In the Shadow of the Master
Edition: First Edition (1)
Series: Mystery Writers of America Anthology
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780061690396
Copyright date: 2009
First sentence: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), while a mainstay of literature today and the recognized creator of the modern genres of horror and mystery fiction, spent much of his life chasing the public and literary acclaim he craved.
Table of contents: title: A descent into the maelstrom; title: On Edgar Allan Poe / by T. Jefferson Parker; title: The cask of Amontillado; title: Under the covers with Fortunato and Montresor / by Jan Burke; title: The curse of Amontillado / by Lawrence Block; title: The black cat; title: Pluto's heritage / by P.J. Parrish; title: William Wilson; title: Identity crisis / by Lisa Scottoline; title: Manuscript found in a bottle; title: In a strange city : the Poe toaster and me / by Laura Lippman; title: The fall of the house of Usher; title: Once upon a midnight dreary / by Michael Connelly; title: The facts in the case of M. Valdemar; title: The Poe effect / by Laurie R. King; title: Ligeia; title: Poe and me at the movies / by Tess Gerritsen; title: The tell-tale heart; title: The genius of the tell-tale heart / by Stephen King; title: The first time / by Steve Hamilton; title: The pit and the pendulum; title: The pit, the pendulum, and perfection / by Edward D. Hoch; title: The pit and the pendulum at the Palace / by Peter Robinson; title: The masque of the red death; title: Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, and me / by S.J. Rozan; title: The murders in the Rue Morgue; title: The quick and the undead / by Nelson DeMille; title: The gold-bug; title: Imagining Edgar Allan Poe / by Sara Paretsky; title: The raven; title: Rantin' and ravin' / by Joseph Wambaugh; title: A little thought on Poe / by Thomas H. Cook; title: The bells; title: Poe in G minor / by Jeffrey Deaver; title: Excerpt from The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym; title: How I became an Edgar Allan Poe convert / by Sue Grafton.