Cornell Woolrich je považován za nejlepšího autora ryzího napínavého fiktivního žánru dvacátého století. Jeho díla, často s temnými a emocionálně mučenými postavami, se vyznačují mistrovským zvládnutím napětí a atmosféry. Woolrich, který začal psát mainstreamové romány, si získal uznání v oblasti kriminální fikce, kde díky své plodnosti publikoval pod různými pseudonymy. Zanechal po sobě odkaz, který podporuje mladé spisovatele.
Svazek dříve nesebraných napínavých próz spisovatele, jehož osudem bylo stát se Edgarem Allanem Poem dvacátého století, zaujme, nejenom všechny z těch nesčetných, kteří dávno čtou a milují jeho dílo, ale i novou generaci čtenářů detektivek.
Tento svazek obsahuje díla vydaná samostatně: Černý anděl, Dáma měla oranžový klobouk, Nevěsta v černém. Vybral Jan Zábrana. Vydání první (William Irish: Dáma měla oranžový klobouk vydání druhé).
Detektivka, v níž významnou roli při usvědčení vraha má velký oranžový klobouk.
Cornell Woolrich masterfully crafts suspenseful narratives where ordinary individuals confront extraordinary and terrifying situations. This collection features four of his most gripping novellas, showcasing his unparalleled talent for building tension and engaging readers in spine-chilling experiences. Each story promises to immerse readers in a world of fear and uncertainty, highlighting Woolrich's ability to transform the mundane into the macabre.
Cornell Woolrich's best novel, now in a stunningly designed new edition with new artwork and a new introduction.
What if you woke up to discover everyone thought you were somebody else? Pregnant and abandoned, all Helen Georgesson has is five dollars and a one-way ticket to San Francisco. Then she is involved in a train crash, and regains consciousness only to discover that she has given birth - and, in a bizarre twist of fate, has been mistaken for somebody else. Helen decides to claim this opportunity to make a new life for herself and her son. But eventually her past will catch up with her, in terrible ways...
A police detective seeks the rationale between seemingly-unrelated murders, connected only by the appearance of a beautiful woman each time When the wealthy ladies’ man fell from his balcony in the midst of his engagement party, the police dismissed the death as the result of a freak accident. There was nothing to connect it with the poisoning of a lonely man in his squalid apartment, or with the married business-man killed after him, sealed into a closet and left to suffocate. No connection, that is, aside from the appearance of a beautiful woman in each case, just before the victims met their untimely ends. Nobody knows her identity, where she comes from or whither she goes. Nor do they know why anyone would be targeting this series of seemingly-unrelated persons. But one police detective is convinced that the answers to these questions can save the lives of men who might be next on the list, men who will continue to die at a rapid rate unless he can solve the puzzle and intervene. Cornell Woolrich’s first crime novel, The Bride Wore Black is the stylish, tense thriller that launched the career of “the supreme master of suspense” (New York Times). It was filmed by Francois Truffaut under the same title, and went on to inspire Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill movies.
On a mild midwestern night in the early 1940s, Johnny Marr leans against a drugstore wall. He’s waiting for Dorothy, his fiancée, and tonight is the last night they’ll be meeting here, for it’s May 31st, and June 1st marks their wedding day. But she’s late, and Johnny soon learns of a horrible accident—an accident involving a group of drunken men, a low-flying charter plane, and an empty liquor bottle. In one short moment Johnny loses all that matters to him and his life is shattered. He vows to take from these men exactly what they took from him. After years of planning, Johnny begins his quest for revenge, and on May 31st of each year—always on May 31st—wives, lovers, and daughters are suddenly no longer safe.
