Murder Intercontinental

by Cynthia Manson (Editor), Kathleen Halligan (Editor), Kenneth Gavrell

For armchair travelers and armchair detectives: a top-flight collection of suspenseful stories, tales of quaint Irish villages, fast-paced Far Eastern cities, lush tropical paradises -- and destinations unknown.

Contents:

The Caribbean : The missing house / Hayford Peirce
North America : A knife between brothers / Manly Wade Wellman
There are no snakes in Hawaii / Juanita Sheridan
The word for breaking August sky / James Sarafin
Corollary / Hughes Allison
Kaddish / Batya Swift Yasgur
All Indians are warriors / William T. Lowe
Latin American : There are no stars over San Juan / Kenneth Gavrell
The hair of the widow / Robert Somerlott
Asia : The sole of the foot / Shizuko Natsuki
The courage of Akira-kun / Ron Butler
Africa : To catch a wizard / Walter Satterthwait
Eastern Europe : Hide-and-seek--Russian style / Patricia McGerr
Europe : Journey into time / Georges Simenon
Who killed that son of a doge? / David Braly
Suspect / Patricia Highsmith
The mists of Ballyclough / Barbara Callahan
Inspector Wexford and the Winchurch affair / Ruth Rendell
The Middle East : The adventure of the Egyptian tomb / Agatha Christie
The night of power / Josh Pachter

448 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Cynthia Manson is a literary agent, formerly Director of Marketing at Davis Publications, publishers of Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazines. She has also edited several anthologies.