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An old friend of Albert Campion, «Uncle» William Faraday, has written a successful book that has been turned into a hit musical comedy. Jimmy Sutane, an established actor and dancer, is the star of the musical. But recently someone has it in for Sutane and has started playing harmless practical jokes that have caused the highly emotional Jimmy much trauma. Jimmy asks Campion to look into who the prankster may be. So Campion takes a trip to the Sutane household, where he unexpectedly finds more...
| Автор | Margery Allingham |
The Cutthroats and Criminals MEGAPACK® contains 20 great stories by modern and classic authors. Included are:<P> CRIMINAL TYPES, by Vincent McConnor<BR> REDHEADS DIE QUICKLY, by Gil Brewer<BR> THE SARDONIC STAR OF TOM DOODY, by Dashiell Hammett<BR> A HEARING AID FOR CARMODY, by Stephen Wasylyk<BR> A PADLOCK FOR CHARLIE DRAPER, by James Holding<BR> A TRULY HONEST MAN, by Talmage Powell<BR> MURDER OF A MOUSE, by Fletcher Flora<BR> SUPPLY AND...
| Автор | James Holding |
A pre-Renaissance manuscript, an old treatise on witchcraft, and black magic feature in the murder of a quiet, young teacher at the University of California.<P> <P>"The writer, already well know to science fiction readers, gives us a startling detective in his Norwegian-Japanese Trygve Yamamura who, this time, finds the murderer of a young university who knew too much about a medieval Book of Witches and who was tortured before his death. Good suspense and excellent puzzle." – The...
| Автор | Poul Anderson |
Wildside Press is proud to present the fifthof Fletcher Flora’s series featuring police detective Lt. Joseph Marcus, as part of our ongoing effort to make Flora’s collected work available again to the public. We plan to release the entire series.<P> While Flora had a long career writing much crime, mystery, and detective fiction, Marcus seems to be his only attempt to create a series character. Marcus, as a character, is marked by his dogged rationality, as he attempts to solve various...
| Автор | Fletcher Flora |
The first Weirdbook Annual – The Witches MEGAPACK® – presents a selection of all-new tales of witches! Included this time are:<p> "Thou Shalt Not Suffer," by Matt Neil Hill<BR> "No Holds Bard," by Adrian Cole<BR> "Laying the Hairy Book," by Josh Reynolds<BR> "Here Is Where Your Proud Waves Halt," by Erica Ruppert<BR> "Vicious Circles," by Paul Dale Anderson<BR> "Assorted Shades of Red," by Franklyn Searight<BR> ...
| Автор | Paul Dale Anderson |
Hugh «Bulldog» Drummond is a World War I veteran, brutalised by his experiences in the trenches and bored with his post-war lifestyle. He publishes an advertisement looking for adventure, and soon finds himself embroiled in a series of exploits, many of which involve Carl Peterson—who becomes his nemesis—and Peterson's mistress, the femme fatale, Irma. «Sapper» —the pseudonym of H. C. McNeile—wrote ten Drummond novels, four short stories, four stage plays, and a screenplay before his death...
| Автор | Sapper |
Our second volume of Fletcher Flora’s crime and mystery stories collects 20 more tales by the classic author. Included this time are:<P> HELL HAS NO FURY<BR> THE CLOSING TRAP<BR> HELL FOR HANNAH<BR> THE COLLECTOR COMES AFTER PAYDAY<BR> FAIR GAME<BR> MAY I COME IN?<BR> KILL ME TOMORROW<BR> TRESPASSER<BR> MOST AGREEABLY POISONED<BR> SOUNDS AND SMELLS<BR> A COOL SWIM ON A HOT DAY<BR> IQ – 184<BR> SETTLEMENT...
| Автор | Fletcher Flora |
I was bone-tired when I locked the last gas pump, turned off the lights and closed the garage door. It had been a long day. One of an endless number of days.<p> I crossed the concrete apron, got in my jalopy and started the motor. I gave the filling station a last look. It was tired and grubby in the early night. I'd really tried to make a go of it here, but one man can only do so much.<p> All I wanted was to get a hot bath, food, and some sleep. I lived half a mile down the...
| Автор | Talmage Powell |
