First published 2017
This collection brings together six mystery stories from literary masters. Henry James delivers The Aspern Papers, where a scholar pursues precious documents in Venice. Arthur Conan Doyle contributes The Case of Lady Sannox, a dark tale of revenge and medical horror. Ambrose Bierce offers An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge, following a Confederate prisoner facing execution during the Civil War. Guy De Maupassant presents The Necklace, tracking a woman's desperate attempt to replace a borrowed jewel. Edgar Allan Poe provides The Pit and the Pendulum, where a victim of the Spanish Inquisition confronts elaborate torture devices. Robert Louis Stevenson rounds out the anthology with The Body Snatcher, exploring grave robbing in old Edinburgh. Each story showcases different approaches to mystery and suspense, from psychological tension to supernatural dread.
Genres: 20th-century, suspense, mystery, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, psychological-horror, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Edinburgh, Spain, Venice
Period: Civil War, Spanish Inquisition
136 pages · Paperback · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Content warnings: death, gore, violence