Mystery Stories
By: chosen by Helen Cresswell ; illustrated by Adrian Reynolds.
Contributors: Cresswell, Helen.; Reynolds, Adrian, ill.
Edition: 1st ed. (1)
Series: Story library
Publisher: Kingfisher
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780753450253
Copyright date: 1996
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; Children's stories; Mystery and detective stories; Short stories
Description: A collection of nineteen mysterious stories involving surprising circumstances, unexpected crimes, and eerie events, by such authors as Vivien Alcock, Ray Bradbury, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Diana Wynne Jones.
Table of contents: title: The Azteck opal / Rodrigues Ottolengui --; title: Wuthering Heights (extract) / Emily Bronte --; title: The girl who kissed the peach tree / Eleanor Farjeon --; title: The thing in the pond / Paul Ernst --; title: Smart ice cream / Paul Jennings --; title: The pelican / Ann Pilling --; title: The adventures of Johnnie Waverly / Agatha Christie --; title: The tower / Carl Jung --; title: The scythe / Ray Bradbury --; title: A sea above the sky / Thomas Wright --; title: A vine on a house / Ambrose Bierce --; title: The master / Diana Wynne Jones --; title: King Arthur (extract) / Sir Thomas Malory --; title: The whisperer / Vivien Alcock --; title: Texts / Ursula Le Guin --; title: The sky sea / Helen Cresswell --; title: The adventure of the Sussex vampire / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle --; title: The bewitched jacket / Dino Buzzati