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Nightmare by Cornell Woolrich EPUB

A DREAM OF DEATH

Vincent Hardy awoke in a cold sweat, terrified by a vision of murder. It was only a bad dream, he thought. But his nightmare had just begun.

In bewildered horror, he found himself drawn to a place he’d never seen before. And there, in the cold light of reality, was the man he'd killed in a dream—very real, and very dead.

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A collection of six classic suspense stories by Cornell Woolrich.

I'll Take You Home Kathleen - A recently-released ex-convict returns home to say goodbye and finds himself accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend.

Screen Test - A police detective, assigned to protect an actress who has been receiving death threats, has to figure out who burned her alive.

I.O.U. - A killer on the run from the police rescued the daughter of a police officer from death, and now expects that officer to help him escape.

Three O'Clock - A man who plans to kill his wife and her supposed-lover finds himself caught in the trap he planned for them.

Nightmare (a.k.a. And So To Death) - A young man dreams he committed a murder, and then finds the dream leaking into his reality.

Bequest - An embezzler encounters a couple of crooks on the run who expect him to give them everything of his as a bequest.

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Personal thoughts: The stories in this collection are all quite solid, with Nightmare and Three O'Clock both being top classics of suspense.

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