Ужасы и Мистика
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When Mr. Wallace was found neatly suspended from a hook in the bathroom ceiling, with a slender chain around his neck and the wastebasket on which he had stood carefully kicked away, there seemed little doubt of it. Especially as there was a note in the dead man's handwriting saying, «I am worried, tired, and sick of heart. Why go on with this senseless struggle? Disgrace faces me.»<P> But – why was the sheet on which the note was written shorter than all the other sheets on the...
| Автор | Van Wyck Mason |
“Deliciously devious and absolutely delightful, these marvelous stories will keep you captivated! Sweeter than sweet tea on the surface, but with smartly sinister secrets only a true southern writer can provide. What a joy to read!” —Hank Phillippi Ryan best-selling Agatha and Mary Higgins Clark Award winner<P> This volume collects original tales by Frances Aylor, Mollie Cox Bryan, Lynn Cahoon, Judy Chalkey, Stacie Giles, Barb Goffman, Libby Hall, Bradley Harper, Sherry Harris, Maggie...
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WHO IS THE WOMAN IN BLACK?<P> A living ghost, dressed in black, crashes a Washington cocktail party – and touches off a chain of violence and murder.<P> Who is the Woman in Black? The answer is a matter of life and death for a pretty young matron, a legendary captain of industry, a rich and dazzling hostess – and for lady sleuth Grace Latham and her friend Col. Primrose.<P> "Mrs Latham works wonders with the clues. A major Ford opus." – New York Herald Tribune
| Автор | Leslie Ford |
Pete Sawyer is a private eye of a different kind. The son of a World War II American pilot and a brave French resistance fighter, he grew up on both sides of the Atlantic – though he prefers his sun-dappled villa on the Riviera to most other places. He takes pleasure in a fine wine…and a good gun. His French name is Pierre-Ange, and it suits him. In English, it means Stone Angel.<P>When gutsy Arlette Alfani, a brilliant and beautiful Monaco lawyer, asks Pete for help, it's no cry in...
| Автор | Marvin H. Albert |
Captain Hugh North, D.C.I., arrived at Fort Espato (in English, «Fort Terror») with no thought of treasure or tragedy – but both awaited him there. An American army port superseded the old ruin now, but when the Spanish controlled the Philippines, it had been an ill-fated and much-used fort. Some legendary menace hung over its somber vaults and passages, but when two men vanished into its depths one evening and did not reappear, North saw only a living hand where others saw inexplicable terror....
| Автор | Van Wyck Mason |
Pete Sawyer is a private eye of a different kind. The son of a World War II American pilot and a brave French resistance fighter, he grew up on both sides of the Atlantic – though he prefers his sun-dappled villa on the Riviera to most other places. He takes pleasure in a fine wine…and a good gun. His French name is Pierre-Ange, and it suits him. In English, it means Stone Angel.<P>When a beautiful young woman, dripping wet and alone, wandered onto his patio, ex-cop and private eye Pete...
| Автор | Marvin H. Albert |
Sheriff John Sprenkel has only lived in Concordia Parish, Louisiana for six years and has never had to investigate a murder. . . until now. The badly beaten body of a young woman dumped beside the banks of the Mississippi River offers few clues, but when he searches for answers, all he finds are more questions. Was the young woman Harriet Van Dorn, graduate student in Natchez, Mississippi, or Madeleine D’Anjou, streetwalker in New Orleans?<P> Sprenkel isn’t the only person who wants to...
| Автор | Clyde Linsley |
"Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" – Bill Pronzini<P> "A neatly contrived and lively mixture of fast action and sex!" – The New York Times<P> Doll Baby just sat there, blinking her long black lashes and drawing on her long white cigarette. «You've got to help me, Petey Boy,» she said. «They're after me. Two of 'em.»<P>If someone had to be tailed, Doll Baby sure made a likely target. But something else...
| Автор | Thomas B. Dewey |
No man is happier than Li Fong – until he discovers his lovely wives are really serpent-demons! <P> Long and long ago, before the foreign devils came, old China was a land of ancient culture and strange magic. There, Li Fong, a student of apothecary, seems the luckiest of men. By what has to be happy chance, he has been led to take two charming and quite wealthy ladies as his wives.<P> How could he know that his loving and beloved Mei Ling and Meilan are really spirit-demons? Or...
| Автор | E. Hoffmann Price |
MAN FROM G-2 MEETS GIRL FROM MI-2<P> Lady Angela Forester – fair, vivacious, voluptuous – and Colonel Hugh North – rugged agent from G-2 – made a handsome couple as they sipped their drinks in a plush London restaurant. The one-time lovers had met accidentally and were now renewing the glorious days of old. But something was different, Hugh kept telling himself. Angela had changed.... <P>It was only after Hugh North set out on his dangerous and delicate mission to Tangier – with...
| Автор | Van Wyck Mason |
Someone is plotting the start of World War III. Colonel North sets out to find the mastermind, but United States Intelligence calls him off the case. In spite of the five men mysteriously murdered, the government says there is no proof of the conspiracy. But North knows it is true. And he chooses to pit himself singlehandedly against a vicious ring of spies to prove it!<P> "A Bermuda houseparty loses its gaiety after the ocean races when Col. North is recalled to duty because there...
