Tales for a rainy night
Subtitle: the 14th Mystery Writers of America anthology
By: edited by David Alexander
Contributors: Fawcett Publications, Inc; Mystery Writers of America
Series: Crest book -- d557; A Crest reprint; Fawcett world library; Crest book -- d557.; Crest reprint; Fawcett world library
Publisher: Fawcett Publications, Inc., member of American Book Publishers Council, Inc.
Published: 1962
Place of publication: Greenwich, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Copyright date: 1961
Subjects: American Short stories; American Detective and mystery stories
Other titles: 14th Mystery Writers of America anthology
Description: "A masterful collection of suspense and whodunit stories ... by Stanley Ellin, Michael Gilbert, Miriam Allen deFord, Raymond E. Banks, Donald A. Yates, Nedre Tyre, Maurice Procter, Anthony Boucher and 10 other top suspense writers ..." --
Notes: "First Crest printing, September 1962"--Title page verso.

Includes brief biographical notes on authors.
Table of contents: title: Foreword by the editor; title: Robert  -- by Stanley Ellin; title: The human chair  -- by Edogawa Rampo; title: Pressure  -- by Morris Hershman; title: The murder of George Washington  -- by Richard M. Gordon; title: The widow of Ephesus  -- by Margaret Manners; title: Lost leader  -- by Michael Gilbert; title: Doctor's orders  -- by John F. Suter; title: Walking alone  -- by Miriam Allen deFord; title: The twenty friends of William Shaw  -- by Raymond E. Banks; title: Inspector's lunch  -- by Donald A. Yates; title: Reflections on murder  -- by Nedra Tyre; title: West Riding to Maryland  -- by Maurice Procter; title: The pink caterpillar  -- by Anthony Boucher; title: Flash attachment  -- by Dell Shannon; title: Death and the compass  -- by Jorge Luis Borges; title: Have you lost your head?  -- by Joseph Commings; title: The child watcher  -- by Ernest Harrison; title: View from the terrace -- by Mike Marmer.