I only read three of the stories out of this book. One by [a:Agatha Christie|123715|Agatha Christie|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1321738793p2/123715.jpg], a Miss Marple story I had read before, "What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw". It's longer than I remembered, and I think I liked the TV version better. I do love that very iconic scene of the old lady witnessing a murder through the windows of a train into another passing train car.

I read one by [a:Dashiell Hammett|16927|Dashiell Hammett|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1287255332p2/16927.jpg], "Fly Paper", that was the very "shoot 'em up, Joe" type of stuff I have come to expect from the author of [b:The Thin Man|80616|The Thin Man|Dashiell Hammett|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1321111302s/80616.jpg|1336952]. Nobody writes about private detectives like this author! His style is very clipped and to the point, which is perfect for a short story.

Then I read "The Landlady" by [a:Roald Dahl|4273|Roald Dahl|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1311554908p2/4273.jpg], which was extremely short, rather obvious, but written in his inimitable style. I love how he never actually comes out and says what is happening in the story, but leaves the reader to draw their own conclusions. He really is a master at telling a whole story with half an actual story.

All in all, a great collection of stories!