Crime Fiction Alphabet letter O

This is my post for Crime Fiction Alphabet letter O.

The Great Impersonation by E Philips Oppenheim published in 1920 deals with doubles, impersonation, espionage, spooky ghosts, a deranged woman, and a woman mad in love.
British citizen Everard Dominey chances upon German Leopold Von Ragastein in German East Africa. Dominey and Ragastein look alike. After a night of drinking and confessing about their respective exiles, Ragastein murders Dominey and takes his place in English Society spying for Germany. Will he make people believe that he is Dominey? Immediately after reaching London he chances upon Princess Eiderstorm, his former lover, who is bent on causing trouble for him. Will Leopold be successful in his mission?

I was getting more excited at the story that is not being told than the one that is told. I can't say much. I did figure out what was happening that was the reason for the excitement. There is a ghost story for the side which is spooky.

What makes some mysteries, where you figure out everything great and others disappointing? I loved this one!

O is for O Henry

I am not a short story person. If you want to know what that is, it is simple. I love my stories to stay with me for sometime, so longer (and interesting) the better. I enjoy short stories of a few selected authors and O Henry ranks the first place among them. O Henry actually spoiled me. If there is no twist in the end, it is not a short story for me. There should be some twist.

Do you enjoy short stories? Have you read anything by O Henry? Do you also look for the twist in the story?