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Hilary Quayle and her assistant, Gene, are asked to take on the
publicity for an extravagant production of Macbeth to premiere at
Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum. Hilary had known the director
many years ago in summer stock. Events proceed as usual in the
theatrical world -- a world fraught with the hectic, the
impassioned, the absolute certainty that nothing will be ready by
opening night, and the absolute drive to belie that certainty.And
on the night of the technical/dress rehearsal all efforts seem to
be paying off with a rather splendid production -- until one of the
corpses turns out not to be acting, and the gunshot during the
blackout turns out to be no flamboyant anachronism.Hilary suspects
the play's the thing and studies the text and old sourcebooks, her
trail finally taking her to the Folger Library in Washington, D.C.
Gene, meanwhile, pursues the problem in more traditional fashion.
His investigations leads through New York's glamorous and less than
glamorous theatrical circles.The conclusions and solutions they
find will surprise everyone. reader who enjoys good and intriguing
mysteries.
Stories that pay tribute to Rex Stout's legendary private detective
by Lawrence Block, Loren D. Estleman, John Lescroart, Robert
Goldsborough, and more. If imitation is the sincerest form of
flattery, then Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin have been widely
flattered almost from the moment Rex Stout first wrote about them
in 1934. The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe collects two dozen
literary tributes to one of crime fiction's best-loved private
detectives and his Man Friday. Included are: A 1947 pastiche by
award-winning crime writer Thomas Narcejac Rollicking new stories
written especially for this collection by Michael Bracken and
Robert Lopresti Stories by bestselling authors including Lawrence
Block and Loren D. Estleman Chapters from Robert Goldsborough's
authorized continuation of the Wolfe series; Marion Mainwaring's
1955 tour de force Murder in Pastiche; and John Lescroart's
Rasputin's Revenge, which reimagines a young Wolfe as the son of
Sherlock Holmes Also featuring a reminiscence from Rex Stout's
daughter, this is a treasury of witty and suspenseful crime writing
for every fan of the portly private detective.
Brian Lumley, a Grand Master of Horror and author of the popular
Necroscope(R) series, opens the collection with the tense "A Place
of Waiting." The moors of Devon, England, are home to many ghosts,
but none as fearsome as the red-eyed specter that refuses to accept
his death. His only chance of release, however, comes at a terrible
cost.
Orson Scott Card puts a new spin on one of literature's most famous
ghosts in "Hamlet's Father." What if the former King of Denmark was
not killed by his treacherous brother for his crown, but by someone
entirely unexpected as punishment for the darkest of crimes? Would
his troubled son still seek revenge?
The patrons of an Edinburgh tavern are introduced to a beverage
with an unusual history in "The Haunted Single Malt" by Marvin
Kaye, a clever and spooky tale about ghost stories and the people
who love them.
Tanith Lee offers "Strindberg's Ghost Sonata," a chilling story set
in an alternate Russia. When a poor man is rescued from certain
death by hospitable strangers, he discovers that he is not a guest
in their haunted tenement building--he is a prisoner destined to
become a sacrifice.
This collection of stories including "Veronica's Gift", "Porch
Swing", and "A View of Wickerwork", that highlight author
Llywellyn's talents as a fantasy writer.
Weird Tales has always been the most popular and sought-after of
all pulp magazines. Its mix of exotic fantasy, horror, science
fiction, suspense, and the just plain indescribable has enthralled
generations of readers throughout the world.Collected here are 13
of the best short stories published in Weird Tales' first year of
publication, 1923 -- classics by many who would later play an
integral part in the Unique Magazine, such as H.P. Lovecraft, Frank
Owen, and Farnsworth Wright.
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