Canadian Mystery Stories
Alberto Manguel, editor
Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1991
288 pages
My review of this, the eleventh of Alberto Manguel's twenty-two anthologies, was posted yesterday at Canadian Notes & Queries online:
What did I think?
Well, for one, it has the most inept introduction I've ever encountered. These jackets to books by writers who are not so much as recognized will provide further clues.
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Phantom Wires Arthur Stringer Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merril, 1923 |
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The Shadow H. Bedford-Jones New York: Fiction League, 1930 |
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The Blue Door Vincent Starrett New York: Doubleday, 1930 |
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The Maestro Murders Frances Shelley Wees New York: Mystery League, 1931 |
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The Hidden Door Frank L. Packard New York: Doubleday, 1933 |
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Trouble Follows Me Kenneth Millar New York: Dodd, Mead, 1946 |
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Exit in Green Martin Brett [pseud Douglas Sanderson] New York: Dodd, Mead, 1953 |
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