Ellin was renowned for crafting the finest mystery stories of his era, as noted by Lawrence Block.
Stanley Ellin Book order
October 6, 1916 – July 31, 1986
Stanley Ellin was a master of the mystery genre, renowned for his psychologically complex short stories and novels. His work delves into the darker aspects of human nature, often featuring protagonists grappling with moral ambiguity and inescapable fates. Ellin's skillful plotting and unnerving atmosphere create narratives that linger long after the final page, solidifying his place as a significant voice in suspense literature.
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- 1972
After winning the Wimbledon Championship at the age of nineteen, Chris Monte received an offer of fifty thousand dollars to turn professional. His coach, a Frenchman who had himself been a tennis star, turned down the offer flat - next year, he told Chris, he would get one hundred and twenty-five. But next year Chris was out of big-time tennis, as a result of an injury to a leg. When, therefore, nine years later, Elizabeth Jones walks into the tennis shop of Cobia Isle Spa on Miami Beach and offers Chris fifty thousand dollars to marry her, the figure strikes him as an unnerving coincidence. But events far more unnerving are to follow on his acceptance...
