Used book – SHOCKING STORIES, ALFRED HITCHCOCK

In this volume, you will appreciate the originality of Talmage Powell's inspiration in the story of the same name, just as you will enjoy the use that can be made of a simple fuse when your name is Stanley Abbott, and I am sure you will shiver when you discover what "The Last Escape" leads to... You might ask, why call these stories and the others "hard-hitting"? Because, having a passion for dictionaries, I read that "hard-hitting" means "producing a percussive impact" and that "percussive impact" is "the shock resulting from the sudden action of one body on another." Could it be better said in this instance?