Ellery Queen’s Bad Scenes Anthology (1988) by Eleanor Sullivan (ed. Sun77)
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Overview: “Bad scene” is American slang for an unpleasant experience, and that is precisely what befalls the characters in these twenty-five stories gathered by one of the most widely acclaimed editors in the mystery-suspense genre, from the pages of its longest standing magazine.
Eleanor Sullivan once again displays her unerring talent for tracking down the very best mystery-suspense stories for publication in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, which has been the standard for quality fiction in the genre since 1941.
Many of the stories in Ellery Queen’s Bad Scenes demonstrate Sullivan’s affinity for the surprise twist ending. Others raise issues not altogether comfortable to deal with, as does “The Question.” Author Stanley Ellin considered this chilling indictment his personal favorite among the many superb and award-winning stories which highlighted his long career. Cornell Woolrich’s “Rear Window” raises an unsettling question of its own. In Alfred Hitchcock’s famous screen version, the character Stella (adapted from Sam of the short story) is appalled by the way Jeff, the main character, has been spying on his neighbors. “We’ve grown into a race of Peeping Toms,” she says.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
A collection of 25 stories in which something unpleasant happens to someone, and next time, maybe to you:
THE QUESTION – Stanley Ellin
THE OLD BARN ON THE POND – Ursula Curtiss
HER HEART’S HOME – Mary McMullen
THE PHONOGRAPH MURDER – Helen Reilly
TESTIMONY OF A WITNESS – McGarry Morley
THE NIGHT CALHOUN WAS OFF DUTY – Thomas Walsh
THE MISSING MORTGAGEE – R. Austin Freeman
THE BEAUTY IN THAT HOUSE – Florence V. Mayberry
MAN IN HIDING – Vincent Starrett
MRS. KENDALL’S TRUNK – Robert Twohy
FRANZ KAFKA, DETECTIVE: THE BIRD OF ILL OMEN – Charles West, Jr.
FALLING OBJECT – William Brittain
THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN PERCY STREET – Baroness Orczy
THE GOOD TIMES ALWAYS END – David Morrell
THE MEN IN BLACK RAINCOATS – Pete Hamill
MONDAY IS A QUIET PLACE – Marjorie Carleton
THE SHOP THAT EXCHANGED EVILS – Lord Dunsany
THE BAG MAN – Brooke Weld
THE NEIGHBORS – John Galsworthy
A QUESTION OF NEIGHBORLINESS – David Ely
WHO’S THE BLONDE? – John D. MacDonald
IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD – Robert L. Fish
DÉJÀ VU – Mary Barrett
FISHING CAN BE FATAL – Stephen Wasylyk
REAR WINDOW – Cornell Woolrich
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