Mystery in the Mainstream

by Bill Pronzini

First published 1986 · 391 pages

About this book

Contains: The birthmark / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- A pair of gloves / Charles Dickens -- The biter bit / Wilkie Collins -- God sees the truth but waits / Leo N. Tolstoy -- A watcher by the dead / Ambrose Bierce --Mr. Brisher's treasure / H.G. Wells -- The return of Imray / Rudyard Kipling -- The bet / Anton Chekhov -- Bewitched / Edith Wharton -- Before the party / W. Somerset Maugham -- The neighbors / John Galsworthy -- Without the option / P.G. Wodehouse -- The gioconda smile / Aldous Huxley -- Cigarette girl / James M. Cain -- It takes a thief / Arthur Miller -- Murder on the waterfront / Budd Schulberg -- How Mr. Hogan robbed a bank / John Steinbeck -- My son the murderer / Bernard Malamud -- Sentimental journey / Joyce Carol Oates -- The interview / Evan Hunter -- The killer / Norman Mailer.

  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Law, michigan
  • short stories
  • Labor unions
  • Political activity
  • History
  • Labour Party (Great Britain)

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