.”
The second sectionConundrums for the Cloister”shows the vast reasoning power and deep human understanding of Sister Ursula, whose early ill health forced her from a police career into a nunnery. Quiet, simple, human, with the unobtrusive but intense inner glow of the devotional life,” she is the nun variant of G. K. Chesterton’s immortal Father Brown.
Jeux de Meurtre,” the third section, contains nonseries stories, some narrated by the cops and amateurs who solve the puzzle, some even by the murderers themselves.

Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher (Mystery Makers)

United States

Southern Illinois University Press

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