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Hollywood Heat Arlette Lees
The year: 1956. The place: Los Angeles, California. When six-year-old Daisy Adler vanishes from her upscale Hollywood Hills home during a crowded New Year’s Eve party, LAPD Detective Rusty Hallinan enters … More
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En Route to the Great Eastern Circus and Other Essays on Circus History William L. Slout
William L. Slout, entertainment historian par excellence, here provides five fascinating essays on the development of the American traveling circus in the post-Civil War era: “En Route to the Great Eastern… More
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Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #7 Marvin Kaye et al.
The seventh issue of “Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine” is another fine selection of tales about Sherlock Holmes, or in the Sherlockian spirit.
Fiction:
The Dead House, by Bruce Kilstein
A Letter from… More
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Murder Jambalaya Lloyd Biggle
?My missing person did not hunt, fish, or engage in any type of sport that one would do in a Louisiana fishing village. And after a cursory look at what was called Pointe Nueve, I doubted a decent antique could be found to … More
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Angel of Death Christian Russell et al.
He calls himself “Thanatos” (“Death”). But Clyde Daschner is actually the worst serial killer of the twentieth century, a man who admits to having murdered over 750 innocent victims–through… More
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The Grab: A Classic Crime Novel Gordon Landsborough
Grab a beautiful girl, yank her out of her Istanbul hotel bed, and brazenly carry her into the night, clad only in pajamas. In 1953 Turkey, you can get away with that, if you have the right connections–unless professional… More
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Adventures of Thubway Tham Johnston McCulley
Pulp writer Johnston McCulley (1993-1938) was the author of hundreds (if not thousands) of short stories and novels, published in pulp magazines under his own name and a plethora of pseudonyms. His most famous creation… More
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The Second E.F. Benson Megapack E.F. Benson
The Second E.F. Benson Megapack collects 11 more short stories and 11 novels by E.F. Benson, spanning horror, mystery, suspense, and historical subjects, including such classics as Miss Mapp and Queen Lucia.
Included… More
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The Murdered Schoolgirl: A Classic Crime Novel John Russell Fearn
Maria Black, Head of Roseway College for Young Ladies during World War II, and a textbook solver of crimes, finds herself faced with a problem after her own heart when the strange, haughty Frances Hasleigh, daughter … More
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A Case for Brutus Lloyd John Russell Fearn
Dr. Brutus Lloyd is no more than four feet ten inches tall, an amazingly gnome-like man. He’s not a dwarf, simply vest-pocket size. His head has a brow like a baby cliff, capped by a tuft of jet-black hair that curled… More
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One Murder at a Time: A Casebook Richard A. Lupoff
Is it really over? Have Hobart Lindsey and Marvia Plum solved their last case? Lindsey, the mild-mannered bachelor insurance adjuster. Plum, the tough inner-city cop and single mom. You can hardly think of an odder … More
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The Emerald Cat Killer Richard A. Lupoff
THEIR LAST BOW. A cache of stolen comic books had originally brought insurance man Hobart Lindsey and police officer Marvia Plum together. They were as different as different could be: he, a diffident suburban bachelor… More
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The Radio Red Killer Richard A. Lupoff
Bob Bjorner is the last of the “red hot lefties” at radio station KRED in Berkeley, Calif. His paranoia makes him bring his personal lock to keep intruders out of the studio while he’s on the air–but… More
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The Silver Chariot Killer Richard A. Lupoff
WHEN A MAN’S PARTNER IS KILLED… So begins one of the most famous quotations in all of crime fiction. And just as the murder of Sam Spade’s partner, Miles Archer, sets off the quest in the great Dashiell Hammett’s… More
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The Cover Girl Killer Richard A. Lupoff
Who WAS that gorgeous model? When a helicopter loses power and plunges into the icy waters of scenic Lake Tahoe, killing its only passenger, millionaire Albert Crocker Vansittart, what looks like a routine claim against… More
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The Sepia Siren Killer Richard A. Lupoff
Prior to World War II, black actors were restricted to mainstream film roles as chauffeurs, maids, night club entertainers, and comic buffoons. But there was a second Hollywood, a BLACK Hollywood, where great producers… More