Title: The Hands of Mr. Ottermole

Title: The Hands of Mr. Ottermole Title Record # 94843
Author: Thomas Burke
Date: 1929-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: novelette
Language: English

Note: First published in the magazine The Story-Teller, February 1929.

Synopsis: A strangler is prowling London's foggy streets striking at random; he is undetected even though watching policemen are seemingly everywhere.

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Year	Title
1989	The Hands of Mr Ottermole

Year	Language	Title
1959^ⓘTranslated by W. Wielek-Berg	Dutch	De handen van mijnheer Ottermole
1999^ⓘTranslated by Franco Prattico	Italian	Anatomia di uno strangolatore
2004^ⓘTranslated by Víctor Jiménez.	Spanish	Las manos del señor Ottermole

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Pleasantries of Old Quong	1931-00-00	Thomas Burke	Constable & Co. Ltd.		7/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	279	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Edward Ardizzone
A Tea-Shop in Limehouse	1931-00-00	Thomas Burke	Little, Brown		$2.00^?$: US dollar	vi+ 263	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Harlot Killer	1953-00-00	ed. Allan Barnard	Dell	797	$0.25^?$: US dollar	224	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Bill George (artist)
Thrillers and More Thrillers	1968-00-00	ed. Robert Arthur	Random House			[8]+ 208	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Jo Polseno
Thrillers and More Thrillers	1973-10-00	ed. Robert Arthur	Windward / Random House	0-394-82201-3	$0.95^?$: US dollar	208	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Robert J. Lee
Cries of Terror	1976-00-00	ed. Anthony Masters	Arrow Books	0-09-912190-5	£0.50^?£: UK pound	191	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Lurking Shadows	1979-09-00	ed. Christopher Lee, Michel Parry	W. H. Allen	0-491-02289-1	£5.95^?£: UK pound	157	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Dead of Night	1981-05-00	ed. Peter Haining	William Kimber	0-7183-0048-3	£5.75^?£: UK pound	205	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Ionicus
Dead of Night: Horror Stories from Radio, Television and Films	1984-01-00	ed. Peter Haining	Stein and Day	0-812-82848-8	$14.95^?$: US dollar	203	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Hitchcock in Prime Time	1985-08-00	ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Francis M. Nevins, Jr.	Avon	0-380-89673-7	$9.95^?$: US dollar	352	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Dead of Night	1986-02-00	ed. Peter Haining	Stein and Day	0-812-88246-6	$3.50^?$: US dollar	203	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
The Golden Gong and Other Night-Pieces	2001-03-00	Thomas Burke	Ash-Tree Press	1-55310-020-4	C$56.00^?C$: Canadian dollar	xxxix+ 194	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Paul Lowe
Cries of Terror	2012-10-16	ed. Anthony Masters	Bloomsbury Reader	978-1-4482-1020-6	£4.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
The Big Book of Rogues and Villains	2017-10-00	ed. Otto Penzler	Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books	978-0-525-43248-7	$25.00^?$: US dollar	xv+ 911	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Leo Fontan
The Harlot Killer	date unknown	ed. Allan Barnard	Dell	797	$0.35^?$: US dollar	224	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Bill George (artist)

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