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Cries of Terror by William Hope Hodgson, John Keir Cross, John Metcalfe, M.R. James, W.F. Harvey, Jane Dixon Rice, Thomas Burke, W.W. Jacobs, John Collier, J.D. Beresford, H.P. Lovecraft, Anthony Masters, Arthur Conan Doyle, Saki, C.M. Eddy Jr.

bookwomble's review

3.0

The Hands of Mr Ottermole by Thomas Burke: While rather different in plot, the atmosphere of the story suggests Hitchcock's silent film, "The Lodger", and Lang's "M". A city in the grip of terror during the deadly reign of The London Strangler! Hitchcock did adapt it for his TV show, and in 1949, the tale was voted the best crime story ever!
Burke was already famous for his Limehouse stories of London's Chinese immigrants, banned in some quarters for shocking bourgeoisie sensibilities by referring to intimate relations between Chinese men and white British women