Ужасы и Мистика
Различные книги в жанре Ужасы и МистикаThe Venus Death: A Ralph Lindsay Mystery
Two attractive women…one personable man…a gun…a shot…and then black headlines asking red blood for…THE VENUS DEATH BY BEN BENSON <P> Ben Benson’s superb descriptions of the state police at work…and at play…have given all of his mystery novels a unique and buoyant quality of authenticity. The Venus Death is no exception…but here Mr. Benson departs from previous practice to create a vigorous new hero, young state trooper Ralph Lindsey. <P> This is Lindsey’s story from start to finish. It begins when a glamorous blonde singles him out for personal attention. It continues through the frantic horror of murder…the desperate wish to clear his own name…the urgent, driving need to protect the people he loves. The Venus Death is Ben Benson at top form, which means a strikingly different story for solid reading entertainment.
The Impetuous Mistress
LOVED TO DEATH!<P> Actually, she hadn't been worth getting involved with.<P> Yet, the fact remained that a lot of men had. And one of them had been more involved than anyone could know.<P> A cozy, one-bedroom apartment and an engraved anniversary present put George Harmon Coxe's celebrated private detective, Sam Crombie, onto the trail of four men. All had loved the same woman. All had eventually left her. One had left her dead…
Ill Met by Moonlight
She was a dangerous female, beautiful, cold-blooded, predatory. The people she lived among were the very nicest sort. Yet, strange to say, it was she who was found dead. And she was only the first victim… <P> She was a dangerous female, beautiful, cold- blooded, predatory. The people she lived among were the very nicest sort. Yet, strange to say, it was she who was found dead. And she was only the first victim . . .<P> “A prime mystery . . . told with Leslie Ford’s usual skill.” —The New York Times<P> "Exciting." – The New Statesman<P> "Excellent Leslie Ford at top form. – New York Herald Tribune
Murder Comes to Eden
The Idyllic life in Eden, Devon County, home of Spig and Molly O'Leary, is suddenly menaced by the spectre of a long-forgotten death and the grim reality of imminent murder. Meanwhile, the march of 'progress' in the form of a new bridge, a super highway, and a real estate boom – complete with rumors that their neighbors are planning to sell part of their land to a gambling syndicate – hangs over everything…
About Being a Sherlockian
Who is a Sherlockian? And how does one join the ranks of Sherlockians? <P> In «About Being a Sherlockian,» sixty essays explore what it is to be a Sherlockian and celebrate the enduring friendships created. From collecting to chronology, from cosplay to cons, from quasi-historical interpretations to pastiches and fan-fiction, the umbrella of Being a Sherlockian covers a myriad of interests and enthusiasms. <P> Editor Christopher Redmond says: «Perhaps most of the readers will be those who are already Sherlockians, but if the book should fall into the hands of someone who is not, I think it will give a very appealing picture of the endless riches to be found in What It Is We Do.» <P> "Dip a toe, or even a whole foot into the world of Sherlockian fervor with this extraordinary book which illuminates the life-changing benefits of deep involvement with Holmes, Watson and their world. Les Klinger made me 'come out' as a Sherlockian and my world is richer for it, as it is for the candid writers of this wonderful and surprising collection of essays." —Bonnie MacBird, author of «Art in the Blood» and «Unquiet Spirits»
I Found Him Dead!
Gale Gallagher's father was a New York cop. The police station with its green lights was the place her dad worked, and the Policemen's Ball was the magic Cinderella dance she dreamed about as a little girl. Instead of the Bobbsey Twins, she read the police news and the latest murders as reported in the tabloids. Today Gale Gallagher has her own business – the Acme Investigating Agency – which specializes in collections and skip tracing. Her work is to collect from the bad debtor and to track down the vanishing husband, wife, or child, to find those people who run away from life, from bad debts, and bad decisions. But every now and then Gale Gallagher's business gets her involved in matters somewhat more serious and dangerous – sometimes even in murder. A charming chic young woman, Gale Gallagher insists she is too much of a sentimentalist – even a romanticist – to be a first class detective. Besides, says she, she is too femininely impatient to wait for matters to develop, as all good detectives should; she always has to do something about it. However, her files of cases marked S & C (solved and closed) indicate otherwise. In all events, we asked Gale Gallagher to put down on paper some of her extraordinary experiences in crime. And she agreed. She has chosen for her first book the famous Alexander case – the story of a frightened woman who put two thousand dollars on Gale Gallagher’s desk and said: "Prove that Bette Alexander is not my child." It is a tale of intrigue and terror and cruel scheming, an odd brew of romance, deceit, and murder among the smart – and not so smart – Manhattaners.
Honolulu Story
This new “Col. Primrose Mystery Novel” might have well been called «The New Mrs. Latham Mystery Novel,» because Mrs. Latham plays almost as important a part in it as the Colonel. The scene is Hawaii, and practically all of the action takes place in and around a house high up on the mountainside above Honolulu. It is the story of a black-sheep American, whose family had lived in Hawaii for generations, but who went to Japan and, sometime after Pearl Harbor, decided to come back and play traitor to his country. <P> Mrs. Latham is present when he makes his first appearance in his family’s house, she is present when his murdered body is discovered – and disposed of – and she is deeply involved in the circumstances that lead up to the second murder, that of a beautiful Hawaiian- American girl who is engaged to marry an American aviator. In fact, Mrs. Latham this time is so much involved that Colonel Primrose accuses her of completely spoiling an air-tight case for him and calls her a nitwit. Shortly after that, for the first time in these stories, he proposes to Mrs. Latham. For the answer, reader, you may write your own ticket! <P> "HONOLULU STORY will be enthusiastically revived by mystery fans who have learned to expect good entertainment from Leslie Ford's novels. In this book the usual excellent performance is turned in by that fictional threesome, Colonel Primrose, special agent in military intelligence, his aide, the intrepid Sgt. Phineas Buck, and likable Grace Latham, socially prominent Washington widow." – The Nebraska State Journal <P> "Miss Ford at her best." – The Hartford Courant
False to Any Man
Shad Holly and Nat Towne are brought together when they are involved with a British patrol in the streets of Boston. Shad, an experienced frontier fighter, and Nat, a young actor, eventually are engaged in dangerous missions during the siege of Boston. Both are among the defenders of Breed's Hill, a name not so well known as nearby Bunker's Hill, thanks to the confusion of British army cartographers.
Mambo to Murder
DANCE TO THE TUNE OF THE GUN!<P> The cops told Joe Moran he was through as a private eye. They’d revoked his license, taken away his gun permit, and given him orders to get out of the state. They’d had enough of his two-fisted methods and the trickery by which he’d short-circuited the law to gain his clients’ brand of justice. But neither Joe nor the police realized that at that very moment his detective future was filled to overflowing with:<P> A dancing girl playing postoffice with crime . . .<P> An ex-carnie sadist with a bullwhip mania . . .<P> A lip-reading night club snooper . . .<P> A hot-and-cold running murder tub . . .<P> And Joe and the cops found themselves dancing opposites in a fever-paced MAMBO TO MURDER!
City Limits
The call-girl ring had it easy. The girls worked their customers in the city, but their headquarters were in the next county – out of reach of the city police. They paid the sheriff for protection, in cash…and in trade.<P> It was a sweet set-up – until Mike Macauley, Assistant D. A., set out to break up the racket. There were two ways the ring could discourage him—frame-up or murder. They tried both…<P> A noir classic by Will Oursler (writing as Nick Marino)!