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In 1936 Harry Stephen Keeler wrote a huge novel featuring the most unreliable narrator in literary history. His publishers forced him to split the books into two volumes, The Mysterious Mr. I and The Chameleon.Now, Ramble House has put the two novels together in one volume so you can read the whole story without changing books. Together, they are one of the most unusual books ever written.
| Автор | Harry Stephen Keeler |
Scandal hits the prestigious publishing house of Barnabas when one of the directors is found dead in a locked cellar.<P> All eyes are on the other partners at the firm – cousins of the dead man with much to gain from his demise – and all rumours hint at a connection to the disappearance of another director decades earlier.<P> Desperate to salvage their reputation, the cousins turn to Albert Campion – but will his investigations clear the Barnabas family name, or besmirch it...
| Автор | Margery Allingham |
Collected here are 20 tales of darkest crime and criminals, by some of the foremost mystery writers of the pulp era. Included are:<P> THE ART OF MURDER, by Norman A. Daniels<BR> SEX MURDER IN CAMERON, by Michael Fessier<BR> HOT-MOTOR HOMICIDE, by Norman Ober<BR> “GIVE ME A BREAK,” by Norman Struber<BR> EAR-WITNESS, by Maurice Beam<BR> THE GENTLEST OF THE BROTHERS, by David Alexander<BR> AUTHOR’S ADVENTURE, by Upton Sinclair<BR> ONE WAY...
| Автор | Talmage Powell |
Richard Deming (1915-1983) was an American pulp writer who specialised in mystery and detective fiction. In addition to original novels, he found a lucrative niche writing books based on movies TV series (such as Dragnet) and also ghost-wrote no less than ten «Ellery Queen» novels. In addition to numerous stand-alone books and stories, he created series featuring Manville (Manny) Moon and Matt Rudd. This volume provides a great sampling of his work. Included are:<P> HOMICIDE,...
| Автор | Richard Deming |
The Suicide Hour. Four A.M., when resistance is lowest. For one particular young woman, the hour has a special meaning…and she often wakes a night, terrified…and unsure exactly why. <P>The puzzle unravels slowly. What happened to her father? Did he really abandon his wife and children, as everyone thinks? Or did something more sinister occur? Her mother and brother can offer little help or information. Mr. White, her father's business partner, has sold his share of the business and...
| Автор | Mildred Davis |
A late-night tryst with a beautiful vixen sounds like an ideal setup for murder, especially with a serial killer on the loose. But as with any Gil Brewer tale, this one takes some unexpected twists!
| Автор | Gil Brewer |
That sea-going Jeff Tyler aboard his 85-foot «Loafalong» sights a life-raft with a dead boy and an almost-dead girl drifting on the Caribbean. A swift-moving story that flows from Florida waters to New Orleans – with a murder in every mile and a girl in every port. The perfect Jeff Tyler story, packed with rough, violent action against corruption, and tender loving care against seduction.
| Автор | J.L. Potter |
#8 in the Hugh North series. Captain Hugh North of the American Army's G-2 division is on hand when a peace advocate is attacked and robbed on his way to the Budapest Peace Conference, on the eve of World War II. Only North can figure out the intricate plots going on behind the scenes.
| Автор | Van Wyck Mason |
A Nazi spy stops at a private park during a practice blackout, where he meets a lovely young woman who refuses his advances—until he lies and says that he is both dying and off one a suicide mission…
| Автор | W.B. Rainey |
Jack Halliday is an author, award-winning screenwriter and consulting producer whose work has appeared in numerous digital and print publications. His first fiction collection, «Kawanga/Swan Song and Other Mystery Stories,» was published by Wildside Press as their 12th Mystery Double. This volume collects 3 of his great stories:<P> FINDING PHYLLIS<BR> IN THE BLOOD<BR> THE WOMAN IN THE ELEVATOR
| Автор | Jack Halliday |
Welcome to The Fourth Mystery MEGAPACK®! This time we have a stellar lineup for your reading pleasure, drawing stories from a wide variety of sources – including not only the traditional mystery magazines (such as Ellery Queen's and Alfred Hitchcock's), but also their less-well-known rivals (remember The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine? Keyhole Detective?). Some are from science fiction magazines (mysteries can appear anywhere!) and some are from mainstream sources, by authors not...
