Mr. Mummery is feeling sick as he reads in the paper about a cook, Mrs. Andrews, who killed a family with arsenic. He begins to wonder about the cook he and his wife just hired as illnesses and oddities pile up.
A non-genre mystery-suspense story. First published in the magazine Mystery League, October 1933.
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| January 1943 |
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The World's Great Mystery Stories | World Publishing Co. | Anthology | 54 |
| 1944 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 155 |
| 1947 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 136 | |
| 1947 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 155 |
| June 1948 |
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The Unexpected | Bantam Books | Anthology | 118 |
| 1955 |
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Famous Mysteries | Scott, Foresman and Company | Anthology | 182 |
| 1956 |
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Nacht en ontij | Elsevier | Anthology | 224 |
| 1957 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 136 | |
| 1958 |
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Antología de cuentos de misterio y terror | Editorial Labor | Anthology | 937 |
| 1962 |
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Griezelverhalen 2 | Het Spectrum | Anthology | 16 |
| March 1963 | Stories Selected from the Unexpected | Bantam Books | Anthology | 94 | |
| 1965 |
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Shock! | Popular Library | Anthology | 112 |
| 1971 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 136 |
| 1972 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 136 |
| 1977 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Book Club Associates | Anthology | 136 |
| 1977 |
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Tales of Mystery and Suspense | Allyn & Bacon | Anthology | 215 |
| September 1977 |
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The Best Horror Stories | Hamlyn | Anthology | 266 |
| 1982 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hutchinson | Anthology | 136 | |
| 1983 | Tales of Mystery and Suspense | Allyn & Bacon | Anthology | 215 | |
| 1984 |
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The Best Horror Stories | Hamlyn | Anthology | 266 |
| March 1989 |
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Le Masque vous donne de ses nouvelles | Librairie des Champs-Élysées | Anthology | 75 |
| April 1990 |
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The Best Horror Stories (abridged) | Mallard Press | Anthology | 168 |
| September 1990 |
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The Best Horror Stories (abridged) | Ivy Leaf | Anthology | 168 |
| 1994 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 150 | |
| October 1994 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 150 |