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Различные книги в жанре Зарубежные детективыThe Monster MEGAPACK®: 22 Modern & Classic Tales of Monsters
Monsters have become one of the great guilty pleasures of our age. From the zombies of The Walking Dead to the werewolves of Teen Wolf, from the vampires of The Strain to the wide assortment of creatures in Penny Dreadful, they are everywhere in mass media. Here, for your guilty reading pleasure, are 22 more tales of monsters, by some of the greatest writers ever to set typewriter to paper! Included are:<P> AFTER I STOPPED SCREAMING, by Pamela Sargent<BR> THE LADY AND THE VAMPIRE, by William P. McGivern<BR> MOVING DAY (NIGHT?), by Kathryn Ptacek<BR> CROSS OF FIRE, by Lester del Rey<BR> THE MAN WHO CRIED «WEREWOLF» by William P. McGivern<BR> POURING THE FOUNDATIONS OF A NIGHTMARE, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman<BR> THE TERROR BY NIGHT, by Lewis Lister<BR> THE WORM, by David H. Keller<BR> WHEN BRASSET FORGOT, by Harcourt Farmer<BR> JUGGERNAUT, by C.J. Henderson<BR> THE FANGS OF TSAN-LO, by Jim Kjelgaard<BR> FIRE OF SPRING, by George Zebrowski<BR> HELL'S BELLES, by Robert Reginald<BR> RETURN OF THE UNDEAD, by Otis Adelbert Kline & Frank Belknap Long<BR> THE MONSTER<BR> THE MUMMY AND MISS NITOCRIS, by George Griffith<BR> THE SPECTRE SPIDERS, by William J. Wintle<BR> A BIT OF THE DARK WORLD, by Fritz Leiber<BR> THE TODDLER PIT, by A. R. Morlan<BR> THE MIDWIFE, by Cynthia Ward<BR> SHORT AND NASTY, by Darrell Schweitzer<BR> DER FLEISCHBRUNNEN, by Mark McLaughlin<BR> RENT, by Brian Stableford<P> If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 200+ other entries in the series, covering science fiction, modern authors, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!
The Lesser Antilles Case: A Lt. Valcour Mystery #7
Disaster at sea! When the yacht «Helsinor» strikes a reef in the Lesser Antilles, the passengers take to a lifeboat. Upon their return to the United States, accusations fly. Did one of the survivors drug the others and pitch the millionaire owner of the yacht, Lawrence Thacker, into shark-infested waters? Lt. Valcour begins an informal investigation. When one of the heirs to the Thacker millions is poisoned, Valcour's investigation becomes official. Of course, the logical thing to do is to gather the survivors aboard the «Helsinor II» and return to the scene of the original wreck…<P> The Lesser Antilles Case is is the 7th Lt. Valcour novel.
Valcour Meets Murder: A Lt. Valcour Mystery
Terror lay heavy on that strange household on the Canadian border – but not until Lt. Valcour of the New York Police arrived did the hand of murder strike. Soundlessly, inexplicably – and then Valcour's strangest, most perilous case began!<P> Valcour Meets Murder is is the 6th Lt. Valcour novel. It includes a preview of #7, The Lesser Antilles Case.
This Is My Night
Casey Denver, soldier of fortune, is back from helping Castro win his revolution, and he knows a secret. A Group of Batista bandits are hiding out with four million dollars stolen from the Cuban treasury. Casey wants that four million, and three beautiful women are willing to help him get it. Diane – uninhibited and untamed, who doesn't want money but definitely wants a man…any man. Magdalena – calculating but far from cold, who also wants a man…the one who ends up with the four million dollars. And Marie, lush and lonely, who only wants Casey Denver…with or without the money! A classic crime novel.
Murder Masks Miami: A Lt. Valcour Mystery
Lt. Valcour did not object to interrupting his vacation in order to help Chief Goodfriend of the Miami detective force solve the oddly similar murders of two distinctly dissimilar women. For one thing, the cases, or case as Valcour felt it to be, interested him and he felt a distinct apprehension that unless somebody solved it there would be more deaths to come. And Goodfriend appeared in desperate need of assistance. Consequently Valcour felt as though he were conducting a demonstration course in detection when he set about finding all available information on the women…<P> A tense mystery-thriller as only Rufus King could write it!
The Deadly Dove
With greedy anticipation, Alan Admont listened to gangster Joe Inbrun plan murder. The Deadly Dove, a ruthless killer, would be hired. The Dove worked quietly and swiftly. The result would be a fatal accident or illness.<P> Alan had just married wealthy and eccentric Christine Belder, who was old enough to be his mother. It was a pleasant setup for Alan – until Joe Inbrun saw in it a way to collect an old debt. Then suddenly Christine cut Alan out of her will and Alan now had to try desperately to keep her alive.<P> But the Dove was at work. Not even Joe could stop him. Alan waited in terror for the deadly blow that would leave him penniless when, without warning, murder struck in the Belder mansion.<P> But the victim was not Christine…
Murder on the Yacht
Rufus King returns to the maritime mystery genre with «Murder on the Yacht.» A lawyer disappears from a taxi cab on the way to join a party aboard the giant luxury yacht «The Crusader.» Where did he go and what happened to him? Lt. Valcour joins the cruise to find out, mixing with a varied bunch of eccentric guests and crewmen, including a psychic. But will she provide clues or a smokescreen for the culprits? Another thrilling Lt. Valcour mystery!
Murder in the Willett Family
An extortionist's note, demanding $20,000 in cash and threatening the kidnapping of Kate Willett's two mentally unbalanced sons, sent Lieutenant Valcour rushing up to the Willetts' Adirondacks camp.<P> There, death struck with slashing suddenness while Valcour was talking to young Arthur Willett, who was sprawled on a sofa smoking a cigarette. Listening to the crackling roar of flames in the fireplace, Valcour detected the odor of burning cloth. He glanced at Arthur to find the cigarette lying in Arthur's lap and Arthur's chin slumped on his chest. Valcour rushed to his side and in stunned amazement stared at the dark mark where a bullet had entered Arthur's skull!<P> A fast-moving drama of multiple murder, featuring Lieutenant Valcour at top form!
Secret Beyond the Door
Rufus King, master of the macabre, penned a modern Bluebeard thriller of such unbearable suspense that Hollywood jumped at the chance to produce it as a movie. MUSEUM PIECE No. 13 (later renamed to match the movie) was filmed as SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR, starring Joan Bennett and Michael Redgrave, and produced by Fritz Lang. It became an instant noir classic, as tense, shocking, and suspenseful as the original novel.<P> Lily Rumney, lovely and in love, could see no evil in her husband. Not even when she discovered his strange collection of blood-spattered rooms where murder had been done. But when a forbidden door swung open and Lily entered a chamber prepared for death – her death! – she knew she must escape. Slowly, warily, frozen by dread, the terrified bride walked a dim corridor…while close at hand a madman planned his thirteenth killing!
Brothers in Crime: Jesse Damon Crime Novel #5
The cops say surveillance video doesn't lie. But could they be mistaken? <P> After nearly twenty years in prison, Jesse Damon is just trying to make it on parole. But nothing comes easy. The cops say they have a video of him breaking into an ATM. He’s in trouble at work over a toxic chemical spill. A runaway wife shows up on his doorstep, dead broke and needing somewhere to stay. And his sometimes-girlfriend Kelly seems to have met someone new. Sydney. At an AA meeting, of all places. When Jesse goes to Sydney's office and finds his dead body, he’s pretty sure the guy has been murdered. And that he will be the prime suspect.