Tales of Unease (Tales of Mystery & The Supernatural)

by Arthur Conan Doyle

David Stuart Davies

This book is selected and with an introduction by David Stuart Davies. In these twilight excursions, Doyle's vivid imagination for the strange, the grotesque and the frightening is given full rein. We move from the mysteries of Egypt and the strange powers granted by The Ring of Thoth to the isolated ghostlands of the Arctic in "The Captain of the Polestar"; we encounter a monstrous creature in "The Terror of Blue John Cap" and the beings that live above our head in "The Brazilian Cat and The Leather Funnel"; and we shudder at the thing in the next room in "Lot 249".

• ISBN13: 9781840224061
• Publish Date: 1 May 2000
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 15 March 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 224
• Language: English

Reviews

[Cameron Trost]

Frissons aplenty are guaranteed in this collection, which offers the daring reader some of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most imaginative and cleverly crafted tales. From the psychological suspense of "The New Catacomb" and "The Brazilian Cat" to the supernatural terror of "The Ring of Thoth" and "The Los Amigos Fiasco", the unease promised by the title never ceases. There really is no point in me writing a lengthy review of this collection, and it would be a terrible shame to ruin any of the many twists and surprises lurking within these pages. In short, if I had to choose my favourite classic suspense/horror book, it would probably have to be this one; neck and neck with Edgar Allan Poe's "Tales of Mystery and Imagination". Enjoy the unease.