| Uncertain Endings: Literature's Greatest Unsolved Mystery Stories Contributor(s): Penzler, Otto (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1933648856 ISBN-13: 9781933648859 Publisher: Pegasus Books OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: "Otto Penzler knows more about crime fiction than most people know about anything."-Robert B. Parker ?? An anthology of challenging riddle mysteries that leave the solution-if there is one-to a different kind of detective: the reader. Uncertain Endings collects the most para-doxical puzzle stories ever written and guarantees to baffle even the most astute aficionado. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.6" W x 8.14" (0.73 lbs) 314 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The most intriguing riddle mysteries in literary history, including tales from Bradbury, Dahl, Huxley, O. Henry, and Twain Tantalizing, as ingenious as they are devious, the classic stories in this continually arresting collection come with an irresistible challenge: At their end they leave it to you, the reader, to determine how they end. For ultimately it's the reader who authors the fate of the brave youth as he contemplates which of the two doors in the king's arena he will choose in Frank Stockton's famous and unforgettable "The Lady, or the Tiger?" And which of the two brothers in three-time Edgar-winner Stanley Ellin's "Unreasonable Doubt" shoots a bullet square in the middle of their rich uncle's forehead? And just what not-so-sweet secret is the prim Miss Spence hiding behind her smile in Aldous Huxley's deliciously enigmatic tale? You decide. |
Contributor Bio(s): Penzler, Otto: - Otto Penzler is the proprietor of the Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. He is the founder of the Mysterious Press and Otto Penzler Books, and has received an Edgar Award, an Ellery Queen Award, and a Raven Award for his contribution to the mystery field. His anthology The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps was a New York Times Bestseller. |