The Supernatural Solution

Chilling Stories of Spooks & Sleuths

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The Supernatural Solution

Chilling Stories of Spooks & Sleuths

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In conventional detective fiction a supernatural element is usually introduced as a ruse, but in these stories various psychic sleuths are confronted by eerie mysteries whose solutions arise from their supernatural aspects. Many of these occult detectives - such as Dennis Wheatley's Neils Orsen, and E. and H. Heron's Flaxman Low - were based on actual persons. W. H. Hodgson's sleuth, Carnacki, applies scientific principles to occult techniques. Arthur Machen's "The Shining Pyramid" offers what may be the most intriguing use of cryptography after Poe's "The Gold Bug."

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Publisher
Taplinger Pub. Co.
Language
English
Pages
222

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Book Details


Table of Contents

Introduction
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Page Green Tea
E. and H. Heron
Page The Story of Yand Manor House
William Hope Hodgson
Page The Gateway of the Monster
L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace
Page The Warder of the Door
Dion Fortune
Page Blood-Lust
Arthur Machen
Page The Shining Pyramid
Seabury Quinn
Page The Jest of Warburg Tantavul
Manly Wade Wellman
Page The Last Grave of Lill Warran
Dennis Wheatley
Page The Case of the Red-Headed Women

Edition Notes

Published in
New York, USA

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.0872
Library of Congress
PZ1 .S9564, PR1309.H6 .S9564

The Physical Object

Pagination
222 p. ;
Number of pages
222

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5203114M
Internet Archive
supernaturalsolu00parr
ISBN 10
0800874978
LCCN
75027979
OCLC/WorldCat
3104064
Library Thing
2908573
Goodreads
4908377

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