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LITERARY NOIR: A SERIES OF SUSPENSE, VOL. 3
Race Against the Clock and Escape
Volume Three: Race Against the Clock and Escape. These eight quintessential short stories represent some of Woolrich's greatest work, ranging from his first short mystery story to the last new work he saw published before his death in 1968.
Within each story, you will meet a well developed protagonist with a simple goal: to escape imminent danger or race against the clock to save a life (at times their own). Beyond these main themes, Woolrich subtly explores human nature and our basic instincts when it comes to love and survival. There is a palpable level of suspense and terror built into these stories that is incredibly rich because Woolrich incorporated his worst fears into the DNA of these particular characters; his fear of love, of God, to live without meaning, to be out of control of one's destiny, to be trapped and unheard, to die, and biggest of all: to live with the knowledge of the exact details of one's death.
STORIES INCLUDE: The Book that Squealed, Momentum, Three O'Clock, The Dancing Detective, Mannequin, For the Rest of Her Life, Penny-A-Worder and Death Sits in the Dentist's Chair.
STORIES INCLUDE: The Book that Squealed, Momentum, Three O'Clock, The Dancing Detective, Mannequin, For the Rest of Her Life, Penny-A-Worder and Death Sits in the Dentist's Chair.
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Published 2018-05-23 by Renaissance Literary & Talent |