Leslie Ford
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"One of the beat mysteries of the year." – Providence Journal <P>When an innocent young woman finds herself knee-deep in gambling – and up to her beautiful neck in debts – there's apt to be trouble.... And trouble is what Janey Blake had plenty of. She had written a pile of bad checks. And she was fighting to keep her husband from the arms of another woman.... <P>But other people had trouble too. Doc Wemitz, for example. He was afraid of something. And apparently he had reason – for one night someone bashed in his skull.... <P> That was the same night that Janey hit her first jackpot in months – and found a gilded coin that a desperate killer would stop at nothing to retrieve.
Burn Forever
The town was dark and heavy with doom. Hate, generations old, flowed through it like a malevolent river. Julie knew the force of that hate… and the violence which had issued from it in the past. It could erupt again; she lived in terror.<P> Ben, the stranger, saw Julie and fell in love. A secret voice warned him to stay away, but he did not. They clung together in the darkness; meanwhile, through the midnight shadows of the town a killer moved to wreak his vengeance on them both.
Murder in the O.P.M.
In the middle of the night, struggling B actor Glenn Harley gets a hysterical phone call from starlet Nancy Rhymer. She needs Harley to come over to her house immediately. Harley, who always has secretly longed for Nancy Rhymer, jumps out of bed and drives quickly to her home. Once there, he discovers she has knifed a semi-famous actor to death “in self defense” and needs Harley’s help to clean things up to protect her from scandal. His affection for the actress is too strong to refuse and he ends up burying the corpse along with it's belongings. Of course as he is digging the grave, we know he is actually digging himself deeper and deeper into a world of blackmail, disloyalty, and hunted persecution.
The Clue of the Judas Tree
IN THE MANSION OF MURDER… <P> A self-made millionaire, whose true story was not fit to print… <P> His beautiful «friend»… <P> His wife, and her friend, a very suspect psychiatrist… <P> And a man from the haunted past, with his father's blood on his hands, and every reason in the world to kill and kill again… <P> "You'll find screams at midnight, multiple slaughter, knockout drops, love and money in generous quantities…much brilliancy." – New York Herald Tribune <P> "Absorbing." – New York Times <P> "The best mystery I've read this year. It's got something." – Norman Klein, New York Post
By the Watchman's Clock
Slowly I turned to face the hall and the doorway. I waited in an agony of suspense. The great house was as silent as an empty grave, with the pulse of time beating eternally against it; tick, tock; tick, tock; tick, tock…<P> Gradually I relaxed and let my hand drop, until—I shrieked and turned-and raised my hand dripping with blood. I stared at it like a maniac, and then at the thing it had touched…
The Woman in Black
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
The Town Cried Murder
Lovely Faith Yardley's betrothal to a man from the north is abruptly followed by murder – and more murder. Transformed by terror, quaint and beautiful Williamsburg, Virginia waits for the killer to strike again, and wonders: This time, will it be Faith Yardley herself? <P> "Another of Leslie Ford's ace items in murder and love, full of suspenseful moments and first-rate: sleuthing." –New York World Telegram <P> "Grade A (make it A-plus)… mysterious, rich in atmosphere." – New York Herald Tribune
Road to Folly
"Leslie Ford is one of the cleverest and most original of our mystery novelists." – New York Times <P> The mansion at Strawberry Hill rose like a stately white magnolia from a lush green hilltop in Carolina. It was a haven of beauty and grace, and Jennifer Reid knew it was the only place she would ever love. Then murder entered Strawberry Hill, and a mad killer waited in the shadows for Jennifer and the man she adored… <P> "Neatly handled…deft…recommended." – Saturday Review. <P> "Good telling…real suspense." – New York Times.
Washington Whispers Murder
The secret ballot for murder…<P> Politics is a rough business – and Congressman Hamilton («Call Me Ham») Vair made it rougher. To reach his goal, he would use anything and anyone – blackmail, bribery, or a beautiful, not-so-dumb blonde. Everyone knew that. But suddenly there was a new and brutal question. Had the Right Honorable Mr. Vair been willing to plunge into murder?<P> "Do not miss WASHINGTON WHISPERS MURDER: It is terrifying and terrific." – Albuquerque Tribune