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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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James Holding

The Photographer: Second Talent

James Holding

The Photographer: Second Talent

In «Second Talent,» Manuel, Holding's photographer assassin, is assigned to kill a rare art collector, Senhor Martinho. But Martinho has plans of his own…

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The Photographer: Lisbon Assignment

James Holding

The Photographer: Lisbon Assignment

The Photographer is hired to kill a man who is using a model to smuggle heroin into the U.S…but the model double-crosses him with unexpected results.

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James Holding

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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James Holding

The Photographer and the Undertaker

James Holding

The Photographer and the Undertaker

The second installment in James Holding's classic «The Photographer» series about a professional assassin. One of his best series.

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The Photographer and the Servant Pr...

James Holding

The Photographer and the Servant Problem

When the Photographer is hired to kill a servant, he finds more than a mere thief plundering employers' homes…

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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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The Photographer and the Professor

James Holding

The Photographer and the Professor

The fifth installment in James Holding's classic «The Photographer» series about a professional assassin. One of his best series.

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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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James Holding

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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James Holding

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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The Photographer and the Jeweler

James Holding

The Photographer and the Jeweler

The fourth installment in James Holding's classic «The Photographer» series about a professional assassin. One of his best series.

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The Photographer and the Final Paym...

James Holding

The Photographer and the Final Payment

In the February 24, 1982 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, the editor offered the following challenge to the Author: «A plot idea for the next Photographer story: when Manuel looks at the name and address on the slip of paper handed to him by Rodolfo, he reads his own name and address. He has been given the assignment to nullify himself! How does the Photographer give positive proof to the Big Ones (no trick photo) of his own death, collect his murderer’s fee, and still remain alive...

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James Holding

The Photographer and the Columnist

James Holding

The Photographer and the Columnist

The sixth installment in James Holding's classic «The Photographer» series about a professional assassin. One of his best series.

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The Photographer and the Butcher

James Holding

The Photographer and the Butcher

The Photographer latest assignment: identify and kill The Butcher, a rival killer. Noting that The Butcher's victims show no signs of struggle, are all ugly, and wore topaz jewelry in bad taste, he deduces that The Butcher is a demented interior decorator. But nothing is ever quite as it seems…

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The Photographer And The B.L.P.

James Holding

The Photographer And The B.L.P.

The Photographer is hired to kill an executive at a chemical company, but as he prepares for the job, the man is kidnapped by the Brazilian Liberation Party, who seek to hold him for ransom.

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The Photographer and the Artist

James Holding

The Photographer and the Artist

The photographer is hired to kill an artist – who moonlights as a forger.

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The Photographer and the Arsonist

James Holding

The Photographer and the Arsonist

The Photographer wakes in a coffin, and flashes back to a meeting where he is hired to kill a one-armed man – who has gotten the drop on him. Will he live long enough to complete his mission? #17 in the classic series.

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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 Mystery of Dolphin Inlet

James Holding

The Mystery of Dolphin Inlet

Pete Hobbs, a fisherman's son in the Florida Keys, and Susan Frost, a go-getter from Tallahassee, join forces one summer to investigate strange happenings in Dolphin Inlet. Their quest will ultimately lead them into danger – with a sunken treasure as the ultimate reward…if they can find it – and keep it! This book is one of two original Young Adult novels written by James Holding (the other being The Mystery of the False Fingertips). In addition, Holding wrote the Ellery Queen, Jr....

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James Holding

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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James Holding

The Library Fuzz MEGAPACK ®: The Co...

James Holding

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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James Holding

The Fund-Raisers

James Holding

The Fund-Raisers

Ramon Ribero, Minister of Justice, is (voluntarily) kidnapped by the Society of the Parrot, a revolutionary organization that he has helped fund against his own government. The government ransoms for his release, but refuses to set free their own political prisoners when threatened with Ramon's death.

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James Holding

The Cutthroats and Criminals MEGAPA...

James Holding

The Cutthroats and Criminals MEGAPACK®

The Cutthroats and Criminals MEGAPACK® contains 20 great stories by modern and classic authors. Included are: CRIMINAL TYPES, by Vincent McConnor REDHEADS DIE QUICKLY, by Gil Brewer THE SARDONIC STAR OF TOM DOODY, by Dashiell Hammett A HEARING AID FOR CARMODY, by Stephen Wasylyk A PADLOCK FOR CHARLIE DRAPER, by James Holding A TRULY HONEST MAN, by Talmage Powell MURDER OF A MOUSE, by Fletcher Flora SUPPLY AND...

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James Holding

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