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The Hands of Mr. Ottermole

Thomas Burke

First published 1931
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

A strangler is prowling London's foggy streets striking at random; he is undetected even though watching policemen are seemingly everywhere.

First published in the magazine The Story-Teller, February 1929.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1931 Cover The Pleasantries of Old Quong Constable & Co. Ltd. Collection 203
March 1931 Cover A Tea-Shop in Limehouse Little, Brown Collection 193
1950 The Best Stories of Thomas Burke Phoenix House Collection 164
1953 Cover The Harlot Killer Dell Anthology 118
1959 Griezelverhalen Het Spectrum Anthology 163
1968 Cover Thrillers and More Thrillers Random House Anthology 174
October 1973 Cover Thrillers and More Thrillers Windward / Random House Anthology 174
1976 Cover Cries of Terror Arrow Books Anthology 9
September 1979 Cover Lurking Shadows W. H. Allen Anthology 53
May 1981 Cover Dead of Night William Kimber Anthology 80
November 1982 Cover Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror Reader's Digest Association Anthology 313
1984 Cover Murder Most Foul Octopus Books Anthology 209
January 1984 Cover Dead of Night: Horror Stories from Radio, Television and Films Stein and Day Anthology
August 1985 Cover Hitchcock in Prime Time Avon Anthology 88
February 1986 Cover Dead of Night Stein and Day Anthology 80
1987 Cover Murder Most Foul Gallery Books / W. H. Smith Anthology 209
1988 Murder Most Foul Gallery Books / W. H. Smith Anthology 209
August 1989 Cover Dead of Night Dorset Press Anthology 80
February 1999 Cover Il diabolico gioco e altri racconti Garden Editoriale Anthology 139
March 2001 Cover The Golden Gong and Other Night-Pieces Ash-Tree Press Collection 50
2004 Gigamesh, 38 Gigamesh MAGAZINE 62
October 2012 Cover Cries of Terror Bloomsbury Reader Anthology
October 2016 Cover The Big Book of Jack the Ripper Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology
October 2017 Cover The Big Book of Rogues and Villains Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology 453