| Автор | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
A Tale of the Continental Op The man who had disturbed my Sunday morning sleep—I found when I reached the Glenton—was a slim, white-faced person of about twenty-five, with big brown eyes that were red-rimmed just now from either sleeplessness or crying, or both. His long brown hair was rumpled when he opened the door to admit me; and he wore a mauve dressing-robe spotted with big jade parrots over wine-colored silk pajamas. The room into which he led me resembled an...
| Автор | Dashiell Hammett |
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 |
The 12th volume in the Ted Wilford series! <P> Ted and Nelson stay at Bob Fontaine's ranch. As the boys arrive, a plane crashes, and one occupant vanishes. Meanwhile, a mystery surrounds an old hermit, and footprints indicate that someone has been watching the ranch… An excellent entry in the series!
| Автор | Norvin Pallas |
It started out as a dog of a case—with Johnny Liddell keeping tabs on a drunken movie star for a fat producer. But things picked up when the actor was found dead in a phony auto accident. “Murder and mayhem in abundant measure.” – The New York Times
| Автор | Frank Kane |
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...
| Автор | James Holding |
Monsters have become one of the great guilty pleasures of our age. From the zombies of The Walking Dead to the werewolves of Teen Wolf, from the vampires of The Strain to the wide assortment of creatures in Penny Dreadful, they are everywhere in mass media. Here, for your guilty reading pleasure, are 22 more tales of monsters, by some of the greatest writers ever to set typewriter to paper! Included are:<P> AFTER I STOPPED SCREAMING, by Pamela Sargent<BR> THE LADY AND THE VAMPIRE,...
| Автор | George Zebrowski |
Light a candle, draw a protective circle, and chant your prayers because you’re about to encounter tales of the occult and supernatural, all with a decidedly dark turn. Ancient curses, tribal rites, the horrors of the crucifixion – even Old Scratch himself makes an appearance! Assembled in this volume of classic tales by 19th and 20th Century masters are:<P>THE SUICIDE IN THE STUDY, by Robert Bloch<BR>THE GOLGOTHA DANCERS, by Manly Wade Wellman<BR>POLLOCK AND THE PORROH MAN, by...
| Автор | August Derleth |
Barlow drove too fast, didn't stay in his own lane, abused other drivers on the road, and even drank too much for safe driving. A story of menace, danger – and horror!
| Автор | Talmage Powell |
Pander wore dark glasses and fancy suspenders and he moved into the San Pietro rackets like a sandblaster gone berserk. <P> Fell, the boss, was mysteriously away and Pander grabbed the chance to bury his hands in the heavy money. Then Fell came back. At his side was Cripp, the human adding machine with the beautiful face and the twisted leg. <P> With them came murder… wholesale.
| Автор | Peter Rabe |
Every time Johnny Liddell tried to keep a date with his blond, beautiful, and famous client, the whole neighborhood got sprayed with machine-gun bullets. Sometimes, Johnny figured, it didn’t pay to get out of bed—especially when it was filled with a willing companion … and the cops yelled murder when he killed a couple of hoods who’d been trying to shoot him full of holes.
| Автор | Frank Kane |
A new Joe Friday detective story, taken from the files of the Los Angeles police. In The Case of the Crime King, by Richard Deming, Lieutenant Joe Friday knew who the Crime King was and how he operated – but not where he was. And the victims wouldn't talk!
| Автор | Richard Deming |
It was noon and the stocky detective with the swarthy face waited in the corridor of the City Hospital. He was a middle-aged man with heavily defined features. His coarse dark hair was salted with gray and a little string of sweat beads glistened on his forehead. His heavy shoulders drooped from fatigue. His eyes were large and dark and there was weary compassion in them as if they had looked upon the thousand faces of human life, neither with despair nor hope, but only with a patient...
| Автор | David Alexander |
Think of Jasper Shrig as a 19th century Sherlock Holmes. Thrilling events follow each other with the starling rapidity of machine gun fire on a still night. The hero’s villainous Uncle is found with a dagger run through his throat. Shrig is almost strangled to death in a subterranean passage. A ghost walks. Young David, the hero, knocks out several Goliaths with his American trained fists, and beautiful girls are often in peril of their virtue. Although the book contains much dialog written in...
| Автор | Jeffery Farnol |