Short Story Wednesday: Golden Age Detectives Stories, edited by Otto Penzler

I sampled four stories from this anthology, which is part of the American Mystery Classics series published by Penzler Publications. Each story has an introduction with information about the author and the specific story. As I was not familiar with all of these authors, that information was welcome."The Enemy" by Charlotte ArmstrongThis story begins with an altercation between a group of young boys and a man who lives in their neighborhood. A dog belonging to one of the boys has been found dead, poisoned. They blame the death on the man, who denies that he had anything to do with it. The police are brought in but say that there is no proof and they cannot follow up. Mike Russell is the amateur detective who offers to help the boys investigate further. An interesting story that has a surprising ending.This story was recommended by Jerry House at a previous Short Story Wednesday post at Patti Abbott's blog. "The Stripper" by Anthony BoucherFirst paragraph:He was called Jack The Stripper…

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