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 ...
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 ...
Everybody knows snitches get stitches. Or worse. <P> After years in prison on a murder conviction, Jesse's trying to make it on the street, but nothing comes easy. He's always broke and the police figure he's a natural suspect for almost anything, even without Aaron trying to set him up. <P> Jesse can't catch a break. His forklift at work is wrecked. His sometimes-girlfriend is furious with him. His basement a ...
Jesse Damon spent most of the last twenty years in prison on a murder conviction. Now paroled, he’s trying to beat the odds and walk the straight-and-narrow with a pair of overactive cops watching him for mistakes. He’s got a one-room apartment and a job working the overnight shift at a factory. If he can just stay out of trouble, he may even be able to join the union.<P> The cops have decided Jesse wasn't the one who raped sometimes ...
Cotton Moon has his hands full in the Case of the Holiday Homicide. He gets mixed up in a murder investigation on New Year's Morning because of (1) a rare tropical nut and (2) a large fee he is sure to collect. At his side is Bert Stanley, an assistant who was hired because he was once a bartender who could take dictation and type – and swing the stiffs out of a waterfront bar at closing time. With a line-up of suspects and a fast-moving pl ...
Jesse Damon has spent most of the last twenty years in prison on a murder conviction. Now paroled, he’s trying to beat the odds and walk the straight-and-narrow with a pair of overactive cops watching him for mistakes. He’s got a one-room apartment, a job working the overnight shift at a factory, and a sometimes girlfriend named Kelly. If he can just stay out of trouble, he may even be able to join the union.<P> But when he pays his last ...
The Mercer Boys series consists of 10 books, action-adventure mysteries published between 1929 and 1932. They appeal to the same young audience as the Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew. Capwell Wyckoff went on to write many other novels for young readers, including the Mystery Hunters series. ...
Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888–1959) was an American novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at age forty-four, Chandler decided to become a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression. His first short story, “Blackmailers Don’t Shoot,” was published in 1933 in Black Mask, a popular pulp magazine. His first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. Some of Chandler’s novels are considered ...
Roy Judson Snell was a prolific writer for the young adult market, penning more than 75 adventure and mystery stories aimed at boys and girls. He also wrote under the names of David O'Hara, James Craig, and one book under Joseph Marino. While most of his works have entered the public domain, a handful (such as «The Hidden Trail» in this volume) remain in copyright. Wildside Press tracked down his family and arranged to bring all of his work ...
