Probably the most honored of all current mystery short story writers, Edward D. Hoch combines ingenious plotting with a strong sense of time and place. The Ripper of Storyville is the first book collection of one of Hoch’s most imaginative creations, Ben Snow, the nineteenth century gunman who wanders through the West—and occasionally the East as well. The book begins with seven rare stories about Ben Snow published more than thirty years ago in The Saint Mystery Magazine and continues with seven more recent tales. Ben solves such mysteries as— The steamboat that vanishes as it leaves Vicksburg, Mississippi; The stallion that can be seen only by the victim; Crime in a Sacramento waxworks; The patent medicine man who claims to be able to stop time itself; Serial killings in old New Orleans; A mysterious death near a temple in Yucatan; and The killing of The Flying Man.
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GUNSLINGING AND HISTORICAL DETECTION
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One of the most entertaining series characters in short fction..." -- Mystery News, March-April 1998
This collection shows how Hoch earned, and has maintained his preeminence in the field. -- Mystery Review, Spring 1998
This collection shows how Hoch earned, and has maintained his preeminence in the field. -- Mystery Review, Spring 1998
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Edward D. Hoch is the recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's highest honor the Grand Master Award, and today’s major exponent of the challenge-to-the-reader detective story.
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This review is from: The Ripper of Storyville and Other Ben Snow Tales (Paperback)
This book contains 14 short stories originally written for mystery magazines about gunfighter/detective, Ben Snow, who is continually mistaken for the late Billy the Kid. Each story has a mysterious twist and is usually set in a historical background. Some stories approach being great "impossible" mysteries, but end disappointingly. Others are simply good short mysteries.
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This selection of short mystery stories is great. For readers who are familiar with Edward D. Hoch's work, this is a wonderful collection. For anyone else, this is an introduction to his clever and well-written work. Hoch uses his imagination and writing talents to produce non-blood and guts stories. They are charming and worth reading and re-reading.
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In a way this collection of my first fourteen stories about western detective Ben Snow is really two books in one, so it's only fitting that the introduction is in two parts. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vanished steamboat, phantom stallion, golden swan Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ben Snow, Billy the Kid, River Ridge, Doc Robin, New Orleans, Wade Chancer, New Mexico, Running Bear, Waycliff Station, Bess Kinsman, Father Angeles, New York, Standing Elk, Colonel Noakes, Professor Irreel, Horace Grant, Kitty Hawk, Marge Fisher, Nathan Lee, Seymour Dodge, Sheriff Scott, Countess Lulu, Harry Antioch, Jethro Aarons, River Commission New!
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In a way this collection of my first fourteen stories about western detective Ben Snow is really two books in one, so it's only fitting that the introduction is in two parts. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vanished steamboat, phantom stallion, golden swan Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ben Snow, Billy the Kid, River Ridge, Doc Robin, New Orleans, Wade Chancer, New Mexico, Running Bear, Waycliff Station, Bess Kinsman, Father Angeles, New York, Standing Elk, Colonel Noakes, Professor Irreel, Horace Grant, Kitty Hawk, Marge Fisher, Nathan Lee, Seymour Dodge, Sheriff Scott, Countess Lulu, Harry Antioch, Jethro Aarons, River Commission New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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