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Death on television: the best of Henry Slesars Alfred Hitchcock stories
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Henry Slesar / Francis M Nevins
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Henry Slesar wrote more than 40 stories that were chosen for the classic television show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents.Irony, not suspense, is the key ingredient in the nineteen stories by Slesar offered in this collection. While irony often seems a by-product of cynicism, Anatole France called it the last phase of disillusion. For Hitchcock and his writers, irony, not just suspense, was the basis of storytelling, along with its two constant companions: humor and pity.Hitchcock first spotted Slesars work in Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine. The story, entitled M Is for the Many, became an episode called Heart of Gold. A lonely, orphaned young man just out of prison calls on the family of his cellmate. They adopt him and he is happy for the first time in his lifeuntil he learns that their kindness is directed toward finding out where his cellmate hid the money he stole.In his introduction Henry Slesar says, Hitchcock always appreciated a good joke. He also appreciated a good story. I have never needed a more gratifying commendation than the fact that he liked the ones in this book.

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title	:	Death On Television : The Best of Henry Slesar's Alfred Hitchcock Stories Mystery Makers
author	:	Slesar, Henry.; Nevins, Francis M.; Greenberg, Martin Harry.
publisher	:	Southern Illinois University Press
isbn10 \| asin	:	0809315009
print isbn13	:	9780809315000
ebook isbn13	:	9780585192123
language	:	English
subject	Detective and mystery stories, American.
publication date	:	1989
lcc	:	PS3569.L38A6 1989eb
ddc	:	813/.54
subject	:	Detective and mystery stories, American.

Page i

Francis M. Nevins, Jr.,
and Martin H. Greenberg
General Editors

Also in this series

Buffet for Unwelcome Guests
The Best Short Mysteries of Christianna Brand

Carnival of Crime
The Best Mystery Stories of Fredric Brown

Darkness at Dawn
Early Suspense Classics by Cornell Woolrich

Exeunt Murders
The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher

Leopold's Way
Detective Stories of Edward D. Hoch

The Adventures of Henry Turnbuckle
Detective Comedies by Jack Ritchie

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Death on Television

The Best of Henry Slesar's Alfred Hitchcock Stories

Edited by Francis M. Nevins, Jr.
& Martin H. Greenberg

Introduction by Henry Slesar

Southern Illinois University Press
Carbondale and Edwardsville

Page iv

Printed in the United States of America

Edited by Timothy Burns

Production supervised by Linda Jorgensen-Buhman

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Slesar, Henry.
Death on television: the best of Henry Slesar's Alfred Hitchcock
stories / edited by Francis M. Nevins, Jr. & Martin H. Greenberg;
introduction by Henry Slesar.
p. cm.(Mystery makers)
ISBN 0-8093-1500-9
1. Detective and mystery stories, American. I. Nevins, Francis
M. II. Greenberg, Martin Harry. III. Title. IV. Series.
PS3569.L38A6 1989
813' .54dc19 88-26342
CIP

The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Material, ANSI Z39.48-1984.

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For Manuela

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Contents

Introduction

Henry Slesar

Night of the Execution

The Right Kind of House

One Grave Too Many

Party Line

The Money

A Crime for Mothers

The Last Escape

A Woman's Help

Coming Home

Cop for a Day

The Case of M.J.H.

102

The Test

112

Burglar Proof

128

Most Likely to Succeed

140

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Final Vow

146

Blood Bargain

180

Starring the Defense

194

Behind the Locked Door

220

Second Verdict

235

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