| Автор | Van Wyck Mason |
"Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" – Bill Pronzini<P> Pete Schofield had been to art-colony parties before. Usually they were all the same, but this one had an added kick. A giant punchbowl, filled to the rim with champagne, and spiked with the barest, most beautiful mermaid he'd ever seen. He was enjoying every inch of it. So was everyone else, until some joker decided to plunge into the act. That's when the lights went out,...
| Автор | Thomas B. Dewey |
Mac didn't like bodyguard jobs. But he disliked kidnappers even more. So when Julian Porter, big shot movie producer, said, «Come to Hollywood, take care of my kid,» Mac left Chicago and went to Hollywood. Julie'd had a threatening letter about his daughter, Linda, age five. The note said, «We're going to grab her unless…» and then there was the usual talk of big money. So Mac set up 24-hour protection. He made it his business to find out about the people in Porter's...
| Автор | Thomas B. Dewey |
Nobody knew the trouble she'd been in – until it caught up with her. And then it was murder!<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 the most believable and humane PI's in crime fiction. He is reluctant to use either his gun or his fists, but will do so when the situation demands it, or in...
| Автор | Thomas B. Dewey |
She was everything he wanted, and everything he had been promised. A fortune-teller's prophecy had sent Kelder of Shulara to seek adventure along the Great Highway. He had been ready to give it up, and dismiss the seer as a fraud, when he met Irith. Irith was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. She was bright and charming and cheerful. And she had wings. Kelder tried to earn Irith's love and respect. He tried to please her, and to fulfill the prophecy that seemed to say he would...
| Автор | Lawrence Watt-Evans |
Carol Ann was very photogenic. Especially in certain pictures… But it was more than just a case of over-exposure. There was also a small matter of murder. For Pete Schofield, it was all in a day's – and night's – work. And very enjoyable work at that. Because Carol Ann was a cooperative subject, both on and off camera…<P> "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" – Bill Pronzini
| Автор | Thomas B. Dewey |
The Malice Domestic cozy anthology series returns with a new take on cozy mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition. Here are 22 original stories (and one modern classic reprint) set at conventions, conferences, and gatherings of all kinds! Included are: <P> Conventional Wisdom, by Marcia Talley<BR> Djinn And Tonic, by Neil Plakcy<BR> The Vanishing Wife, by Victoria Thompson<BR> The Right to Bare Arms, by John Gregory Betancourt<BR> Message in a Bottle, by Su...
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Pete Sawyer is a private eye of a different kind. The son of a World War II American pilot and a brave French resistance fighter, he grew up on both sides of the Atlantic – though he prefers his sun-dappled villa on the Riviera to most other places. He takes pleasure in a fine wine…and a good gun. His French name is Pierre-Ange, and it suits him. In English, it means Stone Angel.<P>On a midnight in December, Fritz Donhoff – Pete's partner and surrogate father – is shot down in Paris....
| Автор | Marvin H. Albert |
Pete Sawyer is a private eye of a different kind. The son of a World War II American pilot and a brave French resistance fighter, he grew up on both sides of the Atlantic – though he prefers his sun-dappled villa on the Riviera to most other places. He takes pleasure in a fine wine…and a good gun. His French name is Pierre-Ange, and it suits him. In English, it means Stone Angel.<P>When Arlette Alfani, a lawyer as competent as she is beautiful, asks Pete to help her client whose wife has...
| Автор | Marvin H. Albert |
Lyn McConchie again carries the reader back to the Victorian London of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, this time with two Beastly Mysteries.<P> When Lord Temberton opens an Anglo-Saxon barrow and finds a securely locked Elizabethan chest seven mummified penguins placed around it in a circle, it is to Sherlock Holmes that he turns for answers. Is this sabotage? A practical joke? Or something more sinister? Holmes, together with Watson, must unravel the journeys of an Antarctic traveler,...
| Автор | Lyn McConchie |
Her name was Shaara, and she was built like a technicolor dream. From tip to toe … from back to front … the lady was intricately tattooed. The designs intrigued Pete Schofield, and so did the background … until he saw that thinking along her lines could get him killed. Because someone had designs on her – and not all the reasons were obvious!<P> "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" – Bill Pronzini<P> Someone had designs on her … and...
| Автор | Thomas B. Dewey |
What if Snow White were the real villain and the «wicked queen» just a sadly maligned innocent? What if awakening Sleeping Beauty would be the mistake of a lifetime – of several lifetimes? What if the famous folk tales were retold with an eye to more horrific possibilities? Only Tanith Lee – «Goddess-Empress of the Hot Read» (Village Voice) could retell the world-famous tales of the Brothers Grimm (and others) as they might have been told by the Sisters Grimmer! This special edition, put...
| Автор | Tanith Lee |
‘Fear the north wind. Because no one will hear you scream…’ A family is gunned down in the snow but one of the children survives. Three years on, that child takes revenge and the Snow Killer is born. But then, nothing – no further crimes are committed, and the case goes cold. Fifty years later, has the urge to kill been reawakened? As murder follows murder, the detective team tasked with solving the crimes struggle with the lack of leads. It’s a race against time and the weather – each time...
| Автор | Ross Greenwood |
Three women are lost in a single morning, one at a commuter train, one at a school, one while walking her dog in the woods. The police think the women are making some kind of political statement by setting themselves on fire….maybe members of a cult. But Cassandra knows better. You won’t rest until Cassandra, a mom and former anthropologist, solves the mystery of these fiery deaths. Part mystery, part science fiction, part a suburban domestic novel, Only the Women are Burning asks important...
| Автор | Nancy Burke |