Helen McCloy
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Bajo el pretexto de «no acabar de encajar con el espíritu de la escuela», la joven profesora de arte Faustina Crayle es despedida a mitad de curso en el idílico internado de Brereton, en plena campiña neoyorquina. La única persona que parece dispuesta a apoyarla es su colega Gisela von Honenems, quien va dándose cuenta poco a poco del terror que su amiga causa en los demás y decide contarle el extraño fenómeno a su prometido, el doctor Basil...
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Nueva York, años treinta. Tras su fiesta de presentación en sociedad, el cuerpo de la joven Kitty Jocelyn aparece enterrado bajo la nieve, a unas cuantas manzanas de la mansión de los Jocelyn. La autopsia revela que la muerte se debió a una sobredosis de Sveltis, unas píldoras adelgazantes que Kitty publicitaba, pero que supuestamente nunca tomó. Tras las primeras pesquisas, el inspector Foyle y el doctor Basil Willing, sagaz asesor psiquiátrico...
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Amos Cottle was a valuable property-a first-rate novelist who produced four best sellers in four years. He had to be protected. From himself (he was an ex-alcoholic). And from his wife (she was a gold-digging siren and she spelled trouble). His publisher and his agent thought Amos's problems were solved when they clawed the beautiful Vera out of his hair and shipped her off to Hollywood. But they were wrong. For there came a night when Vera returned....
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A VERY SPECIAL MYSTERY ANTHOLOGY FEATURING THE BEST BY THE BEST...
In 1984, Mystery Writers of America brought together a roster of authors that has rarely been equaled before or since. Every living MWA President (including several who were also Grand Masters) was asked to select one of their own published stories and write a brief introduction as to why it was their favorite one. The resulting volume, edited under the keen eye of author and screenwriter...
