The Hardboiled Mystery MEGAPACK™ presents 4 classic crime novels from the era when hardboiled detectives ruled the American newsstands. Included are:<P> The Hollow Man, by John Roeburt (1954)<BR> Model for Murder, by Stephen Marlowe (1955)<BR> Blonde Bait, by Ed Lacy (1959)<BR> Beauty Can Kill, by Michael McCretton (1962)<P> If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 200+ other entries in the series,...
Carolyn Wells was an American author and poet who wrote more than 170 books. At first she concentrated on poetry, humor and children's books, but then turned to the mystery genre, for which she is best remembered today. This volume collects both of her novels featuring Alan Ford:<P> Bride of the Moment<BR> Faulkner's Folly<P> If you enjoy this ebook, check out the more than 350 other volumes in the MEGAPACK® series, which include classic and modern tales of...
One-legged detective Manville «Manny» Moon returns for the seventh classic case! <P> "Manville 'Manny' Moon is one of the great unknown series eyes that somehow slipped through the cracks. He's tough, honest and handy with the wisecracks, but he's a whole lot more. He's pulp, through and through, but he also displays a compassionate side that neatly echoes or anticipates Lew Archer, Dan Fortune et al." – thrillingdetective.com
Siblings Julian, Dick, and Anne have come to Kirrin to spend the remainder of a school holiday with their tomboy cousin, George, and her dog, Timmy. When a mysterious girl arrives at Kirrin Cottage in the middle of the night, George and her cousins are thrilled. Berta is an American girl trying to elude kidnappers, and the Kirrin Household has been asked to protect and disguise her. Berta cuts her hair, dons boys' clothes, and is transformed into the handsome Lesley – and the Five are on...
Wildside Press is proud to present the first of 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...
One-legged detective Manville «Manny» Moon returns for the second classic case! <P> "Manville 'Manny' Moon is one of the great unknown series eyes that somehow slipped through the cracks. He's tough, honest and handy with the wisecracks, but he's a whole lot more. He's pulp, through and through, but he also displays a compassionate side that neatly echoes or anticipates Lew Archer, Dan Fortune et al." – thrillingdetective.com
"Wildside Press is proud to present the second of 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...
Cleveland Moffett is most famous for his mystery story «The Mysterious Card» ((included in this volume, along with its sequel), but he also wrote true crime and more traditional mysteries. Also included here are the long novel THROUGH THE WALL and a collection of true crime stories, TRUE DETECTIVE STORIES FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE PINKERTONS. Enjoy!<P> If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see more of the 300+...
The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first to feature detective Philip Marlowe. The work has been adapted twice into film, once in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles, California and is noted for its complexity, with many characters double-crossing one another and many secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. The title is a euphemism for death; it refers to a rumination in the final pages of the book about «sleeping the big sleep.»...
Here is a selection of tales that fit the «pulp crime» theme to perfection. They feature private investigators, police officers, and even everyday men and women pushed into extraordinary situations. From lowly bars to city streets to suburbia, no place is safe from the pulp crime writer – and here are crimes galore, by some of the top magazine writers of the 20th century! Included are 25 great tales:<P> MURDER ON HER MIND, by Rufus King<BR> PAPER CAPER, by James Holding<BR> ...