Drama at the hunt. What you usually find in novels -- Swedish match -- Night of horror -- Willow -- Thief -- Only way out -- Expensive dog -- Curved mirror -- Court case -- Brother: a slice of life -- Confession -- In the darkness of the night -- Intentional deception -- On the sea: a sailor's story -- Ivan the cabman -- Perpetual mobile -- Evildoer -- Death of an office worker -- 75 grand -- At the cemetery -- Conversation of a man with a dog -- Wallet -- Dead body -- Too much talking! -- Conversation of a drunken man with a sober devil -- Psychopaths -- Assignment -- Fire in the steppe: an evil night -- Ignoramus -- Task -- Dreams -- Crime: a double murder case -- Drama -- Ambulance -- Bad business -- Misfortune -- Man who wanted revenge -- Thieves -- Murder -- Criminal investigator -- Drama at the hunt.
Summary:
The English-language debut of Anton Chekhov's first collection of mystery and suspense tales. Considered one of the greatest dramatists of all time, Anton Chekhov actually began his literary career as a crime and mystery writer. Scattered throughout periodicals and literary journals from 1880-1890, Peter Sekirin brings together these psychological suspense stories in a premier collection that provides a fresh look into Chekhov's literary heritage and his formative years as a writer.
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