Mysterious erotic tales

by Ruth Rendell, Bram Stoker, Robert Bloch

Sex and suspense are a powerful combination. This fourth title in this exceptionally successful series combines these two elements to bring the reader to a crescendo of mental titillation. A great read.

Genres: Short Stories

1000 pages, Hardcover

First published September 15, 1996

About the author

A.K.A. Barbara Vine

Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, who also wrote under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, was an acclaimed English crime writer, known for her many psychological thrillers and murder mysteries and above all for Inspector Wexford.

Reviews

[Tippy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This wasn't too bad. The first story was my favorite. It was about this guy who likes to scare women by walking behind them at night. It started out by accident-one night he just happened to be going the same way as someone and she got scared. He liked the power of it, and so it was his guilty pleasure to do it periodically. One night he was following behind this woman and she got scared, panicked and hitched a ride with a car passing by. The next day, he found out that a woman who had hitched a ride in a white car had been murdered. Quite creepy and a good spin. Despite the title, I will say that this book has a broad range of definitions for "mysterious" and "erotic." But a good mix of short stories, from authors including Bram Stoker, Ruth Rendell, Edgar Allan Poe and Patricia Highsmith.

[Reija Haapanen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Luin suomeksi, mutta versiota ei ole täällä. Ei kovin erikoinen, plussana lähinnä nopealukuisuus ja pari toimivampaa tarinaa.

[msleighm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Only gets the 4 stars b/c of the last few stories: Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe and Lyn Wood. In fact, for me, the final story by Lyn Wood 'The Plain Brown Envelope' made the whole mediorce beginning worthwhile.