Be afraid�be very afraid: the master of suspense is serving up 58 bloodcurdling tales for your delectation. These suspenseful stories all appeared in Alfred Hitchcock�s Mystery Magazine, and in the words of Hitch himself, they �are guaranteed to chill and unnerve.� Bill Pronzini contributes �The Arrowmont Prison Riddle,� Margaret B. Maron has �A Very Special Talent,� Barry M. Malzberg offers �A Home Away from Home,� and Patricia Matthews chronicles �The Fall of Dr. Scourby.� Meet a girl who stalks Jack the Ripper, a clairvoyant writer of newspaper obituaries, a homicidal partygoer in a sanatorium, and a police detective who lives vicariously through the exploits of one of his most notorious suspects: they all populate these frightening pages. Caution: not recommended for late-night reading�except for the very brave!