Rear Window and Four Short Novels (1984) [Collection]
by Cornell Woolrich
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Summary
(From the publisher):
Cornell Woolrich - the all-time master of mind-boggling suspense fiction. A special collection of five great and scary short novels. REAR WINDOW - The basis of Alfred Hitchcock's great suspense thriller - Hal Jeffries is trapped in his apartment because of a broken leg. Day by day, he watches his neighbors through his rear window - and one day he is certain he's discovered a murder... POST MORTEM - Widowed and remarried, Mrs. Mead learns that her late husband had purchased a winning lottery ticket - and that it's in the pocket of the suit he was buried in... THREE O'CLOCK - A husband plans to kill his unfaithful wife and her lover with a homemade time bomb. He doesn't plan on being tied up by burglars in his basement, minutes before the bomb is set to explode... CHANGE OF MURDER - The ex-con decides not to murder the man who stole his girl friend. Then he is charged with a crime he never even contemplated... MOMENTUM - His ex-boss owes him money. But before he kills to collect it, this poor fool should check with his wife...
Original title: Rear Window and Four Short Novels
Alternative titles: Rear Window and Other Stories Original languages:
English
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Genre: Fiction→ Crime and Mystery→ Suspense
The following works are contained within this one: Rear Window (1942) [Novelette] Author: Cornell Woolrich
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