Night Call and Other Stories of Suspense

by Charlotte Armstrong

Book Overview

Charlotte Armstrong (1905-1969) introduced suspense into the commonplace, the everyday, by writing short stories and novels in which one simple action sets a series of events spiraling into motion, pulling readers along, breathless with anxiety. By creating characters that could be one's next-door-neighbors and by relocating suspense, in many cases, from its Gothic ancestral settings, to locales she knew best, Armstrong created what the mystery writer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1936363062
• ISBN13: 9781936363063
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Crippen & Landru Publishers
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"