The Web She Weaves: An Anthology of Mystery & Suspense Stories by Women

✍ Scribed by Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini

Year: 1983
Tongue: English
Category: Fiction

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Except for the work of a few legendary figures, such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers, mystery and suspense fiction is thought by many readers to be largely the domain of men. The stories collected in The Web She Weaves should put any such preconceptions to rest forever.

Includes the following 23 stories:

THE LODGERMarie Belloc Lowndes

THE DUCHESS AT PRAYEREdith Wharton

THE MAN IN THE INVERNESS CAPEBaroness Orczy

THE WOMAN IN THE STOREKatherine Mansfield

MURDER IN THE FISHING CATEdna St. Vincent Millay

THE LIPSTICKMary Roberts Rinehart

POSTICHEMignon G. Eberhart

SUSPICIONDorothy L. Sayers

HARLEQUINS LANEAgatha Christie

HIS HEART COULD BREAKCraig Rice

CHINOISERIEHelen McCloy

GOOD-BYE, MISS LIZZIE BORDENLillian de la Torre

McGOWNEYS MIRACLEMargaret Millar

ST. PATRICKS DAY IN THE MORNINGCharlotte Armstrong

THE POSSIBILITY OF EVILShirley Jackson

THE SNAIL-WATCHERPatricia Highsmith

THE LOCKED ROOMCelia Fremlin

THE FALL OF A COINRuth Rendell

DOUBLE JEOPARDYSusan Dunlap

MY NEIGHBOR, AYJoyce Harrington

NORMAN AND THE KILLERJoyce Carol Oates

CATTAILSMarcia Muller

GREAT-AUNT ALLIES FLYPAPERSP. D. James

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