"Start a story by Conan Doyle and you cannot stop reading, whether
you are ten or sixty." -Michael Dirda "The immense talent, passion
and literary brilliance that Conan Doyle brought to his work gives
him a unique place in English letters."-Stephen Fry Arthur Conan
Doyle's Tales of Terror and Mystery (1922) is a haunting collection
of twelve stories that highlights his extraordinary skills of
storytelling. The first six stories are bloodcurdling tales of
horror, and includes the macabre classic "The New Catacomb". The
last six stories, closer in form to the Sherlock Holmes work,
includes the classic railroad mystery, "The Lost Special". One of
the stand-out works in the entire collection is "The Horror of the
Heights"; in a story that straddles both the science fiction and
horror genres, the journals of a missing pilot reveal the existence
of terrifying creatures that lurk in the upper atmosphere. "The New
Catacomb", in Doyle's tribute to Edgar Allan Poe, tells the revenge
story of two rival archeologists as they sink deeper into an
endless Roman catacomb. In the evocative story "The Lost Special",
a train has mysteriously disappeared without trace between two
stations. When the only evidence of the enigma is the dead body of
the locomotive driver, the local newspaper becomes a platform to
solve the mystery. The intrigue of speculation and reasoning is on
par with the best of the Sherlock Holmes adventures. Tense,
disturbing, and dark, these stories will keep readers captivated
until the final page. Other stories included are: "The Leather
Funnel", "The Case of Lady Sannox", "The Terror of Blue John Gap",
"The Brazilian Cat", "The Beetle-Hunter", "The Man with the
Watches", "The Japanned Box", "The Black Doctor", and "The Jew's
Breastplate". With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Tales of Terror and Mystery is
both modern and readable.
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