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The Mystery of the False Fingertips

James Holding

The Mystery of the False Fingertips

Two high school boys are exposed to danger when they set out to solve the theft from a local museum of five ceremonial Egyptian fingertips. This book is one of two original Young Adult novels written by James Holding (the other being The Mystery of Dolphin Inlet). In addition, Holding wrote the Ellery Queen, Jr. mysteries, as well as nearly a dozen children's picture books, many with mystery themes.

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The Photographer and the Sailor

James Holding

The Photographer and the Sailor

When the Photographer refuses to take an assignment – killing the nephew of General Da Silva, junta member – the Corporation finds a replacement…one not quite up to the job.

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A Decent Price for a Painting

James Holding

A Decent Price for a Painting

A pair of art experts attempt to scam a seller of a piece of valuable pop-art by persuading him that it's only a copy.

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A Padlock For Charlie Draper

James Holding

A Padlock For Charlie Draper

Charlie Draper believes there are two ways of doing things: the easy way and the hard way. Anyone who chooses the hard way, he insists, is a fool. So why does he take the hard way when his story is robbed?

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The Photographer and the Letter

James Holding

The Photographer and the Letter

Rodolfo urges the Photographer to assassinate a nightclub singer who is going to publish a book full of incriminating information on everyone involved with the Corporation. Suspicious, the Photographer investigates…

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The Photographer and the Jockey

James Holding

The Photographer and the Jockey

Criminally underpaid assassin Manuel Andredas is hired to kill a famous jockey – for a particularly paltry sum.

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Go To Sleep, Darling

James Holding

Go To Sleep, Darling

A mentally ill woman waits outside a school to pick up a child with a passing resemblance to her daughter. After following a likely candidate, she persuades the girl to get in her car – and that's where things really go wrong.

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Cop Killer

James Holding

Cop Killer

A policeman tasked with keeping order in a seedy section of town learns he's to have a partner. They get along famously, and as the months pass they seem like a proper crime-fighting duo. Then one night they encounter the policeman's old high school rival-turned-criminal in the process of escaping a robbery…

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In the Presence of Death

James Holding

In the Presence of Death

When the Photographer is hired to kill a printer, he finds layers of deception, counterfeit money, and blackmail. #15 in the classic series from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.

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James Holding’s Murder & Mayhem MEG...

James Holding

James Holding’s Murder & Mayhem MEGAPACK ™: 24 Classic Mystery Stories and a Poem

James Holding enjoys a reputation as one of the more prolific contributors to the mystery magazines of the 1960s and 1970s. (Our bibliography shows nearly 200 stories published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, etc.) He had series, such as the «Leroy King» stories (which poke gentle fun at «Ellery Queen»). He had standalones. He had mysteries of every sort imaginable – and this volume includes a selection of 24 choice...

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James Holding’s Conmen & Cutthroats...

James Holding

James Holding’s Conmen & Cutthroats MEGAPACK ™: 25 Classic Mystery Stories

We present for your reading pleasure a selection of 25 stories by prolific crime & mystery author James Holding. We have named this collection «Conmen & Cutthroats» because Mr. Holding had a penchant for sharp tales involving smart criminals who use their wits to succeed, as well as those whose schemes involve the need for a somewhat more direct approach. Included are: YOU CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL A QUESTION OF ETHICS THE JAPANESE CARD MYSTERY ...

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An Exercise in Insurance

James Holding

An Exercise in Insurance

No need to worry if this bank is robbed—they have an external alarm that rings in a hat shop nearby. Crooks aren't clever enough to figure out stuff like this. Are they?

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Border Crossing

James Holding

Border Crossing

A illegal Chinese immigrant attempting to sneak across the Canadian border into the United States has a secret…

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A Mishap in Venice

James Holding

A Mishap in Venice

It seemed a pity to Paolo that romance in Venice should be at the mercy of racketeers. So he turned their space-work upside down… A chilling suspense novelet!

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The Third Mystery MEGAPACK®

James Holding

The Third Mystery MEGAPACK®

The Third Mystery MEGAPACK® collects 26 modern and classic mysteries. Here are: THE AFRICAN FISH MYSTERY, by James Holding THE EBONY STICK, by Earl Derr Biggers CHICKENS FOR CHARLIE, by Arlette Lees DOUBLE DOUBLE-CROSS, by Jack London Berkebile THE DOOMDORF MYSTERY, by Melville Davisson Post CAPTAIN ROGERS, by W.W. Jacobs A BORDERLINE CASE, by Rufus King JUDGE BARCLAY'S WIFE, by William Hope Hodgson THE...

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The Library Fuzz MEGAPACK ®: The Co...

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The Library Fuzz MEGAPACK ®: The Complete Hal Johnson Series

James Holding (1907-1997) was a prolific short story author in the mystery field. (He also wrote children's books – including the Ellery Queen Jr. series – but short stories were his true domain.) Among the many series he created, the «Library Fuzz» stories, about detective Hal Johnson who tracks down overdue library books (and often stumbles across bigger crimes) is one of the most unusual…and fun! This MEGAPACK™ collects all the «Library Fuzz» tales, plus several that feature...

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A Message from Marsha

James Holding

A Message from Marsha

Larry needs to make money—fast—in order to fund his honeymoon. A full, traditional honeymoon is the only way Marsha will marry him. So Larry decides to rob his boss…

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The Photographer and the Unknown Vi...

James Holding

The Photographer and the Unknown Victim

The Photographer is hired to kill a man using a model to smuggle heroin into the U.S. Evesdropping, he learns that the model double-crossed his victim, hired the Big Ones to have the man killed, and wants to sell her heroin to the Big Ones. Double-cross after double-cross follows!

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Contraband

James Holding

Contraband

A middle-aged American couple is in the midst of a year-long tour of Europe when they come across a man in Zurich who knows somebody in Naples who might be able to help them get something they've always wanted but couldn't obtain…not legally, anyway.

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The Photographer and the Policeman

James Holding

The Photographer and the Policeman

When the Photographer is hired to kill the police commandant of Lisbon, he concocts an elaborate scheme to frame his fellow plane passenger, a man named Verahos, of the crime…

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The Murder MEGAPACK®: 22 Classic an...

James Holding

The Murder MEGAPACK®: 22 Classic and Modern Tales of Crime and Murder

Murder – it's one of the staples of mystery fiction. One of the unwritten rules of the mystery novel is to start your murder in the first chapter…and on the first page, if possible! Collected here are 22 tales of murder. Some are fiendish. («The Doorbell» is especially chilling.) Some are exotic. (Egyptian mummy murder? You bet!) Some take place in far-off locations. (The Canadian woods? At sea? In foreign countries? Why not!) What they all have in common, though, is a criminal mastermind...

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A Rope Through His Ear

James Holding

A Rope Through His Ear

When a less-than-honest collector decides to add a valuable Mochica jug to his collection, he consults Professor de la Vega with a request to merely photograph it. When the professor directs him to the who sold it on the black market, he arranges to purchase it—and that's where the trouble starts, because he still needs to get it back to the United States!

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