The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow: And Other Stories
by Patrick Quentin
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This Edgar Award-winning collection from the author behind the Peter Duluth novels delivers "a dozen shock treatments for varying degrees of murder" (Kirkus Reviews). Patrick Quentin, best known for the Peter Duluth puzzle mysteries, also penned outstanding detective novels from the 1930s through the 1960s under other pseudonyms, including Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge. Anthony Boucher wrote: "Quentin is particularly noted for the enviable polish and grace which make him one of the show more leading American fabricants of the murderous comedy of manners; but this surface smoothness conceals intricate and meticulous plot construction as faultless as that of Agatha Christie." This Edgar Award-winning short story collection introduces multiple murderers with a myriad of motives: In the title story, which was adapted for an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, a wealthy woman trapped in a vault passes the hours pondering her life and her loves as time--and her oxygen supply--runs out . . . In post-World War II Sicily, a visiting American discovers that his charity toward a young boy has ensnared him in a trap only a child could have dreamed up . . . A cheating husband planning on killing his wife learns that even the best-laid plans can go astray--especially if your wife is a lot smarter than you . . . A child writes down what she's going to say in a court case, revealing the honest, innocent heart of a little girl--and the cold, calculating mind of a monster . . . Quentin's collection of crimes "produces a cool chill and a calculated thrill" (Kirkus Reviews) and includes: "The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow," "A Boy's Will," "Portrait of a Murderer," "Little Boy Lost," "Witness for the Prosecution," "The Pigeon-Woman," "All the Way to the Moon," "Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?," "Thou Lord Seest Me," "Mrs. Appleby's Bear," "Love Comes to Miss Lucy," and "This Will Kill You." show lessTags
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Colección de historias de Patrick Quentin (seudónimo utilizado por un grupo de cuatro escritores para publicar sus novelas de misterio), publicada en castellano en la mítica colección del Séptimo círculo. Uno de los mejores tratados posibles sobre el arte de escribir historias detectivescas", dice el New York Times, "podría ser la obra completa de Patrick Quentin, ¿Cuándo tendrá un editor la feliz idea de reunir en un volumen sus magníficos cuentos cortos?"
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- Canonical title*
- Bächleins Rauschen tönt so bang
- Original title
- The ordeal of Mrs. Snow
- Alternate titles*
- Portrait eines Mörders
- Original publication date
- 1961
- First words*
- Mrs. Adelaide Snow hörte die Stimme ihrer Nichte und dann Bruce Mendhams Lachen in der grossen Diele.
John Tuthill Crane verließ die Hotelterrasse, die im sanften Licht der Abendsonne lag. - Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Aber manchmal ist es für eine Frau gar nicht einfach, vollkommen auf sich allein angewiesen zu sein..."
- Original language*
- Amerikanisch
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