Tales of Terror and Mystery

About the book

Divided into tales of terror and tales of mystery, this collection moves from the possibilities of early aviation to enclosed spaces, unusual animals, railway incidents, and apparently inexplicable behaviour. The Horror of the Heights begins with a fragmentary account that makes exploration itself a source of menace. Other pieces turn professional curiosity, revenge, concealment, or misunderstood evidence into tightly organized narratives. Conan Doyle varies the explanation available at the end, so that the pleasure of solving a puzzle sits beside the less comfortable experience of discovering what the puzzle conceals. The stories often depend on a witness or written account whose limits give the reader a particular angle of approach. Together they show how efficiently a familiar setting can become uncertain when one essential piece of knowledge is missing.

• Discovery and danger
• Evidence
• Secrecy

Why read it

For concise suspense across scientific adventure, horror, and mystery, with several kinds of explanation placed side by side.

Terror and mystery story collection · English text