Handle with care
Subtitle: frightening stories
By: chosen by Joan Kahn.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Horror tales.; Mystery and detective stories.; Horror stories.; Short stories.
Description: A collection of fourteen mystery stories by such well-known authors as Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, M.R. James, Isak Dinesen, and others.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Joan Kahn --; title: Toy killer / Barbara Williamson --; title: Witch's vengeance / W.B. Seabrook --; title: Object lesson / Ellery Queen --; title: Yellow pill / Rog Phillips --; title: Sailor-boy's tale / Isak Dinesen --; title: Happy brotherhood / Michael Gilbert --; title: Lost hearts / M.R. James --; title: Dancing partner / Jerome K. Jerome --; title: Old nurse's story / Mrs. Gaskell --; title: Mr. Strang picks up the pieces / William Brittain --; title: Black cabinet / John Dickenson Carr --; title: Day of the bookmobile / Patricia McGerr --; title: Dressmaker's doll / Agatha Christie.