A slightly shady congressmen… His sulky 18-year-old daughter… A dead bodyguard… And blackmail!<P> It's all in a day's work for Mac, the Chicago detective. Another classic entry in the detective series that could have been ripped from today's headlines – but written in 1964. #11 in the classic series.
This volume includes two classic mystery stories by Anna Katharine Green: «7 to 12» and «One More Hour.»
George Scithers published AMRA, a leading sword and sorcery fanzine, beginning in 1959. The term «swords and sorcery» first appeared there, and AMRA became a leading proponent of the subgenre. Several of the articles originally published in AMRA were later re-printed as part of two volumes about Conan the Barbarian, which Scithers co-edited with L. Sprague de Camp. Contributors to the magazine included all the leading fantasists of the day: Poul Anderson, L. Sprague de Camp, Fritz Leiber, and many more.
Now you see them, now you don’t … Where is the missing mother? And the omnibus with nine occupants? In Strange Events, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson return in two bizarre and chilling tales by the ingenious Lyn McConchie. <P> How can an omnibus with eight passengers and a driver simply vanish into thin air? The newspapers are full of speculation, and the police are clueless. Maurice Jepson’s wife Thelma was on the missing omnibus, and in desperation, he turns to Holmes and Watson. Their investigations lead them from the omnibus’s last route into unsavory gambling hells, where all is not as it seems. And when the body of one of the passengers is discovered in a vacant plot of land, the race is on to save the others! <P> Mrs. Martha Bewden left for a holiday, placing her legal affairs in the hands of her elder daughter, Heather. But two months have passed without a letter or any word, and her younger daughter Dorothy is growing concerned. Where is her mother? And why hasn’t she written or returned home? Holmes and Watson’s search for the missing woman carries them to the quaint villages of Cornwall and the bleak wilds of Dartmoor, where danger and horror await!
One-legged detective Manville «Manny» Moon returns for the seventh classic case! <P> "Manville 'Manny' Moon is one of the great unknown series eyes that somehow slipped through the cracks. He's tough, honest and handy with the wisecracks, but he's a whole lot more. He's pulp, through and through, but he also displays a compassionate side that neatly echoes or anticipates Lew Archer, Dan Fortune et al." – thrillingdetective.com
One-legged detective Manville «Manny» Moon returns for the sixth classic case! <P> "Manville 'Manny' Moon is one of the great unknown series eyes that somehow slipped through the cracks. He's tough, honest and handy with the wisecracks, but he's a whole lot more. He's pulp, through and through, but he also displays a compassionate side that neatly echoes or anticipates Lew Archer, Dan Fortune et al." – thrillingdetective.com
One-legged detective Manville «Manny» Moon returns for the fifth classic case! <P> "Manville 'Manny' Moon is one of the great unknown series eyes that somehow slipped through the cracks. He's tough, honest and handy with the wisecracks, but he's a whole lot more. He's pulp, through and through, but he also displays a compassionate side that neatly echoes or anticipates Lew Archer, Dan Fortune et al." – thrillingdetective.com
One-legged detective Manville «Manny» Moon returns for the fourth classic case! <P> "Manville 'Manny' Moon is one of the great unknown series eyes that somehow slipped through the cracks. He's tough, honest and handy with the wisecracks, but he's a whole lot more. He's pulp, through and through, but he also displays a compassionate side that neatly echoes or anticipates Lew Archer, Dan Fortune et al." – thrillingdetective.com
One-legged detective Manville «Manny» Moon returns for the third classic case! <P> "Manville 'Manny' Moon is one of the great unknown series eyes that somehow slipped through the cracks. He's tough, honest and handy with the wisecracks, but he's a whole lot more. He's pulp, through and through, but he also displays a compassionate side that neatly echoes or anticipates Lew Archer, Dan Fortune et al." – thrillingdetective.com
Sexton Blake is a fictional character, a detective who has been featured in many British comic strips, novels, and dramatic productions since 1893. As the years passed, Blake’s character experienced various permutations. He was originally created to be similar to earlier 19th-century detectives but during the late 1890s, Blake’s authors consciously modeled him on Sherlock Holmes.<P> Sexton Blake adventures were featured in a wide variety of British and international publications (in many languages) from 1893 to 1978, comprising more than 4,000 stories by some 200 different authors. Blake was also the hero of numerous silent and sound movies, radio serials, and a 1960s ITV television series.<P> This volume contains 23 tales, originally published in 1908 and 1909. Included are::<P> A CONFIDENTIAL REPORT<BR> MY LORD THE BABY<BR> THE SILVER CANDLESTICK<BR> THE TATTOOED EYE<BR> MRS. LAMBERT’S LODGER<BR> A SLIP OF THE PEN<BR> AN ARTIFICIAL CLUE<BR> A MODERN ALCHEMIST<BR> THE ANCIENT MONK<BR> THE BLACK CAT<BR> AN OLD MAN’S DARLING<BR> THE BLUE LINE<BR> THE AMATEUR BURGLAR<BR> PY PONK<BR> THE YOUNG EARL<BR> NO ROBBERY<BR> A HOLIDAY TASK<BR> FOR SAFE DEPOSIT<BR> THE BARTON TUNNEL MYSTERY<BR> THE ADVENTURE OF THE COFFEE-POT<BR> THE BLACK PEARL OF BAHREIN<BR> THE BLACK DIAMOND<BR> THE MISSING WILL<P> If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction – and much, much more!