The Best of Mystery: 63 Short Stories Chosen by the Master of Suspense

From the book jacket:Here are 63 spine-tingling tales, introduced by the master of suspense, the late Alfred Hitchcock. There suspenseful stories originally appeared in ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, and, in the words of the master himself, are "calculated to make your blood run cold."You'll find suave detectives, clever gangsters, bodies in trunks, kidnappings, adulterous affairs, murder, and espionage. You'll meet a happy widower, a homicidal country woman, Russians seeking political asylum, a would-be Greenwich Village stud, the Viet Cong, a teenager out on an unfortunate date, and a very unhappy little boy at summer camp, willing to do anything to go home.BEWARE - This anthology is NOT recommended for late night reading. These masterful tales are guaranteed to unnerve.