"Murder Most Postal" is a collection of twenty-one stories by masters of the mystery genre who have written about purloined postage, lethal letters, and cold-blooded correspondence. From stolen stamps to murder-by-mail, these tales are "first-class" examples of how dangerous a message can be.
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From the same series and the same anthologist, Murder Most Postal: Homicidal Tales That Deliver a Message offers epistolary mystery and horror from 21 writers. In Greenberg's story, a hubristic young author is fatally cursed by a scorned publisher. Joyce Harrington tells of a lonely inmate sending letters out into the void. Ellery Queen and Edgar Allan Poe are also featured.
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Homicidal Tales that Deliver a Message
Special Delivery indeed! This collection of twenty-one stories by masters of mystery--including Evan Hunter, Ellery Queen, Gordon R. Dickson, and more--is about purloined postage, lethal letters, and cold-blooded correspondence. From Edgar Allan Poe's nineteenth-century classic "The Purloined Letter," which tells of a missive gone astray and cunning way in which it is retrieved, to Matthew Costello's very twenty-first-century chat-room intrigue, "Someone Who Understands Me," these tales are first-class examples of just how dangerous getting in touch can be. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Special Delivery indeed! This collection of twenty-one stories by masters of mystery--including Evan Hunter, Ellery Queen, Gordon R. Dickson, and more--is about purloined postage, lethal letters, and cold-blooded correspondence. From Edgar Allan Poe's nineteenth-century classic "The Purloined Letter," which tells of a missive gone astray and cunning way in which it is retrieved, to Matthew Costello's very twenty-first-century chat-room intrigue, "Someone Who Understands Me," these tales are first-class examples of just how dangerous getting in touch can be. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Really neat anthology of certainly different crime stories...,
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a good book if you want something that will shake your imagination and keep you interested.
This is an anthology of the most bizarre postal related mysteries. Neat because you can read one a day or the whole book. I just don't think that before going to bed is a good time...they may disturb your slumber. Part of the "Murder Most..." series and well edited by Martin Greenberg. Just thorougly enjoyable..you will love it.
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Although cultural anthropologists have come up with several reasons to account for the advancement of mankind, including our use of tools and trial-and-error problem solving, the development of our ability to communicate might be the ultimate key to our dominance of this planet. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Father Dowling, New York, Sergeant Velie, Paul Dandridge, Vera Lytton, Betsy Mae, Friederich Ulm, Halsey Post, Miss Lytton, Pure Rotten, Phil Keegan, Albert Ulm, Janice Coral Olinger, Treasure Book Club, Woodlawn Drive Panduk, James Corbett, Andy Traconni, Edgar Allan Poe, Alex Edward, Alma Willard, Billy Croydon, Ellery Queen, Mystery Writers of America, Old Raspurian, Sally Murphy New!
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Although cultural anthropologists have come up with several reasons to account for the advancement of mankind, including our use of tools and trial-and-error problem solving, the development of our ability to communicate might be the ultimate key to our dominance of this planet. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Father Dowling, New York, Sergeant Velie, Paul Dandridge, Vera Lytton, Betsy Mae, Friederich Ulm, Halsey Post, Miss Lytton, Pure Rotten, Phil Keegan, Albert Ulm, Janice Coral Olinger, Treasure Book Club, Woodlawn Drive Panduk, James Corbett, Andy Traconni, Edgar Allan Poe, Alex Edward, Alma Willard, Billy Croydon, Ellery Queen, Mystery Writers of America, Old Raspurian, Sally Murphy New!
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- Isaac Asimov (Writers of the 21st Century) by Joseph D. Olander on page 301, and Back Matter
- Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe on page 302
- The Poisoned Pen by B. Arthur Reeve on page 161
- Created By by Richard Christian Matheson on page 299
- The Silent Bullet by Arthur B. Reeve on page 300
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