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"The Dashiell Hammett Megapack" collects 20 early and rare stories by the famous mystery writer, plus one poem. Included in this volume are:<P> AFRAID OF A GUN<BR> ARSON PLUS<BR> THE NEW RACKET<BR> BODIES PILED UP<BR> DEATH ON PINE STREET<BR> THE MAN WHO KILLED DAN ODAMS<BR> MIKE, ALEC, OR RUFUS<BR> NIGHT SHOTS<BR> NIGHTMARE TOWN<BR> ONE HOUR<BR> THE ROAD HOME<BR> RUFFIAN’S WIFE<BR> THE SECOND-STORY...
| Автор | Dashiell Hammett |
The Second R. Austin Freeman Megapack collects 19 mystery tales featuring the forensic sleuth Dr. Thorndyke (and others) plus a bonus essay by the author. Included in this volume are:<P> INTRODUCTION: MEET DR. THORNDYKE, by R. Austin Freeman<BR> THE BLUE SCARAB (1923)<BR> THE NEW JERSEY SPHINX (1923)<BR> THE TOUCHSTONE (1923)<BR> A FISHER OF MEN (1923)<BR> THE STOLEN INGOTS (1923)<BR> THE FUNERAL PYRE (1923)<BR> THE CAT’S EYE...
| Автор | R. Austin Freeman |
When struggling actor Glenn Harley helps starlet Nancy Rhymer cover up the death of another actor, he finds himself caught in a web of blackmail, murder, and betrayal.
| Автор | Robert Colby |
Mack Reynolds skillfully blends elements of pop sci-fi culture, mystery and the detective genre in his 1951 mystery, as a detective encounters organized science fiction fandom. Anyone up on science fiction author of the 1950s will recognize a lot of names!
| Автор | Mack Reynolds |
Strange doings on an ore boat! Ted and Nelson to go undercover as unskilled deck hands on the S.S. Shamrock unravel the truth. Is it just bad luck, or is something more nefarious afoot? Stir in a stowaway, a realistic shipping setting, and a series of puzzling events and you get a classic entry in the Ted Wilford series.
| Автор | Norvin Pallas |
Lieutenant Hornblower (first published in 1952) is the second book in the series chronologically, but the seventh by order of publication. The book is unique in the series in being told not from Horatio Hornblower's point of view, but rather from Bush's. This helped Forester to explain Hornblower's unsuitable first marriage besides giving an objective view of Hornblower himself.[1] This unusual narrative perspective also allows Forester to sustain a mystery, advanced hint by hint...
| Автор | C.S. Forester |
Doc Savage is a fictional character originally published in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s. He was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street & Smith Publications, with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent.<P> The heroic-adventure character would go on to appear in other media, including radio, film, and comic books, with his adventures reprinted for modern-day audiences in a series of...
| Автор | Kenneth Robeson |
Talmage Powell (1920-2000) was one of the all-time great mystery writers of the pulp magazines (and later the digest mystery magazines). He claimed to have written more than 500 short stories, and we have no reason to doubt him – we are working on a bibliography of his work and have documented 373 magazine stories so far…and who knows how many are out there under pseudonyms or buried in obscure magazines? He wrote his first novel, The Smasher, in 1959. He went on to pen 11 more novels under his...
| Автор | Talmage Powell |
Welcome to the second volume of The Black Cat Mystery Community’s «Thrillogy» series, celebrating classic mystery short stories. This time we focus on the work of Talmage Powell (1920-2000). Included are:<P> EASY MARK<BR> LIFE SENTENCE<BR> REWARD FOR GENIUS<P> At the beginning of his career, Powell published, under his name and many pseudonyms, more than 200 stories in top crime and mystery pulp magaziness like Dime Mystery and Black Mask Mystery Magazine. After the...
| Автор | Talmage Powell |
She was a living doll who got all wound up – in murder! An offbeat novel about some very strange happenings.
| Автор | Reginald Bretnor |
Several men find themselves stranded by a flooding river on Bleeker’s Island. The jewels known as Cleopatra’s Tears are missing, and one of the men is believed to be Actor Hart, notorious killer and thief – maybe even the one who stole the jewels. Can the sheriff figure out which one is Hart – and make sure he’s the one without a life jacket when the dam upriver gives way?
