"My name is Percy Hand, and I’m a private detective. My privacy is rarely invaded. This makes the rent a problem, but it gives me plenty of time to watch the rain come down into the alley on rainy days." A classic mystery novelet by Fletcher Flora!
Refuge may be whatever comes to fulfill one's quest… A classic mystery by Fletcher Flora, originally published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 1968.
Lt. Marcus investigate the murder of Foster, the black sheep of the family.
Lt. Marcus investigates the murder of a young girl in a library.
Lt. Marcus looks into a murder at a local hotel. The victim: one Mr. Draper. The cause: a slit throat. Of course, there are multiple suspects…
Lt. Marcus investigates the murder of a young girl in a library.
Wildside Press is proud to present the fifthof Fletcher Flora’s series featuring police detective Lt. Joseph Marcus, as part of our ongoing effort to make Flora’s collected work available again to the public. We plan to release the entire series.<P> While Flora had a long career writing much crime, mystery, and detective fiction, Marcus seems to be his only attempt to create a series character. Marcus, as a character, is marked by his dogged rationality, as he attempts to solve various “inexplicable” murders and crimes, much to the annoyance of his compatriot Bobo Fuller. We have been able to identify nine stories featuring the character—although as always we ask fans and aficionados to inform us of any we have missed. Note: while many online sources list the Fletcher Flora story “The Capsule” (from Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, December 1964) as being part of the Marcus series, it does not actually feature the character. “The Capsule” can be read in Wildside Press’s The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery MEGAPACK®.<P>We hope you enjoy this classic detective story.
Wildside Press is proud to present the fourth of Fletcher Flora’s series featuring police detective Lt. Joseph Marcus, as part of our ongoing effort to make Flora’s collected work available again to the public. We plan to release the entire series.<P> In this entry, Lt. Marcus and Sgt. Fuller investigate another puzzling murder – in this case, the death of Phil Stein, slain while mowing his lawn. …<P> While Flora had a long career writing much crime, mystery, and detective fiction, Marcus seems to be his only attempt to create a series character. Marcus, as a character, is marked by his dogged rationality, as he attempts to solve various “inexplicable” murders and crimes, much to the annoyance of his compatriot Bobo Fuller. We have been able to identify nine stories featuring the character—although as always we ask fans and aficionados to inform us of any we have missed. Note: while many online sources list the Fletcher Flora story “The Capsule” (from Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, December 1964) as being part of the Marcus series, it does not actually feature the character. “The Capsule” can be read in Wildside Press’s The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery MEGAPACK®.<P>We hope you enjoy this classic detective story.
It was a tough case – the murder of Big Jim Shannon, political boss, a man with a thousand enemies. And not a single clue that could be called evidence… Third in the Lt. Joseph Marcus series!