The Detective Megapack presents 28 choice mysteries, spanning the Victorian age through modern times. From Dashiell Hammet to Arthur Conan Doyle, from Vincent Starrett to Johnston McCulley – there is something for every fan of detective tales!<P> IT TORE THE LAUGH FROM MY THROAT, by Meriah L Crawford<BR> THE TAGGART ASSIGNMENT, by Vincent Starrett<BR> TOMORROW'S DEAD, by David Dean<BR> THE FLAMING PHANTOM, by Jacques Futrelle<BR> MESSAGE IN THE SAND, by...
A classic entry in the Shell Scott series!<P> This was a warm Sunday afternoon; Sheldon Scott, Investigations—my downtown L.A. office—was closed, and I was invited to a party. A Hawaiian party at that: luau, roast pig, the works. From behind the house somewhere I heard a happy squeal. A happy feminine squeal. Sounded like a good wild party. There was a lot of hellish yelling and whooping. At the top of six cement steps I found a buzzer on the right of the massive door, poked it as chimes...
E. Hoffmann Price was one of the «Weird Tales Circle» that included H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Clark Ashton Smith. In fact, he was the only person to meet both Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft in person. The stories collected here span multiple genres and multiple decades: detective, western, adventure, and fantasy. The one thing they have in common (aside from some mildly titillating content) is the sure voice of a born storyteller. Once you start reading an E. Hoffmann Price...
"When his hand reappeared, he was holding neither cigarettes nor keys. He was holding a small black revolver that glittered evilly in the diffused light admitted by the curtains, and his hand was steady as he touched it to the temple of the sleeping man in the bed…"<P> Murder, kidnapping, robbery, smuggling, industrial sabotage and international terrorism – Mahboob Chaudri, a Pakistani native working as a police officer in the Middle Eastern island emirate of Bahrain, tackles all...
Here for your reading delectation are 25 outre tales of crime. Since history has proven that there is nothing unusual or unexpected about the human (or inhuman) drive to break the law, it should come as no surprise that the weird, the strange, the supernatural, and the just plain odd often, in fictional form, manifest themselves allayed to the criminal element. Included are:<P> THE WINDOW OF HORRORS, by H.L. Mencken <BR> THE FOOTSTEPS ON THE STAIRS, by William J. Wintle<BR> ...
Viola Brothers Shore (1890-1970) was an American author who worked in a variety of mediums from the 1910s through the 1930s. Married three times, she began her writing career as a poet and a writer of short stories and articles or magazines. Towards the end of the silent film era, she began writing screenplays, and eventually expanded into theatrical plays and novels. She is best remembered today for her mystery stories and her Jewish-themed stories. Her mysteries appeared in Ellery Queen’s...
Lady Sleuths have long been a mainstay of the mystery field. Agatha Christie's Miss Marple is, surely, the very model of the detective in a cozy mystery. But before – and after! – Miss Marple there were such sleuths as Loveday Brooke and Amelia Butterworth (both of whose complete adventures are in this ebook MEGAPACK™). And the lady sleuth is alive and well today, with recent adventures by such diverse talents as Janice Law, C. Ellett Logan, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch, among others. In...
Почему на кострах жгли в основном женщин? Великий Инквизитор Генрих Инститорис не любил женщин, считал их ведьмами и сжирал на кострах. Великий Маг Абрам из Вормса женщин любил, но его не любила Древняя Ведьма, знавшая ещё Мерлина. Магия. Дар Бога, или Проклятие Дьявола? Пятнадцатый век. Великий Инквизитор, написавший книгу "Молот ведьм" Генрих Крамер и Великий Маг Авраам из Вормса, написавший книгу "Книга священной магии Абрамелина". Один учит, как уничтожить Магию, другой, как овладеть ею....