| Автор | Harry Stephen Keeler |
"P.I. Johnny Liddell tangles with mobsters, molls – and murder!<P> ""…the [Johnny Liddell] books are classic examples of the hard-boiled private eye formula…[The] books are often distinguished by a gritty, authentic portrayal of New York cops and their methods…"« —St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers»
| Автор | Frank Kane |
Roy Judson Snell was a prolific writer for the young adult market, penning more than 75 adventure and mystery stories aimed at boys and girls. He also wrote under the names of David O'Hara, James Craig, and one book under Joseph Marino. While most of his works have entered the public domain, a handful (such as «The Hidden Trail» in this volume) remain in copyright. Wildside Press tracked down his family and arranged to bring all of his works back into print in definitive editions, both in...
| Автор | Roy J. Snell |
Lord Peter Wimsey DSO is the hero of a series of detective novels and stories by Dorothy L. Sayers. A dilettante who solves mysteries for his own amusement, Wimsey is an archetype for the British gentleman detective. Lord Peter is often assisted by his valet and former batman, Mervyn Bunter; his good friend and later brother-in-law, police detective Charles Parker; and in a few books by Harriet Vane, who becomes his wife.<P> Included are 11 novels and 25 stories.<P> ...
| Автор | Dorothy L. Sayers |
Published between 1910 and 1913, the Aeroplane Boys series consisted of 8 books aimed at boys fascinated by the new technology of flight. It was written by H.L. Sayler under the pseudonym “Ashton Lamar” and focused on the adventures of a group of amateur flyers. <P>IN THE CLOUDS FOR UNCLE SAM<BR>THE STOLEN AEROPLANE<BR>THE AEROPLANE EXPRESS<BR>THE BOY AERONAUTS’ CLUB<BR>A CRUISE IN THE SKY<BR>BATTLING THE BIGHORN<BR>WHEN SCOUT MEETS SCOUT<BR>ON...
| Автор | Ashton Lamar |
The author of the Inspector Damiot novels presents a chilling psychological portrait of a bizarre young man obsessed with rape – and the L.A. cop determined to find him before his victims become corpses.
| Автор | Vincent McConnor |
The violent death of a call girl leads to all-out war on the underworld. A mystery novel classic by Ricahrd Deming.
| Автор | Richard Deming |
A man standing in a darkened room notices that someone is breaking in via the window. He waits until the intruder is inside then holds him at gunpoint. The two then embark on the most audacious conversation any author has ever had the nerve to write. By the end of the book you'll be exhausted by the tales each man tells, each more unbelievable than the last. The climax will leave you gasping!
| Автор | Harry Stephen Keeler |
I’m pleased to present our third collection of mystery stories written for girls. This time we include tales by many popular children’s authors of the early to mid 20th century – more than 1,300 pages of classic kid sleuthing. Included are:<P> THE PHANTOM TREASURE, by Harriet Pyne Grove<BR> THE HAUNTED FOUNTAIN, by Margaret Sutton<BR> THE YELLOW PHANTOM, by Margaret Sutton<BR> RUTH FIELDING AT BRIARWOOD HALL: SOLVING THE CAMPUS MYSTERY, by Alice B. Emerson <BR> ...
| Автор | Roy G. Snell |
Richard Deming (1915-1983) wrote prolifically for magazines (more than 200 short stories) as well as for major book publishers (more than two dozen novels, ranging from original crime novels to media tie-ins (Dragnet and The Mod Squad) to even a pseudonymous nautical series involving submarines. He was a meticulous professional who never disappointed readers.<P> Included here are 15 of his best crime tales, including:<P> THE ART OF DEDUCTION<BR> THE CLOCK IS CUCKOO<BR>...
| Автор | Richard Deming |
Sexton Blake is a fictional character, a detective who has been featured in many British comic strips, novels, and dramatic productions since 1893. As the years passed, Blake’s character experienced various permutations. He was originally created to be similar to earlier 19th-century detectives but during the late 1890s, Blake’s authors consciously modeled him on Sherlock Holmes.<P> Sexton Blake adventures were featured in a wide variety of British and international publications (in many...
| Автор | Anonymous |
Trouble in Tahiti: Commissaire Tama, Chief of Police
| Автор | Hayford Peirce |
Matt Rudd is a vice cop in St. Cecilia. He's seen it all – drugs, prostitution, gangs. But the worst were the thrill parties – especially the one that ended in murder!
| Автор | Richard Deming |
Wenzell Brown's true crime expose of teenage juvenile delinquency, originally published in 1958, is a less sensationalistic than its original 1950s cover would suggest. The original cover copy proclaimed: «The inside story of juvenile delinquency told in actual cases of violence and sex.»
| Автор | Wenzell Brown |