THE COLLECTED STORIES by Cross, Amanda - 1997

N.Y.: Ballantine, 1997. 1st ed. Paperback Original, a collection of 10 stories collected in book form for the first time, with one story being written especially for this collection. Fine, trade size, with an Introduction by Cross. In her delicately menacing short fiction, assembled here in one volume, dangerous impulses seize the most unlikely individuals, and everyday existence is fast eclipsed by the bizarre. Among the compelling intrigues: The cold-blooded murder of Mrs. Byron Lloyd, shot dead during a writers' panel discussion . . . the enigma of the nameless toddler who walks out of the bushes one New England summer afternoon . . . the reappearance of a missing Constable drawing just where it can cause the most trouble . . . and other wonderful mysteries, many of which star the incomparable amateur sleuth Kate Fansler.. 1st Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Book.