Fifteen spine-tingling stories of murder, mayhem, and the macabre from one of America's finest crime authorsDorothy Salisbury Davis has become known as one of America's finest crime writers through such novels as and "A Gentle Murderer, and " and "The Clay Hand, and " and "Death of an Old Sinner. and " Her short stories have also won acclaim since they first started to appear in 1952. Now, here are fifteen of them collected in one volume. and "Lost Generation and " is classic Dorothy Salisbury Davis: a chilling story of small-town policemen who cross the line between good and evil. In and "A Matter of Public Notice, and " a midwestern town is set on edge by three strangulations of women who live alone. and "Spring Fever and " introduces readers to a farmer's wife who finds romance to be a fatal attraction. and "By the Scruff of the Soul and " presents a case of sibling rivalry turned deadly. And in and "Mrs. Norris Observes, and " the inimitable crime-solving housekeeper happens upon an explosive scene at the New York Public Library. These and ten other stories are sometimes comic, sometimes terrifying, but always rewarding.