Wildside Fantasy Classic: Tales of Terror and Mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Short Stories (Hardcover)

from lauriebrown54

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a prolific writer, and his Sherlock Holmes stories, while the best known of his work, were only a fraction of what he wrote. This book gives us six tales of terror- mostly supernatural- and seven tales of mystery- all works of humankind. Some of the mysteries have the f...

from jen.e.moore

Welp, the "tales of terror" are for the most part a little silly (although I did enjoy "The Horror of the Heights," kind of a precursor to "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet") and the "tales of mystery" are *really* silly, all of which is even more entertaining when you consider that this is what Doyle wa...

from justabookreader

I've been reading more short stories this year and have come to one conclusion --- I prefer one author over several. I enjoy the stories more if I become familiar with the author's voice and I can then move along without feeling the need to stop and regain my footing at the end of each story. In ...

from DarthDeverell

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Tales of Terror and Mystery collects six “Tales of Terror” and seven “Tales of Mystery” from the master of British detective fiction. In the first story, “The Horror of the Heights,” a monoplane pilot ascends past 20,000 feet where he encounters an unknown creature. Doyle...

from jamespurcell

Mostly good to excellent stories with very good narration and very poor audio quality. Discs continually repeat themselves detracting seriously from the literary experience.