Alfred Hitchcock's A Hangman's Dozen
Subtitle: #3428
By: Edited by Alfred Hitchcock
Edition: 4th print of 1st New Dell Ap '66 ed.
Series: Dell Mystery: Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 3428
Publisher: New Dell: Dell Publishing Co. Ltd.
Published: January 1, 1973
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 222
Copyright date: 1962 by Dell Publishing Co. Ltd.
Description: The book opens with a short introductory essay purportedly by Alfred Hitchcock and each story is introduced in a short eerie blurb also supposedly by Hitchcock. And so we feel as if the great man himself is leading us through this collection of stories he has perhaps picked especially for us. It is quite a varied collection with some masters of the short story mixed with some unknowns. A couple of real gems are mixed in here with the OK and a couple of duds, but overall a decent enough satisfying collection of eerie tales of murder, mayhem and perhaps something not quite of this world.***--Nicola Mansfield, Goodreads member***
Notes: ***Manufactured in the USA / A Dell Book / Authors:*** Robert Arthur (Contributor), Ray Bradbury (Contributor), John Cortez (Contributor), Jonathan Craig (Contributor), Richard Deming (Contributor), Charles Einstein (Contributor), Fletcher Flora (Contributor), C.B. Gilford (Contributor), Evan Hunter (Contributor), Richard Matheson (Contributor), Helen Nielsen (Contributor), Jack Ritchie (Contributor), Richard Stark (Contributor), Jay Street (Contributor), Donald E. Westlake (Contributor)
Table of contents: label: 1
pagenum: Jack Ritchie|9
title: Bomb #14; label: 2
pagenum: C.B. Gilford|19
title: The Forgiving Ghost; label: 3
pagenum: Richard Matheson|34
title: The Children of Noah; label: 4
pagenum: Robert Arthur|53
title: An Attractive Family; label: 5
pagenum: Charles Einstein|68
title: Let the Sucker Beware; label: 6
pagenum: John Cortez|75
title: Fair Game; label: 7
pagenum: Richard Stark|
title: The Curious Facts Preceding My Execution; label: 8
pagenum: Helen Nielsen|103
title: Your witness; label: 9
pagenum: Richard Deming|119
title: Blackout; label: 10
pagenum: Ray Bradbury|138
title: The October Game; label: 11
pagenum: 147
title: Stop Calling Me "Mister" / Jonathan Craig; label: 12
pagenum: Jay Street|164
title: The Last Escape; label: 13
pagenum: Evan Hunter|178
title: Not a Laughing Matter; label: 14
pagenum: Fletcher Flora|186
title: Most Agreeably Poisoned; label: 15The Best-friend Murder
pagenum: 194
title: Donald E. Westlake