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The Great Book of Thrillers

H. Douglas Thomson

First published 1935
Type Anthology

46 stories, with introduction by Thomson British Library record {{BL|012474569}} notes that 1991 Chancellor Press anthology Great Tales of Terror (see) is a reissue of the Odhams Press 1936 [sic], but only 41 stories are contained in both (with some differences in the sequence).

Five stories are in the 1935 anthology only (by 1935 page number): 166 • The Story of the Greek Slave (1934), Frederick Marryat 261 • The Witness for the Prosecution (1924), Agatha Christie [non-genre] 453 • Bitter Almonds (1935?), Dorothy L. Sayers 465 • The Shadow Man (1935?), Edgar Wallace 532 • The Willows (1907), Algernon Blackwood Compare the 1991 anthology.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1935 Cover The Great Book of Thrillers Odhams Press Anthology