Cynthia Manson & Constance Scarborough (ed) - Win, Lose or Die
Название: Win, Lose or Die / Выиграй, проиграй или умри Год выпуска: 1996 Под редакцией: Manson, Cynthia & Scarborough, Constance / Мэнсон, Синтия & Скарборо, Констанс Издательство: Carroll & Graf ISBN: 0-7867-0317-2 Формат: EPUB Качество: OCR Язык: английский
Описание: Антология детективов из "Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine" и "Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine". Тема - игра. От покера до шахмат. Среди авторов: Anthony Boucher, John Steinbeck, Henry Slesar, Sara Paretsky, Lord Dunsany, Agatha Christie, Lawrence Block, Ellery Queen ...
DEALER'S CHOICE by Forrest V. Perrin THE LAST HAND by Anthony Boucher THE CRAPSHOOTER by John Steinbeck THE SCRABBLE CLUE by John Philip Cohane THE POISONED PAWN by Henry Slesar THE TAKAMOKU JOSEKI by Sara Paretsky THE ACE OF SPADES by “Pat Hand” THE NEW MASTER / Новый гроссмейстер by Lord Dunsany LIFE, DEATH AND OTHER TRIVIAL CONCERNS by Robert Loy BEWARE THE KING OF CLUBS (= The King of Clubs) / Король треф by Agatha Christie THE WAY TO DO IT / Как это делается by Jack Ritchie MULDOON AND THE NUMBERS GAME / Лотерея by Robert L. Fish MURDER, ANYONE? by Phil Davis THE MAN WHO WAS THE GOD OF LOVE by Ruth Rendell END PLAY / Конец игры by Harry Kemelman GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT / Удачный вечер бизнесмена by Lawrence Block MR. HANCOCKS LAST GAME by David Kaufman SCRABBLE BABBLE DABBLE by H.R.F. Keating THE CHESS PARTNER by Theodore Mathieson SHADE WORK by Bill Pronzini KING'S KNIGHT GAMBIT DECLINED by R.L. Stevens THE MURDER GAME by Nedra Tyre CARD SENSE by James Holding FOUR KNIGHTS GAME by George C. Chesbro FOOL'S MATE / Двойник дурака by Stanley Ellin THE GAMBLERS' CLUB by Ellery Queen
Agatha Christie
BEWARE THE KING OF CLUBS
“Truth,” I observed, laying aside the Daily Newsmonger, “is stranger than fiction!” The remark was not, perhaps, an original one. It appeared to incense my friend. Tilting his egg-shaped head on one side, the little man carefully flicked an imaginary fleck of dust from his carefully creased trousers, and observed: “How profound! What a thinker is my friend Hastings!” Without displaying any annoyance at this quite uncalled-for gibe, I tapped the sheet I had laid aside. . . .
