Alfred Hitchcock Books

Based on the famous series of dialogues between Francois Truffaut and Alfred Hitchcock from the 1960s, the book moves chronologically through Hitchcock's films to discuss his career, techniques, and effects he achieved. It changed the way Hitchcock was perceived, as a popular director of suspense films - such as Psycho and The Birds - and revealed to moviegoers and critics, the depth of Hitchcock's perception and his mastery of the art form. As a result of the changed perceptions about Hitchcock, his masterpiece, Vertigo, hit the No 1 slot in Sight & Sound's recent poll of film-makers and critics, displacing Citizen Kane as the Best Film of all time.

Hot on the trail of seven talking parrots that have seemingly vanished into thin air, the Three Investigators are in more trouble than ever. Danger lurks at every turn as they search for the birds, each of whom can quote part of a coded message from a mysterious dead man.

Beware, beware...Prepare to enter the Master's torture chamber. For here is a truly alarming brood of tales pulsating with delicious evil, the macabre, and all the mystery and suspense for which you crave.Ross Macdonald, Theodore Sturgeon, Harold Q. Masur, Talmage Powell - as you turn the pages, and the house darkens, you will hear the Master chuckling in the shadows. Are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin...

Three junior detectives solve a mystery involving a collection of antique busts, a legacy, a strange letter, and a red ruby.

The story that inspired the Alfred Hitchcock film masterpiece! Cornell Woolrich. His name represents steamy, suspenseful fiction, chilling encounters on the dark and sultry landscape of urban America in the 1930s and 1940s. Here, in this special collection, are his classic thrilers, including 'Rear Window', the story of Hal Jeffries who, trapped in his apartment because of a broken leg, takes to watching his neighbours through his rear window, and becomes certain that one of those neighbours is a murderer. Also included are such haunting, heart-stopping tales as those involving a man who finds his wife buried alive; a girl trapped with a deranged murderer who likes to knife his victims while dancing; and a woman seizing her chance to escape a sadistic husband, only to find her dream go terrifyingly wrong.

A collection of brilliantly told spy stories by writers like W. Somerset Maugham, Edgar Wallace and Eric Ambler, chosen by that master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock.

Three junior detectives travel abroad to solve a mystery involving a silver spider and a political plot that endangers the life of a young prince.