num_pages: 579
description: All 25 short stories by top writers, in this delightful compendium, have a common motif: intrigue, suspense, and crime in New York City. What a perfect companion for a snowed-in night! The editors of this great big collection have selected stories whose plots and styles differ widely. What shines through is the setting -- the Big Apple. Suggestion: Read one story a night and you'll look forward to even the coldest, most blustery evening. Perfect for your permanent library or as a gift to a friend or associate, Manhattan Mysteries gives you the widest spectrum of entertainment, from mystery/humor to mystery/suspense, at an astonishingly low price.Contents:Introduction: Mysterious islandThe good samaritan / Isaac AsimovMom sings an aria / James YaffeThe woman I envied / George BaxtNew York blues / Cornell WoolrichSmall homicide / Ed McBainThe gentleman from Paris / John Dickson CarrThe lord of Central Park / Avram DavidsonA craving for originality / Bill PronziniThe day of the bullet / Stanley EllinThe crime of the century / R. L. StevensThe back stairway / Hal EllsonThe hawk and the dome of Hell / S. S. RaffertyThe beatings / Evan HunterA place of her own / Joyce HarringtonThe medical finger / Ellery QueenThe corpse in the Statue of Liberty / William IrishThe cop and the anthem / O. HenryJericho and the cardboard box / Hugh PentecostThe man who came back / Edward D. HochHildegarde Withers is back / Stuart PalmerThe quality of mercy / Eleazar LipskyMurder in one scene / Q. PatrickThe missing man / Katherine MacLeanThe garrulous Garrity grand scam / Francis M. Nevins, Jr.God save the mark: a novel / Donald E. Westlake
language: English
title: Manhattan Mysteries
titlecomplete: Manhattan Mysteries
genres: Short Stories, Anthologies
ratings_count: 12
publisher: Barnes & Noble books