James Holding
Список книг автора James HoldingA Visitor to Mombasa
Officer Harper takes a pair of reports of leopard sightings in Mombasa and manages to track the beast to a baobob grove off the coast. Then he hatches a scheme for a promotion, with the help of the beast…
Portrait in Yellow
Hitman (and used car dealer) Pete Borelli is promised a Van Gogh for a mercy-killing job on an in-law. But the man he has to kill has good reason to hate him…
Go To Sleep, Darling
A mentally ill woman waits outside a school to pick up a child with a passing resemblance to her daughter. After following a likely candidate, she persuades the girl to get in her car – and that's where things really go wrong.
Cop Killer
A policeman tasked with keeping order in a seedy section of town learns he's to have a partner. They get along famously, and as the months pass they seem like a proper crime-fighting duo. Then one night they encounter the policeman's old high school rival-turned-criminal in the process of escaping a robbery…
The Photographer and the Sailor
When the Photographer refuses to take an assignment – killing the nephew of General Da Silva, junta member – the Corporation finds a replacement…one not quite up to the job.
The Photographer and the Final Payment
In the February 24, 1982 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, the editor offered the following challenge to the Author: «A plot idea for the next Photographer story: when Manuel looks at the name and address on the slip of paper handed to him by Rodolfo, he reads his own name and address. He has been given the assignment to nullify himself! How does the Photographer give positive proof to the Big Ones (no trick photo) of his own death, collect his murderer’s fee, and still remain alive to tell the tale?» James Holding immediately took up the awe-inspiring challenge and the following story is the result—an unforgettable chapter in the murky career of Manuel Andradas you will read with fascination from the first line to the last (no peeking)!
A Mishap in Venice
It seemed a pity to Paolo that romance in Venice should be at the mercy of racketeers. So he turned their space-work upside down… A chilling suspense novelet!
The Photographer and the Letter
Rodolfo urges the Photographer to assassinate a nightclub singer who is going to publish a book full of incriminating information on everyone involved with the Corporation. Suspicious, the Photographer investigates…
The Photographer and the Arsonist
The Photographer wakes in a coffin, and flashes back to a meeting where he is hired to kill a one-armed man – who has gotten the drop on him. Will he live long enough to complete his mission? #17 in the classic series.
In the Presence of Death
When the Photographer is hired to kill a printer, he finds layers of deception, counterfeit money, and blackmail. #15 in the classic series from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.