12 tales featuring boy detectives, from Mark Twain's «Tom Sawyer, Dective» to entries in the Mercer Boys, Ken Holt, Hal Keene, and Skippy Dare series, and lots more – over 1,400 pages of great reading! Here are:<P> THE MERCER BOYS AT WOODCREST, by Capwell Wyckoff<BR> THE MYSTERY OF THE IRON BOX, by Bruce Campbell<BR> THE AIR MYSTERY OF ISLE LA MOTTE, by E. J. Craine<BR> THE LOST MINE OF THE AMAZON, by Hugh Lloyd& ...
I first encountered Ruth Chessman's work when browsing back issues of Manhunt magazine–and I was immediately intrigued. Manhunt was a noir/hardboiled digest-sized mystery magazine, and female bylines were uncommon. A quick check showed that she also published stories in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine as well as a 1965 middle-grade novel called «Bound for Freedom,» which was adapted as a movie.<P> She must have instilled her lov ...
In the aftermath of 9-11, New York City is attacked again. Foxley, a code-named detective on the verge of retirement, is sent by the mayor to Europe on one last unofficial assignment. He must track down those responsible for a suicide bombing that destroyed a police stationhouse. In Paris, he meets a beautiful Anglo-Caribbean ad executive and the duo pursue an action-packed quest through the streets of Paris, Bosnia and Marseille. Only when the ...
The Golden Age of Mystery & Crime MEGAPACK™ series focuses on unjustly forgotten mystery writers from the 1960s and before. Fletcher Flora is a perfect example. Beginning in the 1950s, Flora wrote a string of 20 great novels – mysteries, suspense, plus three pseudonymously as «Ellery Queen.» He also published more than 160 short stories in the top mystery magazines. In his day, he was among the top of his field. This volume collects 26 of hi ...
"Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine" returns with issue #18, presenting the best in modern and classic mystery fiction! Included this time are the usual column by Dr John H. Watson, plus the following works: Screen of the Crime, by Kim Newman<br> Mr. Holmes, by Lynne Stephens<br> Matters Mathematical, by S. Brent Morris<br> Novel vs. Screenplay: How I Love Thee, by Lisa Cotoggio<br> A Breton Homecoming, Part One, ...
The «Sky Detectives» are ace pilots Jack Ralston and his pal «Perk,» who help the Secret Service unravel baffling cases. This volume contains the complete 6-book series, originally published between 1930 and 1931:<P> 1. The Sky Detectives<br> 2. Eagles of the Sky<br> 3. Wings Over the Rockies<br> 4. The Sky Pilot’s Great Chase<br> 5. Trackers of the Fog Pack<br> 6. Flying the Coast Skyways<p> If y ...
Weirdbook returns after a nearly 20-year hiatus under the editorship of Douglas Draa! Here are great fantasy and horror tales by current and upcoming masters of the genre…<P> Chivaine, by John R. Fultz<br> Give Me the Daggers, by Adrian Cole<br> The Music of Bleak Entrainment, by Gary A. Braunbeck<br> Into The Mountains with Mother Old Growth, by Christian Riley<br> The Grimlorn Under the Mountain, by James Aqu ...
The First Mystery Novel MEGAPACK™ presents four classic mysteries by top crime writers. Here are:<P> The Red Bishop, by Howard Mason … A wild chase through Europe…a castle on the Rhine…some very fancy corpses…a racing columnist who suddenly finds himself a Peer of the Realm… These are the unlikely ingredients that make this book at once hair-raising and light-hearted!<BR> Reclining Figure, by Marco Page … Lucas Edgerton, arbitary a ...
Christmas is a time for giving, for receiving. . . and for murder. We've collected ten Christmas stories, old and new, that will spike your eggnog, trim your tree, and hopefully add a dash of spice to your Christmas cheer. Included are:<P> "A Christmas Pit," by John Gregory Betancourt<BR> "A Reversible Santa Claus," by Meredith Nicholson<BR> "A Stake of Holly," by Lillian Stewart Carl<BR> "Bel ...
