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Rufus King (1893–1966) was an American author of Whodunit crime novels. He created four series of detective stories: the first one with Reginald De Puyster, a sophisticated detective similar to Philo Vance; the second one with his more famous character, Lieutenant Valcour; Colin Starr, who appeared in four stories in the Strand Magazine during 1940/41; and Detective Bill Duggan, who appeared in three stories in 1956/57. The Bill Duggan stories include King's most famous short work, “Malice...
| Автор | Rufus King |
Long before Sherlock Holmes entered the public domain as a character, a few dedicated authors «borrowed» Holmes and Watson without permission for their own work. Here are 5 classic early (and completely unauthorized) tales featuring the world's greatest detective (sometimes under not-so-cunningly disguised pseudonyms): <P>"WATSON!" by Captain A.E. Dingle <BR>THE ADVENTURE OF THE DIAMOND NECKLACE, by G. F. Forrest <BR>THE STOLEN CIGAR-CASE, by Bret Harte ...
| Автор | Bret Harte |
The Second Mystery Novel MEGAPACK® presents four more classic mysteries (published between 1941 and 1959) by top mystery writers of the era…more than 650 pages of classic whodunits. Dig in and enjoy! Included are:<P> SPEAK OF THE DEVIL, by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding<BR> THE MERCHANT OF MURDER, by Spencer Dean<BR> THE FIFTH KEY, by George Harmon Coxe<BR> BONES DON'T LIE, by Curtiss T. Gardner<P> If you enjoy this volume of classic mysteries, don't forget...
| Автор | George Harmon Coxe |
Welcome to our second volume of Detective stories! This is a grab-bag volume with contributions by many top mystery authors from the mid 20th Century pulp and digest magazines. There’s something to appeal to every taste, from noir to crime to even holiday capers and a Christmas tale by Johnson McCulley (creator of Zorro). Included are:<P> DEAD MEN DON'T MOVE, by Thomas Thursday<BR> ALIBI–WITH SOUND, by Robert Wallace <BR> HOW? WHEN? WHO?, by Fletcher Flora<BR> ...
| Автор | Fletcher Flora |
Prepare yourself for more macabre spectacles and contes cruel, crawling things and loathsome gods, predators from deep inside the mind of man and from far outside angled space, all brought to you by the incomparable Frank Belknap Long! Included are 20 short stories and the complete text of Long's 1977 poetry collection. Here are:<P> JOHNNY ON THE SPOT<BR> THE MAN FROM NOWHERE<BR> FISHERMAN'S LUCK<BR> THE REFUGEES<BR> GRAB BAGS ARE DANGEROUS<BR> ...
| Автор | Frank Belknap |
Mary Helena Fortune (circa 1833 – circa 1910) was an Australian mystery, suspense, and horror writer who wrote under the pseudonyms «Waif Wander» and «W.W.» She was one of the earliest female detective writers in the world (if not the earliest). She was also probably the first to write from the viewpoint of the detective. A prolific storyteller, she wrote at least 500 detective stories over 40 years, many featuring Detective Mark Sinclair. This volume reprints 15 of her classic stories (many for...
| Автор | Mary Fortune |
12 tales featuring boy detectives, from Mark Twain's «Tom Sawyer, Dective» to entries in the Mercer Boys, Ken Holt, Hal Keene, and Skippy Dare series, and lots more – over 1,400 pages of great reading! Here are:<P> THE MERCER BOYS AT WOODCREST, by Capwell Wyckoff<BR> THE MYSTERY OF THE IRON BOX, by Bruce Campbell<BR> THE AIR MYSTERY OF ISLE LA MOTTE, by E. J. Craine<BR> THE LOST MINE OF THE AMAZON, by Hugh Lloyd<BR> PRISONERS IN DEVIL’S BOG, by Hugh...
| Автор | Bruce Campbell |
Here is a grab-bag collection of great fantasy stories – modern and classic, adventure-filled and serious, funny and sad – by authors whose work you may already know, or may be discovering for the first time. Included are:<P> THE COPPERSMITH, by Lester del Rey<BR> DOGS QUESTING, by John Gregory Betancourt<BR> OF WITHERED APPLES, by Philip K. Dick<BR> YELLOW EYES, by Marylois Dunn<BR> SEA TIGER, by Henry S. Whitehead<BR> THE BLACK TOWER, by R. H....
| Автор | Филип Дик |
Sam Brokaw was a crook and a heel. He had a big job planned as soon as he got out of jail. But he didn't count on his jilted girlfriend, who wanted him put away for life – or Mac.<P>This short story is counted as #18 in the Mac detective series. <P> "Mac is one of our best private eyes." – San Francisco Chronicle <P> "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" – Bill Pronzini <P> "Mac has been called one of...
| Автор | Thomas B. Dewey |
Christmas is a time for giving, for receiving. . . and for murder. We've collected ten Christmas stories, old and new, that will spike your eggnog, trim your tree, and hopefully add a dash of spice to your Christmas cheer. Included are:<P> "A Christmas Pit," by John Gregory Betancourt<BR> "A Reversible Santa Claus," by Meredith Nicholson<BR> "A Stake of Holly," by Lillian Stewart Carl<BR> "Believing in Santa," by Ron Goulart<BR> ...
| Автор | Ron Goulart |
The Fantomas books, created and written by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain, form one of the longest-running and most famous crime series in France. Fantomas first appeared in 1911 and was featured in a total of 32 volumes written by the two collaborators, then a subsequent 11 volumes written by Allain alone after Souvestre's death. The character was also the basis of various film, television, and comic book adaptations. In the history of crime fiction, he represents a transition from...
| Автор | Marcel Allain |
Four different writers explore the darker aspects of crime fiction in THE NOIR NOVEL MEGAPACK™:<P> HUNTER AT LARGE, by Thomas B. Dewey … Mickey requested a year's leave of absence from his job on the police force. What else could he do? He'd just spent five months in the hospital because he'd been the only witness to a brutal murder…and the victim was his own wife!<P> NEVER BET YOUR LIFE, by George Harmon Coxe … It was a tidy Florida motel with all the important...
| Автор | George Harmon Coxe |
Science fiction and crime go hand-in-tentacle, if you’ll pardon the expression. Many of the science fiction field’s greatest writers also wrote mysteries…and vice versa. And sometimes the science fiction stories were mysteries. Our latest MEGAPACK® contains nothing but those blended SF-and-Mystery stories, by some of the greatest writers in the field. Included are:<P> ORIGINS OF GALACTIC LAW, by Edward Wellen<BR> DragNeuroNet, by John Gregory Betancourt<BR> DON'T GET...
| Автор | Richard Wilson |