The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie First Thus Collins 1936. Originally published by Odhams. Lacking front and back ep's. No inscriptions and contents free of any foxing or toning. Covers are fine and have no bumping to corners or rubbing to edges.

Agatha Christie's The Hound of Death and Other Stories strays from cozy crimes into supernatural shadows, weaving nine tales of psychic unease and uncanny fates. A visionary monk summons a spectral hound heralding apocalypse; a séance's red signal unmasks a killer's intent; an amnesiac revives to his hostess's deadly scheme; telepathic SOS averts maritime doom; a gypsy's prophecy spares a life; ethereal wings lure an artist to ecstatic ruin; a grieving mother's final trance exacts tragic revenge; a blue jar's glow warns of peril; a baronet wrestles demonic possession. Christie's crisp prose chills with psychological ambiguity, blurring rational veils to reveal lurking horrors.Christie's The Hound of Death enthralls collectors as a bibliographical oddity—its UK edition a slender rarity, differing from the US The Golden Ball with alternate supernatural selections, underscoring her experimental phase amid Poirot's reign. Culturally, it spotlights her occult fascinations, echoing Arthur Conan Doyle's spiritualist ventures or Algernon Blackwood's ghostly atmospherics, yet laced with her ironic detachment. Readers of speculative chills—fans craving Christie's deviation from whodunits—will treasure its compact terrors, ideal for those who relish elegant unease in tales that probe the mind's fragile borders, much like Daphne du Maurier's early gothics.