The Museum of Dr. Moses: Tales of Mystery and Suspense » (Bargain)

In a prolific and varied oeuvre that ranges over essays, plays, criticism, and several genres of fiction, Joyce Carol Oates has proved herself one of the most influential and important storytellers in the literary world.

In "The Man Who Fought Roland LaStarza" a woman's world is upended when she learns the brutal truth about a family friend's death--and what her father is capable of. Meanwhile, a businessman desperate to find his missing two-year-old grandson in "Suicide Watch" must determine whether the horrifying tale his junkie son tells him about the boy's whereabouts is a confession or a sick test. In "Valentine, July Heat Wave" a man prepares a gruesome surprise for the wife determined to leave him. And the children of a BTK-style serial killer struggle to decode the patterns behind their father's seemingly random bad acts, as well as their own, in "Bad Habits." In these and other stories, Joyce Carol Oates explores with bloodcurdling insight the ties that bind--or worse.

The Washington Post - David J. Montgomery

Of all the literary writers who dip their toes in the dark waters of crime fiction, few do so with the credibility and acumen of Joyce Carol Oates. The focus of The Museum of Dr. Moses, her latest collection of mystery stories, is on relationships. Whether they are between man and woman, parent and child or simply between strangers, Oates uses these relationships to generate the tension and conflict that any good suspense tale requires…By finding the horrors that exist in everyday life—always the most fertile source for fear—Oates has crafted a suspenseful and satisfying collection. Some of the stories in The Museum of Dr. Moses hew more closely to mystery than to the macabre, but they are all a ghoulish delight.

Hi! Howya Doin!     1
Suicide Watch     7
The Man Who Fought Roland LaStarza     25
Valentine, July Heat Wave     85
Bad Habits     98
Feral     120
The Hunter     146
The Twins: A Mystery     165
Stripping     182
The Museum of Dr. Moses     185