Murder Cavalcade (1916) Anthology by Mystery Writers of America, Inc. (ed. Sun77)
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Overview: Many persons die in these pages, and none peaceably, in his bed. Most are shot, although one man hangs himself and still is murdered, some are knifed and at least one is smothered. It is trusted by all members of Mystery Writers of America, Inc., that this carnage will prove a source of innocent merriment, rendering evenings pleasantly hideous, convincing gentlemen in their libraries that the innocent paper knife nearby is potentially lethal and causing elderly ladies to think several times before downing the evening’s glass of warm milk so considerately supplied by a devoted nephew.
It is our thesis that life is dangerous and, in most cases, short. It is our profession to demonstrate this thesis with poison bottle, .22 automatic, bludgeon and, above all, typewriter. It is, probably, a somewhat curious profession; there are those, fortunately few, who consider it only less nefarious than the crimes which we invent…
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
Includes the following 20 stories:
HIS HEART COULD BREAK—Craig Rice
DEATH AT THE PORTHOLE—Baynard Kendrick
THE DOCTOR MAKES IT MURDER—George Harmon Coxe
EYE WITNESS—Robert Arthur
THE CRIME IN THE ENVELOPE—Ken Crossen
CHANGE FOR TWENTY—Kurt Steel
BEHIND THE DOOR—Percival Wilde
TWENTY-DOLLAR DEBT—Lawrence Treat
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOTHEBY SALESMAN—August Derleth
THE CORPSE IN GRAMPA’S BED—Richard Burke
THE HOMECOMING—Dorothy B. Hughes
THE NAMELESS CLUE—Helen McCloy
THE SWAN-BOAT MURDER—Phoebe Atwood Taylor
TRICK-OR-TREAT—Anthony Boucher
CASE OF THE BLIND WITNESS—William Gresham
THE MILLION-DOLLAR MOTIVE—Brett Halliday
THE LAST OF MRS. MAYBRICK—Q. Patrick (Patrick Quentin)
THE CAFÉ SOCIETY MURDER—Edward D. Radin
THE GOLDEN TWENTY—Ellery Queen
THE WHODUNIT IN WORLD WAR II—Howard Haycraft
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