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Trouble in Abundance Arlette Lees
When Sterling Seabright is found strangled in the woods outside the small farming community of Abundance, Wisconsin, even her closest friends are shocked to learn of her secret life. When a second body is found murdered… More
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The Mystery of the False Fingertips James Holding
Two high school boys are exposed to danger when they set out to solve the theft from a local museum of five ceremonial Egyptian fingertips.
This book is one of two original Young Adult novels written by James Holding (the… More
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Mac Detective Series 05: The Brave, Bad Girls Thomas B. Dewey
“Dewey’s story twists are fresh and the violence is realistic rather than sensational. Mac is one of our best private eyes and this adventure is honest and exciting.” — San Francisco Chronicle… More
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My Father’s Dragon (A Newbery Honor Book) Ruth Stiles Gannett et al.
A boy and a talking cat hunt for a dragon on Wild Island, encountering boars, monkeys, lions, crocodiles, a rhinoceros, and more! A Newbery Honor Book (1949).… More
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Mac Detective Series 06: You’ve Got Him Cold Thomas B. Dewey
Nobody knew the trouble she’d been in — until it caught up with her. And then it was murder!
“Mac is one of our best private eyes.” — San Francisco Chronicle
“Thomas B. Dewey is one… More
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Mac Detective Series 07: The Case of the Chased and the Unchaste 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.… More
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Mac Detective Series 08: The Girl Who Wasn’t There Thomas B. Dewey
The trail Mac found himself trying to follow was very cold. Another private detective — his friend Barry Henley — had been killed a year earlier in a fall from a tenth-story window, and the cops had written… More
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The Fifth Western Novel MEGAPACK ™: 4 Novels of the Old West Walter A. Tompkins et al.
The Western Novel MEGAPACK™ series returns with its fifth rip-roaring installment! Here are four more great western novels:
MANHUNT WEST, by Walker A. Tompkins … Fleeing a posse, Cleve Logan boards a riverboat… More
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The High Place James Branch Cabell
“In the sulphurous The High Place, the amoral hero Florian enters the sleeping-beauty story and (unlike Jurgen with Helen) does not draw back at the sight of excessive beauty. Complications ensue: Beauty is … More
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Hamlet Had an Uncle: A Comedy of Honor James Branch Cabell
Hamlet Had an Uncle: A Comedy of Honor is a Shakespearean satire by James Branch Cabell, first published in 1940. Cabell had incubated a Shakespeare satire for decades, and based his tale on the Saxo Grammaticus, an epic… More
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Nude in Nevada: A Pete Schofield Caper Thomas B. Dewey
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 …… More
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Only on Tuesdays: A Pete Schofield Caper Thomas B. Dewey
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 — … More
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The Girl in the Punchbowl: A Pete Schofield Caper Thomas B. Dewey
“Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction’s severely underrated writers!” — Bill Pronzini
Pete Schofield had been to art-colony parties before. Usually they were all the same, but this… More
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The Girl with the Sweet Plump Knees: A Pete Schofield Caper Thomas B. Dewey
“Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction’s severely underrated writers!” — Bill Pronzini
“A neatly contrived and lively mixture of fast action and sex!” — The New… More
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The Golden Hooligan: A Pete Schofield Caper Thomas B. Dewey
“Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction’s severely underrated writers!” — Bill Pronzini
Pete Schofield tangles with marijuana and murder in a sizzling case that’s almost too… More
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Go, Honeylou: A Pete Schofield Caper Thomas B. Dewey
“Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction’s severely underrated writers!” — Bill Pronzini
Pete thought he had it made. A cool half-grand, plus expenses, just to deliver Uncle Pierce Bonwell’s… More