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Holly Hobbie brings to life a favorite spooky tale from childhood

'The Case of Charles Dexter Ward'

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Criminal Convictions: Errant Essays on Perpetrators of Literary License Prayer Books fast pacedUniversally recognized as a premier writers of crime fiction, Nicolas Freeling here displays yet another side of his original mind in these "enviably perceptive and lyrical" essays (Kirkus) on other players in the same field. Freeling's definition of "crime fiction" is refreshingly broad, comprising not only the usual suspectstSayers, Conan Doyle, Simenon, to name but a few of those he discussesbut also Dickens, Kipling, Stendhal, and Conrad. For