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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Baker's Dozen of Suspense Stories
Contents:
Introduction by Alfred Hitchcock
The Mask by F. Tennyson Jesse
Accident by Agatha Christie
A Day Saved by Graham Greene
Roman Holiday by Robert Lewis
Revenge by Samuel Blas
The Snake by John Steinbeck
Long Shadow on the Lawn by Mary Deasy
The Night by Ray Bradbury
The Rocking Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence
The Warden by Georges Carousso
Leviathan by Ellis St. Joseph
Breakdown by Louis Pollock
The Fool's Heart by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Introduction by Alfred Hitchcock
The Mask by F. Tennyson Jesse
Accident by Agatha Christie
A Day Saved by Graham Greene
Roman Holiday by Robert Lewis
Revenge by Samuel Blas
The Snake by John Steinbeck
Long Shadow on the Lawn by Mary Deasy
The Night by Ray Bradbury
The Rocking Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence
The Warden by Georges Carousso
Leviathan by Ellis St. Joseph
Breakdown by Louis Pollock
The Fool's Heart by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
192 pages
First published January 1, 1949
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79 books18 followersFull name: Fryniwyd Tennyson, an English criminologist, journalist and author (she also wrote as Wynifried Margaret Tennyson)
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November 19, 2017
Under the title "Suspense Stories," this was one of the earliest Hitchcock anthologies, dating from 1949, and was reprinted as "A Baker's Dozen of Suspense Stories". They generally range from 1933 to 1947, but at least one is from as long ago as 1915. It's really quite good.
In "The Mask," by F Tennyson Jesse, a lover's triangle ends in murder and heartache.
I'm not usually that into Agatha Christie, but her story "Accident" is a delightfully dark one about a retired policeman certain that a townswoman intends to poison her husband. I liked it a lot.
In Graham Greene's "Case for the Defense," a murderer gets off with help from his twin brother.
"Roman Holiday," by Robert Lewis is about an American fencer fighting for his honor and his life during a fencing tournament in war-time Italy.
In "Revenge," by Samuel Blas, the narrator kills the man his traumatized wife says attacked and raped her, but it isn't long before he realizes his mistake. This one was adapted many years later for the Alfred Hitchcock Presents television show.
"The Snake," by John Steinbeck is a beautifully ambiguous story about a young man who prepares biological specimens for academic purposes who is disturbed by a strange woman with an unhealthy interest in his caged rattlesnake.
"Long Shadows on the Lawn," by Mary Deasy, is another one with an ambiguous ending, this one of the Southern Gothic variety-- an odd teenage girl is fearful that her deranged uncle is coming to kill her.
In Ray Bradbury's "The Night," written in second person, a boy has sudden realizations about the nature of death when he and his mother go searching the town for his missing brother.
"The Rocking Horse Winner," by D.H. Lawrence is a great story about a boy with an unnatural gift for picking horse race winners, and the deadly toll it takes on him.
In "The Warden," by Georges Carousso, a game warden gets lost in the wilderness himself while searching for a missing hunter.
In Ellis St. Joseph's "Leviathan," an obese man plots the murder of his wife's lover during a trip to the beach.
"Breakdown," by Louis Pollock, finds a man paralyzed alive but with the appearance of being dead after a horrific car accident. This one another one that was adapted for the Hitchcock Presents show.
The volume ends with a Western suspense story by Eugene Manlove Rhodes called "The Fool's Heart," in which a desperate outlaw tries to frame a happy go lucky cowpoke for the murder of his partner in crime.
Highlights: "Accident," "Roman Holiday," "The Snake," "Long Shadows on the Lawn," and "The Rocking Horse Winner."
In "The Mask," by F Tennyson Jesse, a lover's triangle ends in murder and heartache.
I'm not usually that into Agatha Christie, but her story "Accident" is a delightfully dark one about a retired policeman certain that a townswoman intends to poison her husband. I liked it a lot.
In Graham Greene's "Case for the Defense," a murderer gets off with help from his twin brother.
"Roman Holiday," by Robert Lewis is about an American fencer fighting for his honor and his life during a fencing tournament in war-time Italy.
In "Revenge," by Samuel Blas, the narrator kills the man his traumatized wife says attacked and raped her, but it isn't long before he realizes his mistake. This one was adapted many years later for the Alfred Hitchcock Presents television show.
"The Snake," by John Steinbeck is a beautifully ambiguous story about a young man who prepares biological specimens for academic purposes who is disturbed by a strange woman with an unhealthy interest in his caged rattlesnake.
"Long Shadows on the Lawn," by Mary Deasy, is another one with an ambiguous ending, this one of the Southern Gothic variety-- an odd teenage girl is fearful that her deranged uncle is coming to kill her.
In Ray Bradbury's "The Night," written in second person, a boy has sudden realizations about the nature of death when he and his mother go searching the town for his missing brother.
"The Rocking Horse Winner," by D.H. Lawrence is a great story about a boy with an unnatural gift for picking horse race winners, and the deadly toll it takes on him.
In "The Warden," by Georges Carousso, a game warden gets lost in the wilderness himself while searching for a missing hunter.
In Ellis St. Joseph's "Leviathan," an obese man plots the murder of his wife's lover during a trip to the beach.
"Breakdown," by Louis Pollock, finds a man paralyzed alive but with the appearance of being dead after a horrific car accident. This one another one that was adapted for the Hitchcock Presents show.
The volume ends with a Western suspense story by Eugene Manlove Rhodes called "The Fool's Heart," in which a desperate outlaw tries to frame a happy go lucky cowpoke for the murder of his partner in crime.
Highlights: "Accident," "Roman Holiday," "The Snake," "Long Shadows on the Lawn," and "The Rocking Horse Winner."
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October 3, 2023PLACEHOLDER REVIEW
"Accident" by Agatha Christie is an interesting suspense variant of her usual detective fare, with a retired Inspector recognizing a local woman as an infamous celebrity from years past, who was tried (but not convicted) for poisoning her husband. As he slowly becomes convinced that she intends to do the same for her new husband, he tries to figure a way to stop her. It all resolves in a nice twist. Solid time filler, if unremarkable.
"Accident" by Agatha Christie is an interesting suspense variant of her usual detective fare, with a retired Inspector recognizing a local woman as an infamous celebrity from years past, who was tried (but not convicted) for poisoning her husband. As he slowly becomes convinced that she intends to do the same for her new husband, he tries to figure a way to stop her. It all resolves in a nice twist. Solid time filler, if unremarkable.
August 22, 2018
The gem (five stars) in this collection is "The Warden" by George Carousso.
August 15, 2021
Originally released as "Suspense Stories", it was Dell #367
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...# ) while this one is Dell #3626.
Don't get caught unawares!
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...# ) while this one is Dell #3626.
Don't get caught unawares!
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